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Governmental Web Sites

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Associations and Organizations

  • Invention Dimension  
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    This is a one-stop informational center for inventors, innovators and students. This free site advertises awards and opportunities, provides an Inventor's Handbook, and includes info on how to apply for a patent.
  • Inventors' Alliance: San Francisco Bay Area  
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    The Web site for an "all-volunteer resource and mutual help group for inventors in the San Francisco Bay Area." Site includes membership and meeting information, newsletter archive, and a browsable list of links to resources for inventors/entrepreneurs.
  • American Society of Inventors  
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    The Inventor's Web Portal.
  • Inventor's Assistance League  
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    A self-help program that is understandable, easy-to-use and authoritative for the amateur and professional inventor.
  • United Inventors Association of the USA  
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    A nonprofit inventor support group serving the invention community since 1990.
  • InventNET - The Inventor's Network  
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    Run by a nonprofit group of independent inventors, this site has advice on everything from patent law and software to marketing your invention: classified ads, a newsletter, an online forum, Web links, and inventions for sale.
  • TDC Trade  
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    In addition to doing a preliminary U.S. patent search, check this Hong Kong Trade Development Website to see if your product idea is being manufactured in China.
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Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs)

  • Nondisclosure Agreements for Free  
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    From the website of Attorney Richard Stim, author of many Nolo legal books. read about NDA's and why "signing a document titled 'Nondisclosure Agreement' will not automatically erect a shield around your business information".
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PTDLs

California has 6 libraries designated U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs):

PTDLs provide public access to patent and trademark information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, research tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information. All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges associated with the use of photocopying and related services. 

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office gives the "Top Ten Scam Warning Signs" on invention promotion, marketing and licensing firms.

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