Top:Government:Law:Intellectual Property:Patents

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• "Patently Absurd" by Simson L. Garfinkel - article from WIRED about the current state of patents in the area of computers.
• Biotechnology Patents
• Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
• Chemical Patents Plus - free searching of fulltext U.S. patent documents from 1971, with complete patent page images from 1993, and many JAVA-rotateable 3D chemical structures, from CAS.
• European Patent Office - organization formed to establish a uniform patent system in Europe.
• Fullerene Patent Database - Comprehensive Internet archive of patents related to buckyballs, nanotubes, and other fullerenes.
• General Information Concerning Patents [USPTO]
• Investment Opportunities Inventions Patents
• Japanese Patent Site
• League for Programming Freedom - Software Patents
• Marks & Clerk - patent and trademark agents.
• National Association of Patent Practitioners - a non-profit organization supporting patent practitioners and other individuals in matters relating to patent law, its practice, and technological advances.
• Overview of Patents & Patent Practice
• Patent Portal, The - an entry point to patent resources on the Internet.
• Patent Search (WAIS)
• Patents
• Questel-Orbit - an international online information company specializing in patent, trademark, scientific, chemical, business and news information.
• Shadow Patent Office - offers free search of recent titles, and more extensive search for fee.
• STO's Internet Patent Search System
• U.S. Patent Law
• U.S. Patent/Full Text 1994
• United Kingdom Patent Office
• United States Patent and Trademark Office@
• US AIDS Patents
• FAQ - Patent and answers
• FAQ - Patents (Da Vinci Design)
• Index - Patents on the Internet