Research Guides: Patent Searching Resources: Guides to Patent Searching

Websites

UMN Patent Searching Tutorial
An interactive guide focusing on the USPTO patent database and Google Patents.
UMN Office for Technology Commercialization
Helps UMN researchers protect and commercialize inventions.
USPTO Seven Step Search Strategy
Covers the patent searching method recommended by the USPTO.
USPTO Interactive Tutorial
A 38 minute video detailing the USPTO's recommended Seven Step Search Strategy.

How to Conduct Patent Searches for Medicines by WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Call Number: QV736 H847 2010 (TC Health Sciences Library)
ISBN: 9789290223757
Publication Date: 2010
Patent It Yourself by David Pressman, David E. Blau
Call Number: Reserve KF3120.Z9 P285
ISBN: 9781413329971
Publication Date: 2022
Patent Law for Computer Scientists by Daniel Closa
Call Number: K1519.C6 P38x 2010 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9783642050770
Publication Date: 2010
Also available via Springer e-book access.
Patent Searching by David Hunt, Long B. Nguyen (Editors), et al.
Call Number: T210 .P38 2007 (Walter Library) (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9780471783794
Publication Date: 2007
Also available via EBSCOhost online access.
Patent Searching Made Easy; How to Do Patent Searches Online and in the Library by David Hitchcock
Call Number: T210 .H58 2022
ISBN: 9781413329698
Publication Date: 8th ed., 2022