Reference Collections of U.S. Patents and Trademarks
Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries
The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Depository
Libraries (PTDLs), receive patent and trademark information from the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. Many PTDLs have on file patents issued since
1790, trademarks published since 1872, and select collections of foreign
patents. All PTDLs receive both the patent and trademark sections of the
Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and numerical
sets of patents in a variety of formats. Patent and trademark search
systems in the Cassis CD-ROM series are available at all PTDLs to increase
access to that information. It is through the CD-ROM systems and other
depository materials that preliminary patent and trademark searches may be
conducted through the numerically arranged collections.
Each PTDL offers reference publications which outline and provide access
to the patent and trademark classification systems, as well as other
documents and publications which supplement the basic search tools.
PTDLs provide technical staff assistance in using all materials.
All information is available for use by the public free of charge.
However, there may be charges associated with the use of on-line
systems, photocopying and related services.
Since there are variations in the scope of patent and trademark
collections among the PTDLs, and their hours of service to the public
vary, anyone contemplating use of these collections at a particular
library is urged to contact that library in advance about its
collections, services, and hours in order to avert possible
inconvenience.
Partnership PTDLs provide enhanced and expanded services for which
fees are charged. They offer on-line patent text and image searching,
on-line trademark searching, and videoconferencing for examiner
interviews and workshops. They accept disclosure documents on site,
order file wrappers, assignment documents and certified copies for their
customers, and host a variety of seminars aimed at specific audiences,
including practitioners, paralegals, and independent inventors.
Currently, partnerships are located at the Great Lakes Patent and
Trademark Center (GLPTC) at the Detroit Public Library in Detroit,
Michigan, the Sunnyvale Center for Innovation, Invention and Ideas
(SCI3) at the Sunnyvale Public Library in Sunnyvale, California and
at the South Central Intellectual Property Partnership at Rice
(SCIPPR) at the Fondren Library of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
State Name of Library Telephone Contact
Alabama Auburn University Libraries (334) 844-1737
Birmingham Public Library (205) 226-3620
Alaska Anchorage: Z. J. Loussac Public
Library (907) 562-7323
Arizona Tempe: Noble Library, Arizona
State University (480) 965-7010
Arkansas Little Rock: Arkansas State
Library (501) 682-2053
California Los Angeles Public Library (213) 228-7220
Sacramento: California State
Library (916) 654-0069
San Diego Public Library (619) 236-5813
San Francisco Public Library (415) 557-4500
Sunnyvale Center for Innovation,
Invention and Ideas (408) 730-7290
Colorado Denver Public Library (303) 640-6220
Connecticut Hartford Public Library (860) 543-8628
New Haven Free Public Library (203) 946-8130
Delaware Newark: University of Delaware
Library (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia Washington: Howard University
Libraries (202) 806-7252
Florida Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
Main Library (954) 357-7444
Miami-Dade Public Library (305) 375-2665
Orlando: University of Central
Florida Libraries (407) 823-2562
Tampa Campus Library, University
of South Florida (813) 974-2726
Georgia Atlanta: Price Gilbert Memorial
Library, Georgia Institute
of Technology (404) 894-4508
Hawaii Honolulu: Hawaii State Public
Library System (808) 586-3477
Idaho Moscow: University of Idaho Library (208) 885-6235
Illinois Chicago Public Library (312) 747-4450
Springfield: Illinois State Library (217) 782-5659
Indiana Indianapolis-Marion County Public
Library (317) 269-1741
West Lafayette Siegesmund
Engineering Library,
Purdue University (765) 494-2872
Iowa Des Moines: State Library of Iowa (515) 242-6541
Kansas Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
State University (316) 978-3155
Kentucky Louisville Free Public Library (502) 574-1611
Louisiana Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
University of Maine (207) 581-1678
Maryland College Park: Engineering and
Physical Sciences Library,
University of Maryland (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
University of Massachusetts (413) 545-1370
Boston Public Library (617) 536-5400
Michigan Ann Arbor: Media Union Library,
University of Michigan (734) 647-5735
Big Rapids: Abigail S. Timme
Library, Ferris State University (231) 592-3602
Detroit: Great Lakes Patent and (313) 833-3379
Trademark Center
Minnesota Minneapolis Public Library and
Information Center (612) 630-6120
Mississippi Jackson: Mississippi Library
Commission (601) 961-4111
Missouri Kansas City: Linda Hall Library (816) 363-4600
St. Louis Public Library (314) 241-2288
Montana Butte: Montana College of Mineral
Science and Technology Library (406) 496-4281
Nebraska Lincoln: Engineering Library,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (402) 472-3411
Nevada Las Vegas-Clark County Library
District (702) 733-1165
Reno: University of Nevada, Reno
Library (775) 784-6500
New Hampshire Concord: New Hampshire
State Library (603) 271-2239
New Jersey Newark Public Library (973) 733-7779
Piscataway: Library of Science and
Medicine, Rutgers University (732) 445-2895
New Mexico Albuquerque: University of
New Mexico General Library (505) 277-4412
New York Albany: New York State Library (518) 474-5355
Buffalo and Erie County Public
Library (716) 858-7101
Rochester Public Library (716) 428-8110
New York Library
(The Research Libraries) (212) 592-7000
Stony Brook: Engineering Library,
State University of New York (631) 632-7148
North Carolina Raleigh: D.H. Hill Library, North
Carolina State University (919) 515-2935
North Dakota Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
University of North Dakota (701) 777-4888
Ohio Akron-Summit County Public (330) 643-9075
Library
Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
Public Library of (513) 369-6971
Cleveland Public Library (216) 623-2870
Columbus: Ohio State University
Libraries (614) 292-3022
Dayton: Paul Laurence Public
Library, Wright State
University Not Yet Operational
Toledo/Lucas County Public Library (419) 259-5212
Oklahoma Stillwater: Oklahoma State
University Center for International
Trade Development (405) 744-7086
Oregon Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library,
Lewis & Clark College (503) 768-6786
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, The Free Library of (215) 686-5331
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of (412) 622-3138
University Park: Pattee Library,
Pennsylvania State University (814) 865-6369
Puerto Rico Mayaquez General Library,
University of Puerto Rico (787) 832-4040
Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
University of Puerto Rico Not Yet Operational
Rhode Island Providence Public Library (401) 455-8027
South Carolina Clemson University Libraries (864) 656-3024
South Dakota Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology (605) 394-1275
Tennessee Memphis & Shelby County Public
Library and Information Center (901) 725-8877
Nashville: Stevenson Science
Library, Vanderbilt University (615) 322-2717
Texas Austin: McKinney Engineering
Library, University of Texas at
Austin (512) 495-4500
College Station: Sterling
C. Evans Library, Texas A & M
University (979) 845-5745
Dallas Public Library (214) 670-1468
Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
University (713) 348-5483
Lubbock: Texas Tech University (806) 742-2282
San Antonio Public Library Not Yet Operational
Utah Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
University of Utah (801) 581-8394
Vermont Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
University of Vermont (802) 656-2542
Virginia Richmond: James Branch Cabell
Library, Virginia Commonwealth
University (804) 828-1104
Washington Seattle: Engineering Library,
University of Washington (206) 543-0740
West Virginia Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
West Virginia University (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library,
University of Wisconsin Madison (608) 262-6845
Milwaukee Public Library (414) 286-3051
Wyoming Casper: Natrona County Public
Library (307) 237-4935