Open Educational Resources: Patents and Trademarks

A guide for finding openly licensed textbooks, publicly-available databases, and other educational resources

Patents and Trademarks

Patent Public Search (USPTO) This link opens in a new window
Search for U.S. patents issued since 1790 or published U.S. patent applications since 2001.
South Carolina Inventors: 1796-1896 This link opens in a new window
search patents by inventor, invention, residence, and date
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) This link opens in a new window
current U.S. trademarks and a number of historic/expired trademarks