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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but patent law is certainly its guardian. In this section, we provide you with a variety of internet resources that can help you patent your discoveries. For the sake of brevity, we only provide a selection of links; we hope they will serve as a starting point for further research. Below, you will find links to key national and international patent offices, directories to patent offices and intellectual property law practices, and listings of law practices known to specialize in biotechnology.
Perfecting your patent search
January 2003
Got a great idea for forming a company? The Internet can help you learn whether someone else has thought of it too.
Organizations
International
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Trade Organization
North America
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
US Patent and Trademark Office
US Copyright Office
Europe
European Patent Office
European Communities Trade Mark Association
French Patent Office
German Patent and Trade Mark Office
UK Patent Office
Asia/Australia
IP Australia
Japan Patent Office
Directories
International IP practices
National IP Offices
National Copyright Administrations
US IP lawyers and practices
Patent Searches
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Perfecting your patent search
January 2003
Got a great idea for forming a company? The Internet can help you learn whether someone else has thought of it too.
Free Access Patent Searches
European Patent Office–Esp@cenet
DialogSelect International Patent Search
German Patent Office of International Patent Data
USPTO Patent and Trademark Data
US Agbiotechnology Patent Data
Fee-Based Access Patent Searches
BizInt Solutions
CHIResearch
Delphion
Derwent Information
Europe Information Network Services
Image Applications Ltd
IP.com
IPSearchEngine.com
Micropatent
PLX Systems
PatenTec
Pattera
Questel
Reed Technology
STNEasy
WissInfo
World Patent Technology
Literature Searches
PubMed
Scirus
Grant and Funding Searches
Community of Science
European Community R&D Information Service
Sciencewise
US federally funded research
UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Database
Internet Searches
Google
Northern Light
Law firms
North America
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Baker Botts
Cooley Godward
Darby & Darby
Elman Technology Law
Fish & Neave
FitzPatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Gordon & Rees
Gray Cary
Gunderson Dettmer
HellerEhrman
Michael, Best & Friedrich
MintzLevin
Morrison & Foerster
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen
Nixon Peabody
Quine Intellectual Property Law Group
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
Townsend & Townsend & Crew
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati
WombleCarlyle
WoodcockWashburn
Europe
Boult Wade Tennant
KilburnStrode
Pinsents
Oceania/Asia
Deacons
Wilkinson & Grist
Databases
Europe
French Biotech Database
Italian Biotech Database
Austrian Biotech Database
Swiss Life Sciences Database
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