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The United States Patent and Trademark Office
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Contents
• Functions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights
What is a Patent?
What Is a Trademark or Servicemark?
What is a Copyright?
• Patent Laws
• What Can Be Patented
• Novelty and Nonobviousness, Conditions for Obtaining a
Patent
• The United States Patent and Trademark Office
• General Information and Correspondence
• Public Search Facility and Patent and Trademark Resource
Centers
• Attorneys and Agents
• Who May Apply for a Patent
• Independent Inventor Resources
• Application for Patent
Nonprovisional Application for a Patent
Provisional Application for a Patent
Publication of Patent Applications
• File Your Application Electronically Using EFS-Web
• Oath or Declaration, Signature
• Filing, Search, and Examination Fees
• Specification (Description and Claims)
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