Patents and Trademarks 

Using dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations

Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System (Government Publications Reference C 21.12/2:, First Floor)

U.S. patent and trademark information assembled by the federal government

Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Database -

Call Number: Service Desk CD-ROM C 21.5/6: Coverage: 1790 to present Brief Description: This freely accessible government database consists of the full text of U.S. patents (including utility, design, reissue, plant and SIR patents) from 1790 to the present. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Index to the U.S. Patent Classification (Government Publications Reference and also CD-ROM C 21.12/2:, latest edition only); Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents (Government Publications and also CD-ROM C 21.5/6: 2002-present); Patents & Trademarks ASSIGN (CD-ROM C 21.31/13:, latest edition only); Patents BIB (CD-ROM C 21.31/2:, latest edition only); Patents ASSIST (CD-ROM C 21.31/5:, latest edition only); USAPAT (CD-ROM C 21.31:US 1996-1999); Patents CLASS (CD-ROM C 21.31/3:, latest edition only); Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Consolidated Listing of Official Gazette Notices (Government Publications C 21.5/7:2001-2005); and U.S. Patent Classification Definitions (Microfiche C 21.3/2:, latest edition only). Tools Available: Full-Text Database Help Tools to Help in Searching by Patent Classification Inventor Resources Patent Guides and Manuals

Trademark Electronic Business Center -

Call Number: Service Desk CD-ROM C 21.5/4: Coverage: TESS contains federally registered or pending trademarks along with information on applications and registrations that became inactive after 1984. Information on state, foreign, or common-law trademarks is not included. Brief Description: The Trademark Electronic Business Center's search interface provides access to the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS), supporting the trademark application and registration process. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks (Government Publications C 21.5/4: 1975-1986 and Microfiche C 21.5/4: 1986 to present); Trademarks BIB (CD-ROM C 21.31/18:, latest edition only); Patents & Trademarks ASSIGN (CD-ROM C 21.31/13:, latest edition only); and USAMark: Facsimile Images of United States Trademark Registrations (CD-ROM C 21.31/11:USM, latest edition only). Tools Available: Trademarks: Homepage Trademarks: Where Do I Start? Conducting a Trademark Search TESS Help Menu Inventor Resources Trademark Guides and Manuals

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Other sources of U.S. and international patent and trademark information

Community of Science, Inc. (COS) U.S. Patents

Delphion Intellectual Property Network (IPN)

European Patent Office (EPO)

esp@cenet (European Patent Organisation through EPO)

World Intellectual Property Organization PCT Database (Patent Cooperation Treaty)

Using databases & indexes, alerting services (some may require free registration)

Engineering Information Village Ei Standards Gateway

IngentaConnect -

Coverage: 1988 to present Brief Description: Billed as "one of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online" IngentaConnect is an aggregator database providing access to the tables of contents from more than 30,000 popular, trade, and scholarly journals.