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• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Patents ( March 1999 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This guide answers common questions about patents.

• Disclosure Document Program ( February 1998 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This document provides basic information about the program by which inventors may send a disclosure of invention to the PTO to be used as evidence of the invention's conception.

• List of Top Patenting Organizations: 1997 ( January 1998 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This document contains a list of the 10 organizations that received the most U.S. patents in 1997.

• List of Top Patenting Organizations: 1998 ( March 1999 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This document contains a list of the 10 organizations that received the most U.S. patents in 1998.

• Patent Document Type and Number Definitions ( December 1996 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This document provides basic information on what the different patents look like.

• Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program: Conducting a Patent Search at a Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL) ( March 1999 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This guide provides a seven step strategy for conducting a patent search.

• Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program: General Information and Background ( December 1996 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This document provides general information on how a library can become a designated patent and trademark depository.

• Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program: Notes on Becoming a Patent and Trademark Depository Library ( December 1996 )
  US Patent and Trademark Office

  This document presents the formal rules for becoming a patent and trademark library.

• Federal Trade Commission Brief on Patents and Invention Promotion Firms ( July 1997 )
  Federal Trade Commission

  Brochure from the Federal Trade Commission which provides consumers with a checklist to help them determine the patent-ability of a product. The brochure also includes and alert to consumers regarding invention promotion firm scams.