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From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Inventors help - material resources and supplies for professional and aspiring inventors: prototypes, sample forms and contracts, log books.

This is the only official website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an Agency of the US Department of Commerce.

A primer on the differences from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.