- Reference > Patents

1. United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
Official site for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Find how-to guides, office policies and laws, forms, fee schedules, news, upcoming conference and meeting details, and other patent resources.

2. Patent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyperlinked information on what a patent is, who may apply for one, governing laws, history, and related articles.

3. Patents - Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
Free searchable databases; includes the U.S. Patent Bibliographic Database and the AIDS Patent Database.

4. You Don't Need a Lawyer to Get a Patent -- Page 1
Thousands of inventors have successfully obtained patents without hiring lawyers. ... Affordable Provisional Patent Filings at LegalZoom ...

5. Patent - Wex
Overview from the Cornell University Law School. Includes federal judicial decisions, conventions and treaties, and key Internet resources.

6. General information about patents
FAQ covering patents, including patent search resources, things to be careful about, provisional patent applications, and getting patents in foreign countries.

7. Internet Patent News / Source Translation & Optimization Patent Web Site
Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce.

8. Petition
Petition for a Europe without Software Patents ... current plans to legalise software patents in Europe, considering their damaging ...

9. IBM Intellectual Property And Licensing
Intellectual Property & Licensing, patent portfolio, patent licensing practices, ... team is responsible for licensing IBM's patents, as well as other forms of ...

10. Intellectual Property Law > Patents in the Yahoo! Directory
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