Related Links

Patent Offices

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office

European Patent Office



Helpful Sites for Inventors

Canadian Innovation Centre

Canadian Business Service Centre

Canadian Technology Network

National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program

Canadian Venture Capital Association

Invest Manitoba

Find out what the US Federal Trade Commission, R. J. Riley, The Inventor Awareness Center and InventNET have to say about Invention brokers.



Organizations

National Research Council

Health Care Products Association of Manitoba

University of Manitoba – Industry Liaison Office

National Research Council – Institute for Biodiagnostics



Search Engines

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Patent Database
Free searching and viewing of the last 80 years of Canadian patents. Patents can be downloaded at no charge.

United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Database

Delphion Patent Server – free searching and viewing of last 26 years of US patents. Account required to order Patents.

Esp@cenet - Search European, Japanese and PCT published patent applications.

Reedfax – Order US and Foreign Patents and File Histories. Account required.

Orbit – Search for Patents and Patent Families. Account required.

Infomart Dialog – Search a variety of Patent and non-patent Databases, some of which are free (others require an account).

Patscan – UBC Patent and Trademark Searching Service. Will search US, Canadian and International Databases for you.

Derwent – Patent and Scientific Information Provider. Account required.

Micropatent – Will search Patent and Trademark Databases for you. Account required.

Patent Gopher – Order US Patents

PubMed – Free searching of Medical Journals