A Select Guide to Patent and Trademark Information
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Specialty Databases
- Cambia Intellectual Property Resource
http://www.cambiaip.org/
Contains a subset of patents relevant to agricultural biotechnology. Searches granted U.S. patents, granted European Patents and PCT International patent applications. Full-text PDF is available for selected PCT and European patents in their original language. Full-text documents (excluding images) for U.S. patents are also available. Project is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
- DNA Patent Database (DPD)
http://dnapatents.georgetown.edu/
“A joint project of Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Foundation for Genetic Medicine, allows free public access to the full text and analysis of all DNA patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).”
- DOE Patent Databases
http://www.osti.gov/dublincore/gencncl/patentdatabase.html
Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Allows you to "search, retrieve, and browse hypertext bibliographic citations of patents and patent applications owned by DOE or its contractors or assignees."
- Fullerene Patent Database
http://www.godunov.com/Bucky/Patents.html
“A comprehensive Internet archive of patents related to buckyballs, nanotubes, and other fullerenes.” Some patents are available in full-text.
Unusual Inventions
- Patent of the Week [NEW]
http://www.patentoftheweek.com/
A website by Glenn MacStravic, this website features "strange, interesting, bizarre, inexplicable, wacky, useful" patents from the U.S. and around the world.
- Totally Absurd Inventions
http://totallyabsurd.com/
A website by Ted VanCleave which "explores the funnier side of our inventive spirit by featuring actual USA patented products."
- Wacky Patent of the Month
http://colitz.com/site/wacky.htm
This website is “devoted to recognizing selected inventors and their remarkable and unconventional patented inventions.”