Regardless of whether for corporate objectives or personal matters, everyone must confront legal circumstances at some stage in their lifetime.
Filling out legal documents requires meticulous focus, beginning with selecting the appropriate form template.
With a vast catalog of US Legal Forms available, you don’t have to waste time searching for the appropriate template across the web. Use the library’s straightforward navigation to find the right form for any situation.
Often you can do an initial search using the USPTO patent search engine and then go to Free Patents Online to download PDFs of your results and to access related patents. Using the advantages of both the USPTO and Free Patents Online sites can make your searching easier and more robust.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility located in Alexandria, VA provides the public access to patent and trademark information in a variety of formats including on-line, microfilm, and print. Trained staff are available to assist public users.
The Patent Public Search tool is a new web-based patent search application that will replace internal legacy search tools PubEast and PubWest and external legacy search tools PatFT and AppFT. Patent Public Search has two user selectable modern interfaces that provide enhanced access to prior art.
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office provides free patent searching of its public databases. Google Patents. A relatively easy database to search which PDF images available. Limited to U.S. patents and U.S. published applications.
The file history and status of a US patent or published patent application can be accessed via USPTO's Patent Center at .
A file wrapper, alternatively referred to as a file history or a prosecution history is associated with each published patent application, whether it issues or not. After 18 months from filing the initial patent application, the patent's file wrapper also becomes available to the public.
Below listed are a few free patent databases that might help you in your pursuit of patent data search and analysis. Google Patents. Espacenet. USPTO Web Patent Database. PQAI. Patentscope by WIPO. WIPO's INSPIRE. Lens.org.
In summary, if you have the resources and money to pay for both a good patent search and a good patent attorney to write your application, then it may make sense to pay for a patent search upfront. However, for most small companies or independent inventors, your money may be better spent elsewhere in the business.