Help for Inventors in California
There are many sources of help for inventors who want to patent an invention. On the Patent Search Information site, see particularly the Patent Search Process, U.S. Patent Databases, Manual of Classification, Classification Definitions, and U.S. Official Gazette pages.
Some additional starting points for inventors:
- The USPTO operates the Inventors
Assistance Center, which answers general questions and gives
out general patent information, refers inventors to other USPTO staff,
and helps in filling out forms.
- The USPTO Inventors
Resources Web Site includes a lot of specific information
regarding patents and the patenting process.
- The United Inventor's Association is a non-profit organization. "The mission of the UIA is to provide leadership, support, and services to inventor support groups as well as to other organizations and individuals interested in continuing America's role as the World's leader in innovation and invention."
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California Inventors Association
Northern California
Inventors Alliance
Idea to Market Network
Southern California:
Inventor's Forum
Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
Southern California:
Orange County
Patent Law Association
San Diego:
San Diego Inventors Forum
California Patent and Trademark Resource Center Libraries
- Los Angeles:
Science Technology and Patents Department
(Los Angeles
Public Library), Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los
Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-228-7200
Web Site Patent Information:Intellectual Property Resources
- Sacramento: Patent and Trademark Resource Center California State Library, Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building, Room 100, 914 Capitol Mall, , Sacramento, CA 95814. Phone: 916 654-0261 e-mail: cslgps@library.ca.gov
- San Diego: San
Diego Public Library, Central Library
820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101-6478 Phone: 619 236-5800
Web Site Patent Information: The Patent & Trademark Resource Center @ Your San Diego Public Library
- San Francisco: Brooks
Walker Patent and Trademark Center
San Francisco Public
Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco,
CA 94102. Phone: 415 557-4500
- Sunnyvale:
Sunnyvale
Public Library), 665 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: 408 730-7300
Web Site Patent Information: Patent Services and Information
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