Bookmarks - Goverment, Patents

Websites recommended by Dr. Greg Hollrigel, patent agent, gsh@patlawyers.com

United States Patent & Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov

1. Patents - http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm

2. List of Patent Attorneys/Agents - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/roster/index.html

3. Inventor Assistance Center - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/pacmain.html

4. Inventor Resources - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm

5. Patent Forms - http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html#patent

6. Patent/Patent Publication Searching - http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

Local Patent Organizations

1. Orange County Patent Law Association - http://www.ocpla.org

2. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association - http://www.laipla.org

3. San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association - http://www.sdipla.com

General Invention Assistance

Ask the Inventors - http://asktheinventors.com/

International Federation of Inventors' Associations - http://www.invention-ifia.ch/

Inventors Assistance League - http://www.inventions.org/

Rent an Inventor and Margolin Development - http://www.rent-an-inventor.com/

SBA - Starting Your Business - Patents, Trademarks - http://www.sba.gov/starting/indextrademarks.html

Reference Sources for Inventors

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works! - http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm

InventorEd's Free Resources - ttp://www.inventored.org

Inventors' Digest Magazine - http://www.inventorsdigest.com/

Inventors Publishing & Research - http://www.inventorspublishing.com/index.htm

MIT Invention Dimension! - http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Nolo Patent & Trade Secrets - http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm/catID/FD8C060B-5DD4-4809-A53ECCF6BBD87E32

North Orange County Computer Club Links - http://www.noccc.org/links/index.html

Stanford University Swain Library Resources for Patents and Inventions - http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/patent/pattop.html

Thomas Register - http://www.thomasregister.com/

Patents and Patent Searches

Delphion Citation Link - http://www.delphion.com/

European Patent Office - ttp://www.european-patent-office.org/

General Information Concerning Patents - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/smbuss/patents/toc.htm

Internet Patent News - http://www.bustpatents.com/

Japan Patent Office - http://www.jpo.go.jp/

The Patent Cafe - www.patentcafe.com

United States Patent and Trademark Office Search page - http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/search.html

United States Patent and Trademark Office Home - http://www.uspto.gov/

University of Michigan Media Union Library - http://www.lib.umich.edu/ummu/pattm/patsearch.html

Protecting Your Idea

National Iinventor Fraud Center, Inc. - http://www.inventorfraud.com/goodguys.htm

Licensing

Patent Cafe Patent Licensing - http://www.patentcafe.com/

Patent Cafe Licensing Inventions Articles - http://www.cafezine.com/Articles/licensing_000925.html

Patent Licensing article from Angenehm Law Firm - http://www.angenehm.com/casestudy1.html

Patent Licensing Strategies - http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_pubs/PLicense/main.htm

The Use of a Patent Licensing Center as an Intermediary - http://vjolt.student.virginia.edu/text_only/vol3/vol3_art10.html

Venture Organizations:

The following So. Cal. organizations provide information and services relevant to the invention commercialization process:

Association for Corporate Growth - acgoc@aol.com

Cal Tech/MIT Enterprise Forum - caltech.edu/~entforum

Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance - www.larta.org

Los Angeles Venture Association - lava4@aol.com

Orange Coast Venture Group - ocvg1@aol.com

San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum - sndforum@mit.org

The San Diego Venture Group Online - ww.sdvg.org/

Tech Coast Angels - Angel Investors in Southern California - www.techcoastangels.com

Tech Coast Venture Network - http://www.tcvn.org/

VenturePoint Tech Coast SBDC - http://www.venturepoint.org/