Research Guides: Patents & Trademarks: Online Tutorials

Patent Search Tutorials

Conducting a Patent Search at a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC): A Seven Step Strategy
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.
How to Conduct a Preliminary Patent Search video (revised)
Thirty six minute preliminary patent search tuturial prepared by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP).
Basic patent training for independent inventors and small businesses
USPTO's training certificate video
EPO's Patent Information Tour
e-Tutorial on Using and Exploiting Patent Information (WIPO)
The freen online tutorial includes three parts: Patent Basics; Patent Search and Retrieval; and Patent Analysis.
E-Learning Intellectual Property Modules at USPTO
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.
Patent searching
Produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries, This brief tutorial provides a 5 to 10 minute overview of patent searching resources and tips.
Patents and patentability
Produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries, this tutorial provides a 5 to 10 minute overview of patents and patentability requirements.
How to Search for Patents
A tutorials created by UCF Libraries.
Trademark Basics: What Every Small Business Should Know Now, Not Later
By Morris, Craig (USPTO)
Conducting a Trademark Search at a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC)
USPTO's trademark search strategy.
About the USPTO Website
How-to vidoes.
InnovationQ Plus Quick Tips Videos
Includes: How to Navigate in InnovationQ Plus; How to Create a Concept Search; How to Build a Query;
How to Create an Alert; How to Use the Corporate Tree and so on.

Patent Basics

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.

Patent FAQ

What is a Trademark?

A trademark is 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.

Trademark FAQ

Patents & Trademarks: Online Tutorials

Patent Search Tutorials

Patent Basics

Links to Special Tutorials for InnovationQ Plus