Web Directory

» CAMBIA Intellectual Property Resource
   Organization devoted to international agriculture and health sciences. Offers patent search, biotechnology white papers, and tutorials.
   http://www.cambiaip.org/

» CrazyPatents.com
   Examples of wacky and crazy patents that have been issued to inventors throughout the years.
   http://www.crazypatents.com

» Delphion Intellectual Property Network
   A premier site for searching, viewing, and analyzing patent collections worldwide.
   http://www.delphion.com

» European Intellectual Property Association
   Online access to inventions and patent information
   http://www.eipa-patents.org

» Find That Patent by Dream Ratings
   Searchable database of U.S. patents, abstracts and claims.
   http://www.findthatpatent.com/

» Fishing Patents
   Examples of patents related to fishing, sorted into categories.
   http://www.fishingpatents.com

» Free Inventors Help
   Information on obtaining a patent, patent searches, finding legal advice, industrial designing, prototyping, manufacturing, marketing, pitfalls to avoid, inventor organizations and resource links
   http://www.freeinventorshelp.com/

» Free Patents Online
   Searchable summaries of U.S. patents.
   http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

» Freshpatents.com
   Listing of recent US patent applications with keyword monitoring and RSS feeds.
   http://www.freshpatents.com/

» Google Patent Search
   Search more than seven million U.S. patents.
   http://www.google.com/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.
   http://www.howstuffworks.com/patent.htm

» IPEXL Patent Search and Directory
   IPEXL Patent Search is a free patent search that covers US, Japanese and Chinese Asian patents, allowing multilingual search strings.
   http://www.ipexl.com

» Innography
   Innography delivers a unique collaboration platform for protecting intellectual property patent infringement. This enables companies to leverage, optimize and manage their patent portfolios.
   http://www.innography.com/

» Intellectual Property Library - IP.com
   IP.com's Intellectual Property Library is a free global patent and non-patent literature search system, a search engine for patents, patent applications, prior art, Chinese patents, IBM Redbooks, and more.
   http://www.ip.com/

» Intellogist
   Detailed evaluations, comparisons, and ratings of patent search systems, with patent search tools by country and categorized by technology.
   http://www.intellogist.com

» 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.
   http://www.iusmentis.com/

» Patent Alert
   Providing email updates about inventions recently patented in the United States.
   http://www.patentalert.com/

» Patent Bar Review and Study Guide
   Patent Bar Exam study guide with questions from past exams.
   http://mypatentbar.com

» Patent Baristas
   Freshly brewed chat served up daily featuring biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law news and commentary.
   http://patentbaristas.com

» Patent Genius
   Full text and information on U.S. patents since 1976, available by category, class, inventor or holder.
   http://www.patentgenius.com/

» Patent Search Information Site
   Introductory guide to patent information and the conduct of searches.
   http://www.patent-search-information.com

» PatentSurf
   Enabling patent research by navigating through natural relationships that exist between patents.
   http://www.PatentSurf.net

» Patently Absurd!
   Absurd, weird and wacky patents, mainly from the UK Patent Office, also offering links to serious patent information.
   http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk

» Patents.com
   Patent search service.
   http://www.patents.com/

» Patents4Technologies
   Overview of United States patent law with reference to court rulings.
   http://www.patents4technologies.com/PatentLaw.htm

» Peer to Patent
   Patent review project affiliated with the United States Patent and Trademark Office where patent applicants submit applications for review by industry peers.
   http://www.peertopatent.org/

» 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.
   http://www.ladas.com/Patents/Computer/Computer.EPOJP.html

» Rabin & Berdo, PC
   District of Columbia law firm, offering a downloadable brochure on mechanical and electrical patents.
   http://www.awoodpatents.com

» SoYouWanna Patent Something?
   Article discusses step-by-step the patent application process.
   http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/patent/patentFULL.html

» Software Patent Institute
   Nonprofit corporation formed to provide courses and prior art about software technology to help improve the patent process.
   http://www.spi.org/

» Strategy Patent, LLC
   Information on the creation and valuation of intellectual property assets, particularly patents. From Coleman Sudol LLP.
   http://www.patentassets.com/

» The Patent Simple Method
   A simple guide to drafting and filing a US provisional patent application at low cost.
   http://www.patentsimple.com

» Thomas
   Information of all patent-related bills currently pending before the U.S. Congress.
   http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?c104:patent

» Tyson Wilde - Inventor Basics
   Basic patent information for inventors.
   http://www.inventorbasics.com