United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 September 2006
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), provide public access to patent and trademark
information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered
trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental
information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc,
microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on
the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system
used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet.
Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.
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
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 Public Library (408) 730-7300
Colorado Denver Public Library (720) 865-1711
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
Georgia Atlanta: Price Gilbert Memorial
Library, Georgia Institute
of Technology (404) 894-1395
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 1 (800) 572-8368
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) 545-2765
Boston Public Library (617) 536-5400
Ext. 4256
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: Public Library (313) 833-1450
Minnesota Minneapolis Public Library and
Information Center (612) 630-6000
Mississippi Jackson: Mississippi Library
Commission (601) 961-4111
Missouri Kansas City: Linda Hall Library (816) 363-4600
Ext. 724
St. Louis Public Library (314) 241-2288
Ext. 390
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) 507-3421
Reno: University of Nevada, Reno
Library (775) 784-6500
Ext. 257
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 Charlotte (704) 687-2241
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) 369-6932
Cleveland Public Library (216) 623-2870
Columbus: Ohio State University
Libraries (614) 292-3022
Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
Library, Wright State
University (937) 775-3521
Toledo/Lucas County Public Library (419) 259-5209
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
Ext. 2307
Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
University of Puerto Rico (787) 786-5225
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 Nashville: Stevenson Science
Library, Vanderbilt University (615) 322-2717
Texas Austin: McKinney Engineering
Library, University of Texas at
Austin (512) 495-4500
College Station: West Campus
Library, Texas A & M University (979) 845-2111
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 (210) 207-2500
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) 828-1101
Washington Seattle: Engineering Library,
University of Washington (206) 543-0740
West Virginia Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
West Virginia University (304) 293-4695
Ext. 5113
Wisconsin Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library,
University of Wisconsin Madison (608) 262-6845
Milwaukee Public Library (414) 286-3051
Wyoming Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library (307) 777-7281