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Patent Resources on the Web and in the Engineering Library

This guide directs you to materials that will help search for patent information

Videos

First Inventor to File Is Here: Learn How It Works (USPTO)
This set of videos explains the America Invents Act of 2011 and how it changed the patent system.
How to Conduct a Preliminary U.S. Patent Search (USPTO)
This video covers the basics of the official Seven Step Strategy for doing a patentability search.
How to do a Patent Search (UCF)
Patent Searching Basics (MIT)
Patent Searching Tutorial (Michigan)
Trademark Information Network (USPTO)

Tutorials & Guides

Patent Search Strategy (Purdue)
This guide-on-the-side tutorial walks you through a basic exploratory patent search.
Derwent Innovations Index (Purdue)
This guide-on-the-side tutorial walks you through the patent search process using Derwent Innovations Index.
Inventor's Handbook (MIT)
Patent Searching (Minnesota)
Espacenet Virtual Assistant (EPO)