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• Science: Technology: Invention and Innovation  (42)

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• Clearly Understood, Inc. - Offers US Patents and Applications, downloadable in PDF format.
• CrazyPatents.com - Examples of wacky and crazy patents that have been issued to inventors throughout the years.
• Delphion Intellectual Property Network - A premier site for searching, viewing, and analyzing patent collections worldwide.
• European Intellectual Property Association - Online access to inventions and patent information
• Find That Patent by Dream Ratings - Searchable database of U.S. patents, abstracts and claims.
• Fishing Patents - Examples of patents related to fishing, sorted into categories.
• Free Patents Online - Searchable summaries of U.S. patents.
• Freshpatents.com - Listing of recent US patent applications with keyword monitoring and RSS feeds.
• Google Patent Search - Search more than seven million U.S. patents.
• HowStuffWorks: How Patents Work - Easy to read illustrated narrative that provides basic information on patents, what they are, how they work and how an inventor goes about getting one.
• Ius mentis - Concise primers, answers to frequently asked questions, and articles on patents and other intellectual property rights, aimed at people with a background in information and communication technology.
• James Dyson - Help and guidance for inventors.
• Patent Alert - Providing email updates about inventions recently patented in the United States.
• Patent Baristas - Freshly brewed chat served up daily featuring biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law news and commentary.
• Patent Genius - Full text and information on U.S. patents since 1976, available by category, class, inventor or holder.
• Patent Looker, LLC - PatentMonkey.com - Patent search with PDF downloads.
• Patent Reader - Searchable database of U.S. patents with downloads available in PDF format, from Semantic Dream Inc.
• Patent Search Information Site - Introductory guide to patent information and the conduct of searches.
• Patently Absurd! - Absurd, weird and wacky patents, mainly from the UK Patent Office, also offering links to serious patent information.
• Patently Obvious - Weblog describing cases and developments in patent law.
• Patents.com - Patent search service.
• Patents4Technologies - Overview of United States patent law with reference to court rulings.
• Rabin & Berdo, PC - District of Columbia law firm, offering a downloadable brochure on mechanical and electrical patents.
• Software Patent Institute - Nonprofit corporation formed to provide courses and prior art about software technology to help improve the patent process.
• SoYouWanna Patent Something? - Article discusses step-by-step the patent application process.
• Strategy Patent, LLC - Information on the creation and valuation of intellectual property assets, particularly patents. From Coleman Sudol LLP.
• Thomas - Information of all patent-related bills currently pending before the U.S. Congress.
• Tyson Wilde - Inventor Basics - Basic patent information for inventors.

• Protection of Software-related Inventions in Europe and Japan - Information regarding the protection of computer-related inventions, from the law firm of Ladas and Perry. (May 7, 1996)