Fields of Expertise:➽ Software Patents
➽ Business Method Patents
➽ Electrical Patents
➽ Mechanical Patents
Software Patent Resources
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Intellectual Property Patent Searches
- Google Patent Search BETA
- Search Patents at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Search European Patents
- Search Japanese Patents
- Search PCT Gazettes at WIPO (WARNING - Limited Database)
- Pat2PDF.org (Search Manual of Patent Examining Procedures and Download Patent Copies)
- Reedfax Patent Ordering (order patent copies for e-mail delivery)
- Lexis/Nexis (Commercial service - news, legal and patent databases)
- Dialog (Commercial service - databases, including TM, © and patent databases)
- Software Patent Institute (a non-profit corporation)
- Thomson and Thomson (Commercial trademark search services)
- Search registered and pending trademarks at USPTO using TESS (WARNING - rights may exist without registration)
- Network Solutions (search or reserve domain names)
- Search registered copyrights (WARNING - rights may exist without registration)
- Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (a non-profit corporation)
Intellectual Property Laws BACK TO TOP
- Information for Independent Inventors from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Patent Act
- U.S. Trademark Act
- U.S. Copyright Act
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- 2005 USPTO Interim Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions [PDF Download]
- 1996 USPTO Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions [PDF Download]
- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedures (USPTO's internal procedures manual)
- U.S. Copyright Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
Competitive Intelligence Gathering BACK TO TOP
- KnowX (Commercial service - public records)
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Thomas Register
- Hoover's Company Information
- European Business Directory
- American City Business Journals
- Dun & Bradstreet
- PR Newswire
- Nexis (Commercial service - newspaper databases)
- Dialog (Commercial service - many databases)
- Network Solutions (domain name registrar)
- Google Group (search items posted to newsgroups)
Funding Sources & Agencies BACK TO TOP
Intellectual Property Auctions
Funding sources and agencies that assist businesses
- vFinance, Inc. (list of Venture capitalists)
- Prosper.com (borrow or lend money)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Business.gov (government entities that assist businesses)
- Business Funding Directory