LibGuides: Small Business & Entrepreneurial Resources: Patents & Other Intellectual Property

Useful Publications

Information Sources in Patents (ebook) by Stephen Adams
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9783110235128
Publication Date: 2011
Follow the link beside "Linked Resources" to access the ebook.
Protecting Your Ideas by Joy L. Bryant
Call Number: T339 .B92 1999
ISBN: 0121384101
Publication Date: 1998

Nonprovisional (Utility) Patent Application Filing Guide
A-State Catalog Search for Patent Publications
Links to a search of the A-State Catalog for a variety of publications (government documents, books, ebooks, etc.) about patents.

This page provides information about patents and other forms of intellectual property such as trademarks and copyright.

US Patent & Trademark Office
The US Government's portal for all things Patent and Trademark-related.
USPTO Search
A list of resources for searching for patents, including basic search.
US Copyright Office
Trademark Electronic Search Service
This page is the starting point for researching trademarks through the federal government.
Trademark Electronic Application System
This page is the starting point for applying for trademark.

Google Patents - Advanced Search
Search full text (PDF) of patents from 1790-present. Advanced Search allows searching by assignee, inventor, date, etc. Monitor patents with RSS feeds for searches.
USPTO Web Patent Database
1975-present: Search by number, dates, assignee, inventor, title, abstract, U.S. and international classifications and many other fields. 1790-1974: search by patent number only.
Espacenet
Espacenet offers free access to more than 80 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today.
Freepatentsonline
Free chemical structure searching of US patents. Requires free registration.

Full and comprehensive patent searching for the purposes of patent filing and application should be conducted at the Patent and Trademarks Office Public Search Facility or a P atent and Trademarks Depository Library. The advice of a p atent attorney is strongly recommended.

Patent Searching Made Easy - 4th Edition by David Hitchcock
Call Number: T210 .H58 2007
ISBN: 9781430326403
Publication Date: 2007

Arkansas Inventors Network
The Arkansas Inventor’s Network promotes product invention, new ideas, and innovation within the state of Arkansas.
Arkansas State Library Patents & Trademarks
The Arkansas State Library is designated a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Patent Attorney's in Arkansas
ASU Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer
For ASU affiliated persons