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Patent Public Search: 

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html
The Patent Public Search tool is a new web-based patent search application that will replace internal legacy search tools PubEast and PubWest and external legacy search tools PatFT and AppFT. Patent Public Search has two user selectable modern interfaces that provide enhanced access to prior art. The new, powerful, and flexible capabilities of the application will improve the overall patent searching process.

Trademarks: 

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks

Espacenet - Patent Search

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/

The European Patent Office (EPO) examines European patent applications, enabling inventors, researchers and companies from around the world to obtain protection for their inventions in up to 44 countries through a centralized and uniform procedure that requires just one application.

 

The McKinney Engineering Library is a designated Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC).  As part of that program, we provide assistance with patent and trademark information. The director of the facility is Larayne Dallas the University Libraries Engineering Librarian. Below are links to guides she created to help faculty and students research patents and trademarks.
Larayne Dallas, director of the UT-Austin PTRC created the patent research guides listed below.
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright Using Patent Databases and Finding Patents 

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