Patents & Trademarks

USEFUL LINKS:

UNITED STATES PATENT INFORMATION

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• US Patent Act 
• Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)  
• Search US patents and published applications (free)

WEBSITES OF SELECTED NATIONAL PATENT OFFICES

• Austrian Patent Office
• German Patent and Trademark Office  
• Swiss Federal Institut of Intellectual Property  
• United Kingdom Patent Office

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - OFFICES, INSTITUTIONS & INFORMATION 

• World Intellectual Property Organization
• European Patent Office
• PATENTSCOPE^® (search international patent applications) 
• esp@cenet^® (free national and international patent and published application searching)