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Two Easy Ways to get Copies of a Patent...

USING THE
U.S.PATENT OFFICE DATABASE

The United States Patent and Trademark Office provides a patent database which can be accessed for FREE by the general public. The patent office information includes all U.S. Patents issued since 1790 searchable by patent number and through current U.S. Classifications linked to true images of each page of each available patent.

USING THE USPTO DATABASE

When you access the U.S.PTO WebSite (using our link), you will find a list entitled "Issued Patents" which includes three main search options. If you know your patent number, click on the "Patent Number Search" option. The "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search" options allow key word locating of similar inventions, useful during a search process.

All patents issued since 1976 are available in full-text format. Earlier patents issued between about 1790 and 1975 are mostly available as "full-page" images. In other words, a scanned copy of the original patent.

PATENT NUMBER SEARCH
If you have clicked on the "Patent Number Search" option, you will be immediately taken to a form which has a window for entering the known U.S. Patent Number. When the number is entered, click the "SEARCH" button. You will now be taken to the patent document for viewing. By following the various menu selections, you may be able to download or order a copy of the patent.

Images include all the original pages of the printed patent, including the drawing figures. Images are stored in ".TIFF" or ".TIF" format and may not be viewable without installing a plugin in your browser. You will need a plugin which is capable of handling the .TIF file formats.

You are strongly urged to use this free public document service offered by the U.S. Patent Office. The downloaded .TIF images will produce a black and white paper copy comparable to "ordered" paper copies when printed on a modern inkjet or laser printer.

All of U.S.Patents can be viewed and downloaded FREE from the U.S.Patent Office database. Printed copies may be ordered for $3.00 following the ORDER COPY instructions on the Site Page. FREE COPIES May also be Downloaded for printing. If you experience difficulty with our link, you may directly access the U.S.Patent Office at: www.uspto.gov.

NOTE: A suitable ".TIF reader" plugin is available for free or at nominal cost through the U.S.Patent Office website. Several free or low-cost versions are available for Windows and a version may be available for Apple/Mac computers for about $50.

USING OUR
SavvyStuff DOWNLOADS

Text portions of most of the more recent patents presented and discussed on this WebSite may be easily copied. After you load the WebPage for the patent you are interested in, you may COPY portions of the patent text by merely highlighting the portions you are interested in (even the complete patent text). As a rule of thumb, the text of any patent you can view on this SavvyStuff site may be readily copied to another program for viewing or printing.

Recent patents presented and discussed on this site are now presented only in .PDF format. You are urged to use the official patent office website [www.uspto.gov] to download true .TIF copies of the patents for viewing or printing. We have discontinued presentation of recent patent drawings in either .GIF or .TIF format. We find that the .PDF format results in smaller download files and better print copies. All of our earlier .TIF and .GIF patent drawing files will be changed to .PDF files (as time permits). Most modern computers include a capability for displaying .PDF files. You may download a .PDF viewer for FREE by visiting Acrobat.com and following the relatively easy on-screen download and installation instructions.

HINT: One click of your right hand mouse button pops up a menu showing a "Select All" option. Clicking the left mouse button on this option highlights the entire text page, whereafter another right hand mouse button offers a "Copy" option, selected by one click of the left mouse button. At this point you will have the full text of the whole document stored in your clipboard file.

If you only need a portion of the patent's text, then merely drag the mouse cursor through the text you want to copy, while pressing the LEFT mouse button. This should highlight the text you want to copy. Once you have selected all of the text in which you have interest, release the LEFT mouse button and press the keys CTRL and C or click the RIGHT mouse button and left click COPY from the pop-up menu. The highlighted text selection will now be temporarily stored in your clipboard file.

Open your Windows' word processor, even Windows' WORDPAD will suffice. Paste the clipboard copy into the word processor window. You may now edit or print the text to satisfy your task.

To obtain copies of the drawings, follow the directions which accompany each set of drawings associated with a patent located on our corresponding WebSite page. Drawings for some of our earlier patents may still be presented in .GIF graphics file format and unlike the USPTO .TIFF format, no download of a .TIFF plug-in is needed. Our more recent patent drawings are ONLY presented in .PDF format which allows easy viewing and printing. For "true" copies, please obtain copies in the original .TIFF (.TIF) format obtainable directly from the official U.S. Patent Office Website.

Yes!
There is one more traditional method to get a copy...

If time is not important, you may waste a stamp and mail a request for a paper copy of any published U.S. Patent to:
United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.
Send your request for a copy of one or more U.S. patents by including the patent number and the appropriate fee (currently $3.00) for each patent. Be sure to include your return mailing address. Experience has shown that you may expect your paper copy in the mail in a range of about 30 days to well over 90 days later.

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