The seven step preliminary patent search guide preparted by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP), including link to print the PDF version of the steps.
Thirty six minute preliminary patent search tuturial prepared by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP).
Produced by Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) the e-Learning modules cover all areas of intellectual property protection including patents, copyrights, trademarks, geographical indications, enforcement and trade.
To learn about the different types of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), understand the process and benefits of acquiring and protecting your IPR and discover resources to help you enforce your IPR. This tutorial is specifically aimed for small and medium size businesses and can be of particular help to someone in the planning stages of just starting a business.
Two five minutes patent search tutorials, produced by the University of Central Florida Libraries: (1) "Patent Quick Search Tutorial" is an overview of keyword searching and the basic functionality of the USPTO's Patent Database; and (2) "Classification Searching Tutorial" Video shows how to find and search by classification numbers.
Georgia Tech Library's twelve minute Patents Searching Tutorial, prepared by Joanne Tobin, provides a detailed example of a preliminary patent search, following the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Seven Step Strategy.
A Patent is a property right granted by
the government to an inventor to exclude others from making, using,
selling, importing, and offering an invention for up to
20 years from the application date.
A trademarkis a word, name, symbol, or device that is used
in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to
distinguish them from the goods of others.
