Reference:PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
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PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
Patent information can be found in the following places:
United States Patent and Trademark Office - Basic information about patents, trademarks, and copyrights and how to establish these.
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/science/patents.shtml (Finding Patents guide)
Lexis-Nexis (under Legal Research)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: http://www.uspto.gov and http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html (searchable database)
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/science/engineering1.shtml#patents (Engineering)
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/science/org_chemistryblr.shtml#Patents (Chemistry)
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/science/mech_engineeringblr.shtml#Standards (Mechanical Engineering)
See also SDSU page on Copyright: http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/gov/copyright.shtml
San Diego Public Library (SDPL) is the only patent and trademark depository in the region and offers reference assistance with patent questions.
Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office (print, CD-ROM, and online)
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
See also Trademarks and Logos and Standards
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