Services Offered
by the OSU Patent and Trademark Library
Patent
Search Assistance | Trademark Search
Services
- Although we can provide information about the U.S. patent
and trademark search process, we cannot give legal advice.
- The USPTO recommends that inventors contact a patent
and tradmark attorney/agent for legal advice and for assistance
with the submission of a patent or trademark application.
(For a list of patent and trademark attorneys
in Oklahoma, search by state (OK) or city (Oklahoma City, Tulsa).
Patent
Search Assistance
- Our staff can assist with a PRELIMINARY U.S. patent search by
appointment, recommended to determine if someone else has already
obtained protection for the invention you plan to make. Please
read about the patent process.
- Please call (405) 744-6546 to make an appointment. This will
ensure the availability of search assistance and computer time.
Staff assistance is available for explanation and instruction
in the use of search tools.
- Read How
to Search Patents, Trademarks via the USPTO Web site.
- The Library staff will NOT perform a preliminary
patent search on your behalf.
- We are not patent attorneys and will not interpret/advise regarding
search results.
- There is no charge for utilizing the collection.
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information regarding patents
Trademark Search Services
- A search of Federally Registered and Pending Trademarks is recommended
for anyone seeking to name a service or product. This search is
helpful to determine if someone else has already obtained protection
for the name you plan to use in commerce.
- Read How
to Search Patents, Trademarks via the USPTO Web site.
- You can perform the search yourself via the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office's TESS
database. For search assistance, please contact us at (405)
744-6546.
- Search includes Federally Registered and Pending Trademarks
only, and does not include state registered or common-law marks.
- For a complete search (federal, state, and common-law marks),
please contact the Research
Wizard service at the Tulsa City County Library (918) 596-7991
or an attorney.
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information regarding trademarks
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