14. Where to get More Information
General Information Concerning Patents
PATENT PUBLICATIONS:
General Information Concerning Patents
Send written order to:
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402
(Ask for document # 003-004-626-9, and include a check for $2.50, written to the Superintendent of Documents)
David Pressman, Esq., Patent It Yourself, Fifth Edition (1996)
Nolo Press
WRITE OR CALL THE FOLLOWING, FOR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS . . .
regarding the Patent process:
Public Service Center
Patent and Trademark Office
Washington, D.C. 20231, or call (703) 557-INFO;
regarding performing a patent search in the Houston area:
Patent Depository Library
Fondren Library--Government Documents Department
(713) 527-8101 Extension 2587;
regarding how to subscribe to a free resource directory:
The Inventor Assistance Source Directory
by Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Attn: Ray Watts
P.O. Box 999, K8-11
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 372-4274; and
regarding one way to advertise your invention:
The Idea Marketplace
P.O. Box 131758
Staten Island, NY 10313
(716) 761-5380.
FOR REGIONAL NON-PROFIT INVENTOR ORGANIZATIONS, CONTACT:
The California Invention Center
at Cal State University
(510) 885-3805;
The Florida Product Innovation Center
2622 N.W. 43rd Street, Suite B-3
Gainsville, FL 32606
(904) 334-1682;
University of Houston Small Business Development Center
Attn: Mike Young
1100 Louisiana Suite 500
Houston, Texas 77502-5211
(713) 752-8400; Fax (713) 756-1515
fyoung@uh.edu; or
Houston Inventor's Association
Chuck Mullen, Chairman
204 Yacht Club Lane
Seabrook, TX 77586.
Note: The Houston Inventor's Association is essentially a support group of inventors.
If you would like more information about organizations in other regions of the country, contact Ray Watts, at (509) 372-4274.
SPECIALTY INTEREST:
For advertising healthcare inventions, contact:
Healthcare Inventions
20000 Mariner Avenue, Suite 480
Torrance, California 90503
(310) 793-4141.
If you have a non-nuclear, energy-related invention, write:
Office of Technology Innovation
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.
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