Patent Sites

United States Patent and Trademark web site

www.uspto.gov

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

http://fedcir.gov/

PAIR is the Patent Application Information Retrieval web site where you can find the status of published patent applications and issued patents as well as view and print file histories and check continuity data for related cases.

http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair

Web site to download .pdf formatted patents.

http://www.pat2pdf.org

Espace is the European Patent Office’s website. This website offers world wide patent searching.

http://ep.espacenet.com/

Japanese Patent Office website

http://www.jpo.go.jp/

Web site to check if maintenance fees have been paid for a U.S. patent.

https://ramps.uspto.gov/eram/patentMaintFees.do

Web site to check assignment information regarding patents and published applications.

http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat

European Patent Office patent file histories.

http://www.epoline.org/portal/public/registerplus

U.S. patent file histories (for a fee - if not available on USPTO's Public PAIR site).

http://www.patents-etc.com/OrderForm.html

Patent Official Gazette (most recent 52 weeks) of patents issued that week, expired or reinstated patents, reissue applications, reexaminations, service by publication, certificates of correction and summaries of final decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/

Trademark Sites

Web site to check the status of pending and registered trademarks.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/

Web site to search the USPTO's trademark databases.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=mbpq2t.1.1

Document retrieval web site to view and print trademark filings, i.e., Office Actions, Responses, etc.

http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow

Web site to view documents from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Proceedings.

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/

State trademark registration forms for intrastate commerce within Michigan.

http://www.michigan.gov/businessstartup/0,1607,7-152-9738_12950-5392--,00.html

Web site to view assignment information regarding trademarks.

http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm

Trademark Official Gazette (most recent 5 issues).

http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmog/

Copyright Sites

The Library of Congress’ web site on copyrights.

 www.copyright.gov

Copyright Society of the USA

 www.csusa.org

General Law Site

Federal Drug Administration’s web site on generic drugs.

http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/

Supreme Court’s website on court decisions

www.supremecourtus.gov

Federal Register

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html

Legislation (bills, public laws, committee reports, congressional record)

 http://thomas.loc.gov

Miscellaneous Sites

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

www.m-w.com

Online encyclopedia

www.wikipedia.com

Intellectual Property Owners Association

www.ipo.org

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

www.wipo.int

Wacky patent of the month.

http://www.colitz.com/site/wacky.htm