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UM onsite collections consist of mainly backup archives. Except for PubWEST, most have corresponding sources available free on the web (See internet resources)

EPSL Onsite Resources

  • PubWEST
    • Please call ahead: Librarian login required
    • Faster than the USPTO free web database
    • Offers more features and search capabilities than the USPTO free web database
    • Includes international patents

  • USAPat
    • DVD-ROM (not a searchable database)
    • All US Patents (scanned images) 1790-Present

  • USAMark
    • DVD-ROM (not a searchable database)
    • All Registered U.S. Trademarks (scanned images) 1870-Present
    • Includes over 600,000 "Dead" (abandoned) marks NOT available in TESS (These images are also available online in Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR))

  • Official Gazette
    • Microfilm: vol.1(1872) - vol.845(1967)
      EPSL Periodical Stacks: 1943-1998
      EPSL Reference: Patents 1998-2002 (after 2002 on CD-ROM See Information Desk for assistance); Trademarks 1999-2005
      Call Number: T223.A3
      Online: Patents (most recent 52 issues); Trademarks (most recent five issues)

      DVD/CD-ROM Databases

These are mostly backup archives, but they are sometimes faster, or better for downloading huge sets of data, spreadsheets, etc.

  • Cassis Patent & Trademark Assignments
  • Cassis Patents BIB
    • Search abstracts 1988-present
    • Search titles 1969-present
  • Cassis Trademarks BIB
  • Cassis Patents Assist
    • Includes Art Unit/Supervisory Examiner index, Attorneys & Agents list, and classification search options not available on the web
  • Patent Abstracts of Japan
  • GlobalPat
  • DEPAROM

McKeldin Government Documents

  • U.S. Utility Patents, 1790 to present
  • Design Patents, 1842 to present
  • Reissue Patents, 1983 (R31,119) to present
  • Defensive Publications, 1975 (T9300,001) to 1986
  • Statutory Invention Registrations (SIRS), 1985 to present
  • Reexamination Certificates, 1983 to present
  • CDR (Corrections, Disclaimers, Reissues), 1983 to 1987
  • Patent Status File, 1987 to present
 

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