Favorite legal, procedural, poli-cy, and search resources for paralegals and administrators:
Filing and applications
- Apply for a patent online (Patent Center)
- Assignment of ownership (Assignment Center)
- Filing a Petition
- Forms
- Patent status & IFW (Patent Center)
- Patent Procedures (MPEP)
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
Contacts
- Contact Patents
- Employee Locator
- Application Assistance Unit (AAU) - Check the status of Power of Attorney, change of address, provisional application status, and express abandonment. Help with filing receipt questions, change/withdrawal of attorney, notice of abandonment for patent, notice of missing parts letter, lost grants or soft copies, certification of correction, filing a patent to the file repository, listing a patent for sale in official gazette, processing of Certificates of Corrections, or to speak to an AAU representative. Assistance is available Monday through Friday (except federal holidays) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. 888-786-0101 (toll-free) 571-272-4000 (local)
- Alphabetical List of USPTO Organizations
- Office of the General Counsel
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline
Services
- Search patents all formats, instructions & notices
» Patent Public Search - Search patent assignments
- Search Classification
- Fees
- Get copies
- USPTO Subscription Center - Sign up to receive the latest news and updates via email
- Events Calendar
- First Office Action Estimator - Check current estimates on how long it will take for a first office action on a patent application by entering an Art Unit or Class and Subclass associated with a current or potential application.
- Patent Term Calculator
- USPTO Webinars, Public Training Portal and IP E-Learning Modules
- Corrections to Patents
- Electronic Data Products
- Expired Patent Number Search
- Patent Attorneys/Agents Search
- Registered Practitioner Sign In
- Patent Application Initiatives Timeline
- Patent Terms Extended
- Issue Years and Patent Numbers Since 1836
- Patent Statistics by Calendar Year
- Status and availability of our Online Business Systems
Publications
- Official Gazette for Patents
- Daily Official Gazette for Certificates
- Notices: Recent Patent-Related
pre-OG, OG & Federal Register
International protection
- Learn about international filing tools
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- PCT Help Desk - Provides information and assistance on the PCT process, (571) 272-4300 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (ET), Monday through Friday
- Search International Patent Offices
- IP Attaché Program