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U.S. Patents FuUtext U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Dialog full-text U.S. patents... 

APS (Automated Patent Searching) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) MicroPatent covers U.S. granted patents 1975—present first page and exemplary claim updated monthly within two weeks of final issue date each month cumulated to one disk/three years... 

Under U.S. law, the inventor is defined as the owner of the patent unless the patent rights have been assigned to his or her employer, or some other individual or organization. Designations of assignment are typically filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (U.S. PTO) prior to the issuance of patents, and the name of the assignee is printed on the patent. In most countries outside of the United States, the patentee is the employer, rather than the employed inventor. 

A patent file history, also called a file wrapper, is the complete set of documents for a patent filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These papers chronicle communications and actions taken by the patent examiner, the applicant, and the applicant s attorney from the time of patent application to issue. File histories are available from commercial services such as Intellectual Property Network (described below). 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web Patent Databases. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) [72] offers free World Wide Web access, http // www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm, to a bibliographic patent database that uses the most current patent classification system, this may not match the classification data that appears on the printed patent, and to a full-text patent database that uses the classification data that appear on the printed patent, this may not match the current classification data. The databases start with January 1, 1976, patents. The full text of a patent includes all bibliographical data (e.g., inventor s name, the patent s title, the assignee s name, etc.) and the abstract, full description of the invention, and the claims. All the words in the text of the patent are searchable. If the patent number is known, the patent, regardless of year, can be ordered from the PTO. Automated searching of 1971 to date patents is available at some of the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries. Prior to 1971 searching can be done at the PTO facilities or at the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries. Commercial patent search services are also available. 

Derwent International Patent Family File and U.S. Patents Full Text. Derwent International Patent Family File (DIPF) [75] provides access to 20 million patents issued by 40 patent-issuing authorities, covering more than 10 million inventions as far back as 1963. The DIPF is linked to U.S. Patents Full-Text (US-PAT) [75]. US-PAT contains the full text of more than 2 million patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1976. DIPF and US-PAT are available on the commercial online service Westlaw. 

From its initial filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a U.S. patent application issuing period is from 18 months to 5 years. Thirty percent of filed applications, however, do not issue as U.S. patents. While there are many reasons for this, the most cogent reason is that the application chemistry too closely resembles chemical material already described in an issued patent. U.S. patent applications that do not issue as U.S. patents are doomed to oblivion. 

Because of outside pressure, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office abruptly canceled a patent being awarded to Mills, stating that it was reviewing his granted patents again. Mills corporation subsequently sued the U.S. PTO for such unparalleled discriminatory action. 

Leading geneticists expressed shock and dismay as word spread of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announcement that it would allow patents on expressed sequence tags (ESTk), short sequences of human DNA Llial have proven useful in genome mapping. 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Office of Public Affairs, P. O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US Phone 571-272-1000 Fax 571-273-8300 Toll Free 800-786-9199... 

Trademarks are used to protect names, brands, logos, and other marketing devices that are distinctive. Trademarks are somewhat more expensive. They generally can be filed for 750. It is also possible to do a trademark search on your own on the Internet through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site (www.uspto.gov). It is also possible to pay attorneys to do the search for you. 

L. K. Wang, Micro/Ultra Filtration System. US Patent No. 4,973,404, U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office, Washington, DC. November, 1990. 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. URL http //www.uspto. gov. Information about U.S. patents and patent law. Free searchable databases U.S. patents and published appfications, fiill text from 1996 and images from 1836 browsable Official Gazette U.S. patent assignment records Patent Application... 

Anyone applying for a patent at the national or international level is required to determine whether their creation is new or is already owned or claimed. To determine this, huge amounts of information must be searched. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization s (WIPO) International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) have created classification systems which organize information concerning inventions into indexed, manageable categories for easy retrieval. 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Washington DC United States Patent and Trademark Office. URL http // www.uspto.gov/. Provides information on the patenting process, U.S. and International patent law and regulations, resources for independent inventors, search aids, and fee-based online delivery of patents. Includes U.S. patent applications and issued patents back to 1790. The full-text of patents is available since 1976. Includes help on viewing the images and searching by U.S. classifications. Classifications and related information, including a U.S. to International Patent Classifications concordance and an overview of the classification system, are available from the USPTO s Office of Patent Classification. Available online. 

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