From Vinodksingh

Contents 1 Patent Search 2 Patent File History 3 Patent Family 4 Others

Patent Search

• USPTO - US published and Application patents

• EPO - access to European patents by country, EP, Japanese, and World Patents

• FreePatentsOnline - Search tools for U.S. patents

• PCT Patent Database - WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

• JPO

• Patent Strom

• SIP

Patent File History

• PAIR - allows you to see US Patent Office processing information on patents and applications - can be very helpful. With more recent patents it lets you see a lot of materials in the "file wrapper".

• EPO Online

Patent Family

• IP News Flash

Others

• Patent Assignement Search- USPTO

• Trade Mark Assignement Search- USPTO

• Maintenance Fee Search- USPTO

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