USPTO Links

Forms and Portals

EFS-Web Patent Forms: form-fillable PDFs that will provide auto-loading of data directly into USPTO databases

Patent Forms: forms for business transactions with the USPTO

Portals: patent application information retrieval and electronic patent filing

Code and Rules

Patent Laws: U.S. Code, Title 35

Patent Rules: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37

Search Patents

Patent Search Template: guide to patent search resources by patent classification

Patent Classification Manual

Patent Database

Assignment

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File Assignment Document

Order copies of U.S. Patent and Trademark Documents

News and Notices

News and Notices

BPAI

BPAI Final Decisions: search publicly available final decisions rendered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Guides and Manuals

Basic Facts about Patents

MPEP: manual of patent examining procedure

Guidance, Tools & Manuals