Useful Links

Patent Searches

For the Canadian Patents since 1920:
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home

For the US Patents since 1790:
https://patft.uspto.gov/

For Worldwide Searches:
https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/

European Patent Office:
https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents.html

Patent Classifications

For US Patent Classifications:
https://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/

For International Patent Classifications:
https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/

Patent Laws and Rules

For the Canadian Patent Act:
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-4/

For the Canadian Patent Rules:
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2019-251/index.html

For the Canadian Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP):
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr00720.html

For US Patent Laws, US Patent Rules, and for the
US Manual of Patent Examining Procedures (MPEP):
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/index.html

Patent Agent Associations:

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC):
https://ipic.ca/

College of Patent Agent and Trademark Agent (CPATA):
https://cpata-cabamc.ca/en/