Subject Guide for Inventors & Inventing
Online Databases
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| Description | Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 180,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. |
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| Description | From the Multicultural Cookbook for Students to Hutchinson Dictionary of Science, to newspapers and magazines, and TV & radio transcripts and pictures this source provides a wide selection of full-text articles and more! |
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Web Sites
| Title | Inventors and Inventions Resources |
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| Description | Broken down into categories, this site allows you to find information on the invention of automobiles, aviation, and computers. It is a meta site that has compiled a list of suggested sites to visit, including annotations. |
| Title | Kid Info: Inventors and Inventions |
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| URL | http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Inventors_Inventions.html |
| Description | Kid Info lists a variety of sites that would interest children. You will find the history of toys, a timeline of inventions, and even a site for Black History Inventors. Children can also learn what it takes to become an inventor. |
| Title | National Inventor's Hall of Fame |
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| Description | Founded in 1973 by the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Association and the USPTO, this hall of fame site allows you to search for specific inventors or inventions via an alphabetical index. Each inventor has a short biography and picture. |
| Title | US Patent and Trademark Office |
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| Description | The patent database covers 1976 to present and allows you to conduct keyword, patent number, and class/subclass searches. There are forms, guides, and current event updates available at this site. In addition, you can conduct combined mark searches in the trademark database. |
| Title | What You Need to Know About Inventors |
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| Description | This site is full of information about inventions and inventors, where to take an idea, marketing an invention, avoiding scams, getting funding, history of computers and the Internet, and lengthy alphabetical and chronological lists of people and creations. |
| Title | Patents of Selected Oklahomans |
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| Title | United Inventors Association |
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| Description | The UIA is a tax exempt, non-profit corporation formed in 1990 solely for educational purposes. The mission of the UIA is to provide leadership, support, and services to inventor support groups and independent inventors. |
| Title | European Patent Office |
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| Description | Not just for European information, this site is a master list of links for all national and international sites. |
| Title | PAT2PDF |
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| Description | Free PDF copies of patents |
Books
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| Call Number | 609 G798 2000 |
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| Title | Patently Female: From AZT to TV Dinners, Stories of Women Inventors and Their Breakthrough Ideas |
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| Author | Ethlie Ann Vare |
| Call Number | 609.2273 V423p 2002 |
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| Title | Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women |
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| Author | Catherine Thimmesh |
| Call Number | J 609.2 T348g 2000 |
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| Title | From Patent to Profit: Secrets & Strategies for the Successful Inventor |
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| Author | Bob DeMatteis |
| Call Number | 608.773 D293f 2005 |
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| Author | Ronald Louis Docie |
| Call Number | 608.773 D657i 2004 |
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| Author | Fred E. Grissom |
| Call Number | 346.730486 G889i 2005 |
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Organizations
| Name | Oklahoma Inventors Congress. Tulsa Green Country Chapter |
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| URL | http://opac.tulsalibrary.org:82/search/t?SEARCH=oklahoma+inventors+congress |
| Contact Info | James B. Quintus |
| Description | Purpose of the organization is to bring together all those members of the inventive/innovative/creative community, and to unite them in the common cause of mutual assistance, problem sharing and solving; and, the accumulation of knowledge, the study of patent law and procedures and further the cause of members' inventions. Affiliated with Oklahoma Inventors Congress and National Congress of Inventor Organizations. |
| Name | Patent & Trademark Depository Library |
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| Contact Info | Oklahoma State University |
| Description | The Patent & Trademark Depository Library at Oklahoma State University has been a designated since 1956 and is the only PTDL in the state of Oklahoma. The library, located at 501 Edmon Low Library, includes copies of every patent & trademark issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. |
Periodicals
| Title | Inventor's Digest |
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| Description | The official publication of The United Inventors Association of the USA |
| Title | Oklahoma Inventor Newsletter |
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| Description | The official publication of the Oklahoma Inventors Congress |