Librarian Info
Erich Purpur
Contact:
Clark Hall
Brown Science & Engineering Library
Office - I046
ep9k@virginia.edu
Brown Science & Engineering Library
Office - I046
ep9k@virginia.edu
434 924 1557
Patent Searching
- The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency which serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States
- Google Patents is a search engine from Google that indexes patents and patent applications
- Lens serves global patent and scholarly knowledge as a public good to inform science and technology enabled problem solving. No account required.
- Basic Introduction to Patent SearchingA first stop for learning how to find existing patents
Copyright
These sites help to explain many aspects of copyright and intellectual property rights management. Please check with a librarian for more information -- or consult the University's Office of General Counsel for more detailed information.
- Copyright Information Resources (U.Va. Libraries)Links to resources dealing with copyright, fair use, works in the public domain, and obtaining permission to use copyrighted works.
- Creative CommonsCreative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.
- Issues in Scholarly CommunicationsLinks to various articles and web pages discussiing issues related to scholarly publishing.
- Science CommonsScience Commons designs strategies and tools for faster, more efficient web-enabled scientific research by identifying unnecessary barriers to research and crafting guidelines and legal agreements to lower those barriers.
Patent Tutorials
- Guide to Patent SearchingA series of tutorials from the McKinney Engineering Library at the University of Texas.
Use the online tutorials below to learn more about patents and trademarks and how to search for them.
- Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and EngineersOnline version of the classic text from the CRC Press. (U.Va. only)
- UVa Licensing & Ventures (the University of Virginia Patent Foundation)The U.Va. office ready to help you patent your inventions and discoveries and to answer your questions about patents.