Patent Searching:

The European Patent Office	http://ep.espacenet.com http://www.epo.co.at/index.htm
The U.S. Patent Office	http://www.uspto.gov
U.S. Patent Office PAIR	http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair
WIPO	http://www.wipo.int/eng/main.htm
Australian Patent Office	http://www.aipo.gov.au
Canadian Patent Office	http://cipo.gc.ca
Japanese Patent Office	http://www.jpo-miti.go.jp/
U.K. Patent Office	http://www.patent.gov.uk
IBM Patent Web Server	http://www.patents.ibm.com

Other Search Tools:

Free medline	http://www.medportal.com
General Reference Ordering Source	http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us
Sequence Listings	http://www.seqidno.com
Micropatent	http://www.micropat.com
Patent Portal	http://www.law.vill.edu/~rgruner/patport.htm
STO's Internet Patent Search System	http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html
PatentMatic downloader	http://patentmatic.com/welcome

Useful Sites for Inventors:

Invention Tips

http://www.du.edu/osp/iptips.html

Trademark and Copyright:

International Trademark Association (INTA)	http://www.inta.org/
Library of Congress Copyright Office	http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Electronic CFR	http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?%3C?SID%3E&c=ecfr&tpl=faq.tpl

Handy General References:

Dictionary (1)	http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
Dictionary (2)	http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Legal Dictionary	http://www.wwlia.org/diction.htm
Basic Science	http://w3.nai.net/~bobsalsa/high.htm
USDA	http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic
Handbook of Fluorescent Probes and Research Chemicals	http://www.probes.com

Legal Sites of Interest:

Decisions of the Federal Circuit	http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit/
California State Bar	http://www.calbar.org
Shepard Citations	http://www.bender.com/bender/open/Webdriver?MIval=index_shepards

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