U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Provides information about U.S. patents and trademarks. Has a full-text database and full-page patent images.

Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Patents, trademarks, copyright, and current regulations for Canadian intellectual property.

European Patent Office
Has a searchable database of over 30 million patent documents. Covers patent and trademark law.

Japan Patent Office
Contains notices, publications, and an Industrial Property Digital Library

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
An organization that supports and promotes the protection of international intellectual property

Intellectual Property: Patents
Information on different types of patents, patenting an idea or invention, licensing a patent, and more. Provided by FindLaw.

Patents
A comprehensive guide with information on applying for a patent, patent searching, patent law and legislation, as well as international patents. Compiled by the University of North Texas.

Patents at MIT
A guide developed by MIT libraries providing general information on patents, and where and how to search for them.

Tutorials
A list of patent search tutorials.

Department Of Energy Patent Database
Search, retrieve, and browse records of patents and patent applications owned by DOE or its contractors or assignees.

DNA Patent Database
A collection of DNA-based patents and patent applications issued by the United State Patent and Trademark Office. Full-text versions of patents available.

FreePatentsOnline.com
Provides fast, free patent searching, with features such as PDF downloading, search management functions, collaborative document folders, and more.

Goggle Patent Search
Search over seven million patents.

Patent Lens
A fully text searchable database containing over six million patents from the US, Australian and European-based databases. You can search protein and DNA sequences listed in patents.

Ask the Inventors!™
Includes answers to the most popular invention questions, a list of resources to help new inventors get started, and advice on how to bring your invention to market.

Bitlaw
A comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. Provided by the law firm of Beck & Tysver.

Chemical Patents
This PDF booklet enitled "What Every Chemist Should Know About Patents," and was written by chemists for chemists.

General Information About Patents
An FAQ from Oppedahl Patent Law Firm.

Intellectual Property Law and Technology
Articles, Reports and Other Information on Intellectual Property from BRINT Institute.

Patent Information Users Group
A not-for-profit organization for individuals interested in patents. You can join an email discussion list for questions relating to patent information.

Patents handbook: a guide for inventors and researchers to searching patent documents and preparing and making an application
Fred K. Carr
Call Number: T339 .C347 1995

Protecting your ideas: the inventor's guide to patents
Joy L. Bryant
Call Number: T339 .B92 1999

Inventing software: the rise of "computer-related" patents
Kenneth Nichols
Call Number: QA76.754 .N5 1998

Successful patents and patenting for engineers and scientists
edited by Michael A. Lechter et al.
Call Number: KF3114.8.E54 S83 1995