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U.S. Patents. This file, produced by Derwent, Inc., covers U.S. patents from 1971 to the present. The database iacludes all bibliographic and front page information and the text of all claims. (Prom 1971 to 1974 the claims from many patents were not available from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) source tapes, and therefore are not iacluded.) The complete cl aim text can be searched from 1971 but can be ptinted only from 1982. Tides and patentee names are present ia their original form, aeither expanded nor standardized. There is no enhanced iadexiag. Examiner citations are directly searchable, and USPTO classification is updated when the tapes are received from the Patent Office. 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provides a service under the Disclosure Document Program to give evidence as to the date of conception of an invention [5]. An inventor may disclose the conception of his invention in a Disclosure Document to the USPTO for a nominal fee. This document will be held in confidence by the USPTO. After a period of two years it will be destroyed unless a related patent application is filed within these two years. They caution that the Disclosure Document is not a patent application. The date of its receipt in the USPTO will not become the effective filing date of any patent application subsequently filed [6]. 

It must be mentioned that the patentability of animals has given rise to much discussion. The United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) following the decision in Ex parte AUen 2 USPQ 2nd 1425 (1987), regards unnaturally occuring living organisms including animals, as patentable. 

Protein and nucleic acid sequences are submitted electronically to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to avoid the introduction of errors in printed documents and to simplify the job of examining patent claims that include biosequences. Short sequence listings are printable in the USPTO s full text database, but for longer sequences the electronic sequence records are stored in the Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS), located at http // seqdata.uspto.gov/. 

Holzer, D. (1996). Gelatin Production. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria, VA, USA. United States Patent No 5,484,888. 

Since 1976, over 80,000 nanotechnology-related patents have been issued by the United States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO) [13]. However, among them, the United States leads the biomaterials such as tissue engineering and... 

Intellectual Property Attorney An attorney at law is someone licensed to practice law in a particular jurisdiction. Only an attorney may provide legal advice. Questions of patent infringement or patent validity are examples of questions about which only a licensed attorney can provide an opinion. A patent attorney is an attorney licensed to practice law, as well as being registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to represent patent applicants before the USPTO. Registration to practice before the USPTO requires meeting certain requirements discussed below, which include passing an exam to test proficiency in patent law and rules of practice. 

United States Patent and Trademark Office, [Internet]. URL http //www.uspto.gov/, accessed 1-11-2002. 

Today, nearly every important reagent or method reported in the literature has a patent or patent application associated with it, especially if it has potential commercial value. A search of the patent databases, such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (http //www. uspto.gov/) or the European Patent Office (http //ep.espacenet.com/) for key words or the potential names of inventors can provide a list of any existing issued patents or patent applications related to a bioconjugate technique or compound. In addition, a fee-based service such as Delphion is particularly effective at finding patents related to any subject matter (http //www. delphion.com/). 

The utilization of patent information is, of course, promoted by diverse patent authorities. The European Patent Office (http //www.european-patent-office.org/) provides a service called esp cenet, which is easily accessible via the Internet (http //ep.espacenet.com/). In addition, inventors might conduct online file inspections via a service called epoline, which can be reached at http //www.epoline.org/. The user gains direct access to all published European patent applications and patents stored in electronic form. Patent information services are also offered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (http //www.uspto.gov/). 

Patented procedures and sequence information affect decisions about testing. It is not always clear whether a technology or sequence has been patented or, if so, who owns the patent. It is thus advisable to check with the investigators who first described the sequence and to review the patent database and pending patent databases (United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page www.uspto.gov). 

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. 

United States Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov (all accessed August 9, 2010). Official Web site of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Recently redesigned to highlight patent and trademark searching along with services for inventors. Also available online is the U.S. Manual of Classification, www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/, listing class schedules and linked classification definitions. This is updated regularly. 

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Patent, utility A document issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that grants exclusive use of a process, product, or composition of material in the United States to the holder of the patent for a period of 20 years after the first filing date. 

The Patent Server provides access to the bibliographic data and text of around 2100000 patents issued by the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1974 to the present. A maximum of two keywords combined by olean (and, or and not) operators allows a search of title, abstract, claims, assignee, inventors, and agent. Furthermore a search for patent number is possible. A scanned image of a patent can be displayed. 

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