Patent Search Sites

• Trademark Web, provides a fee-based trademark checker with a free sample checker that covers 200,000 records. Free registration required.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Databases, searchable database of front pages of U.S. patents from 1976, which includes the inventors name, patent title, asignee's name, abstract, and a brief description of the patent's contents.

• Online Government Documents about Patents, HCJCD Library System links to online U.S. Government documents about patents and trademarks.
• Patently Absurd, links to silly and serious patent sites.
• Totally Absurd, collection of silly U.S. patents.
• U.S. Patent Act, title 35 of the U.S. Code, the law governing patents.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, contains a patent search engine in-depth information on the U.S. patent and trademark process.
• The VRN Patent Entry, comprehensive set of links to patent sites including a hotlist, patent authority (organizations and national patent offices), patent law, patent FAQ files, patent searching and patent attorneys.