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Patent Searches 

For the Canadian Patents since 1920:
      http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/

For the US Patents since 1790:
      http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html.

For Worldwide Searches:
      http://gb.espacenet.com/

PCT Gazette
    http://pctgazette.wipo.int/

Patent Classifications

For US Patent Classifications:
    http://www.uspto.gov/go/classification/

For International Patent Classifications:
    http://www.wipo.org/classifications/en/

Patent Laws and Rules

For the Canadian Patent Act:
    http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/P-4/index.html

For the Canadian Patent Rules:
    http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/P-4/SOR-96-423.index.html

For the Canadian Manual Of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP)
    http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/mopop/mopop-e.html

For US Patent Laws:
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_laws.pdf

For US Patent Rules:
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_rules.pdf

For the US Manual Of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep.htm

Last updated: December 21, 2007