Resources

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USPTO Related 
 
www.uspto.gov/    For confidentiality reasons, the place we suggest you do your searches (from a secure, non-public computer).
www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/    Search page for patent-related items (issued patents AND published patent applications)
uspto trademark electronic search system ("TESS")    Search page for trademarks.
 
 
www.google.com/patents    Great for DOWNLOADING an issued patent in ONE FILE for reading or printing at your leisure, or for archiving or future refererence.
 
 
http://www.inventorsdigest.com/     Fantastic resource for practical information for gettting your invention to market. The Rochester Public Library has a subscription if you want to see what its like.
 
...more to follow...
 
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