INVENTOR RESOURCES

Downloadable intellectual property-related informative articles:

• Intellectual Property Overview
• Patents - Protecting Your Invention
• Patent Searches on the Internet
• International Patenting
• PCT Applications
• Patents - Value for Money
• Provisional Patent Applications
• Industrial Designs in Canada
• Invention Promotion Companies

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 Venture Capital Association
Invest Manitoba

Find out what the US Federal Trade Commission, R. J. Riley, The United Inventors Association and InventNET have to say about Invention brokers and Invention Promotion Companies.

Organizations

National Research Council
Life Science Association of Manitoba
University of Manitoba – Technology Transfer 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.
Infomart Dialog – Search a variety of Patent and non-patent Databases, some of which are free (others require an account).
Derwent – Patent and Scientific Information Provider. Account required.
Micropatent – Will search Patent and Trademark Databases for you. Account required.
Google Patents - Free keyword searching on a database of all United States patents.  Free Patent Downloads.
Free Patents On Line - Free searching on a US patent database.