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Patent & Trademark Information: Getting Started
Primary guide on patents, trademarks, and IP information
Getting Started
Trademark Information
UK Resoruces
Basics
MIT video tutorial (5:22)
What are patents and why are they important?
Basics from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Introduction to US and international patents and how to file and manage a patent.
Patent, Trademark, or Copyright?
A guide for differentiating three types of intellectual property.
Searching for Patents
The Lens (formerly Patent Lens)
The Lens searches 155 million patents from over 100 countries.
Espacenet
European Patent Office’s public search tool for patent information. Search over 140 million patent documents from over 80 countries.
Google Patents
Google Patents searches 120 million patents from over 100 countries.
How to Read a Patent
Visual guide to reading a patent
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