Databases, Search Tools, and Manuals

Patent 

  1. U.S. PTO Web Patent Database
    http://patft.uspto.gov/  
  2. Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog  
  3. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep
  4. Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspcindex/indextouspc.htm
     http://www.ibiblio.org/patents/index.html  
  5. U.S. Patent Classification
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification 
  6. Examiner Handbook to the U.S. Patent Classification System
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/sir/co/examhbk  
  7. Esp@cenet European & Worldwide Patent Database
    http://ep.espacenet.com 
  8. DEPATISnet German & Worldwide Patent Database
    http://www.depatisnet.de
  9. Patent Abstracts of Japan
    http://www.ipdl.ncipi.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl
  10. Japan Patent & Utility Model Gazette
    http://www4.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/Tokujitu/tjsogodben.ipdl?N0000=115
  11. Canadian Patent Database
    http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/introduction.html
  12. Australian Patent Database
    http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/search_index.shtml
  13. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Full Text Database
     http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/
  14. International Patent Classifications
    http://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/

Trademark

  1. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
    http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=login&p_lang=english&p_d=trmk 
  2. Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
    http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/tmep/ 
  3. Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks (most recent 52 issues)
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmog 
  4. Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual
    http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html 
  5. Trademark Trial & Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/ttab/tbmp
  6. OHIM's Community Trade Mark Database
     http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/QPLUS/databases/searchCTM.en.do
  7. United Kingdom Trademark Database
    http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find.htm
  8. Canadian Trademark Database
    http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/tmSrch.do?lang=eng
  9. Australian Trademark Database
    http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/search_index.shtml#atmoss
  10. French Trademark Database
    http://www.icimarques.com
  11. Japanese Trademark Database
    http://www3.ipdl.ncipi.go.jp/cgi-bin/ET/ep_main.cgi?1124892047192