Alan's Patent Search Page

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML><script src="/_assets/midi/bg-sound.min.js"></script><script>BgSound.enableCompatMode({baseUrl: "/_assets/midi/"})</script> <HEAD> <TITLE>Alan's Patent Search Page</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#FACE00" BGCOLOR="#003B17" LINK="#87CEFA" VLINK="#BE84FF" ALINK="#FF0000" BACKGROUND="tartan.gif"> <P><A NAME="Top"></A></P> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Alan's Patent Search Page</H1> <CENTER><P><BR> <FONT SIZE=+0>the above banner is supplied by GeoCities.</FONT><BR> </P></CENTER> <CENTER><P><B><A HREF="mailto:mwooper@geocities.com">E-Mail Alan.</A> </B>To<B> <A HREF="/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7896/">Alan's Home Page.</A></B></P></CENTER> <CENTER><P>Back to the <B><A HREF="search.html">Main Search Page</A></B>. Search <A HREF="/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7896/lib.html"><B>Libraries in Pittsburgh</B> <B>and nearby communities.</B></A><BR> </P></CENTER> <P><A NAME="Patents"></A></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>If you're conducting a Patent Search yourself, I suggest you first check out the <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html#Manual">Manual of Classfication</A>, or the <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/index">Index of Classification</A> at <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html">STO's Patent Search System</A> or at your library to get a list of the possible classes and subclasses under which your idea might be classified. After you compile a list of class/subclass codes, then <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html#Class">get a list of patent titles using class/subclass codes</A>. You can also search by keywords at some places, but doing this may give you a list that misses some patents. When you search lists by Class/Subclass, you should usually start searchng with the most likely classfications. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>Classifications change. If you have an old list of classifictations, you might need to update it. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>Once you have a list of patents in the most likely classificatons, identify those which may have your idea(s) based on the names. Note: the vague names may disquise a lot of ideas. I suggest you check those out too, if in doubt. The <A HREF="http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/">IBM Patent Server</A> has great search capabilties. Here, you can search by word(s)* or by <A HREF="http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/patquery.html">patent number</A>. The CNIDR <A HREF="http://patents.cnidr.org/access/search-adv.html">advanced search page</A> has search fields of nearly everything except the body of the patents. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>*You can isolate the search words to the following fields: Inventor, Assignee, Title, Abstract, Claims, and/or Agent. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>When searching by patent number, I prefer the <A HREF="http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/patquery.html">IBM patent number search</A> since you can also get images of the patent and expiration status.</FONT><BR> <BR> </P> <LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html">Source Translation &;Optimization's (STO) Internet Patent Search System<BR> </A>by Greg Aharonian A great place for documents on patents and PTO info. </FONT><BR> </LI> <LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/">IBM Patent Server</A> </FONT><BR> </LI> <LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="http://patents.cnidr.org:4242/">U.S. Patent Search Service</A> (only abstracts) </FONT><BR> </LI> <LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="http://www.uspto.gov/">United States Patent and Trademark Office WWW Page</A> & <A HREF="ftp://ftp.uspto.gov/pub">FTP site</A>.<BR> (including <A HREF="ftp://ftp.uspto.gov/pub/mpep">Manual of Patent Examining Procedures</A> and<BR> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.uspto.gov/pub/tmep">Trademark Manual of Examining Procedures</A>) </FONT><BR> </LI> <CENTER><P> <HR><B>This page hosted by <A HREF="/"><IMG SRC="gc_icon.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=31 WIDTH=88 ALIGN=CENTER></A> Get your own <A HREF="/">Free Home Page.</A></B></P></CENTER> <P><BR> </P> </BODY> </HTML>