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This guide is designed to help patrons locate accurate, user-friendly information on patents and trademarks. Birmingham Public Library is a designated Patent and Trademark Resource Center. Trained staff members are available to assist you with your patent or trademark search Monday-Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Call 226-3665 for more information.
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General information concerning patents
Nolo's plain-English law dictionary
Patent and trademark information : uses and perspectives
Patent searching made easy
Successful patents and patenting for engineers and scientists
Trademark : legal care for your business & product name
Trademarks, the fingerprints of commerce : an educational guide to understanding the importance of trademarks
African-American Inventors
African American firsts in science & technology
Black inventors in the age of segregation : Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, and Shelby J. Davidson
Created equal : the lives and ideas of Black American innovators
The entrepreneurial spirit of African American inventors
To fathom more : African American scientists and inventors
The inventive spirit of African Americans : patented ingenuity
The real McCoy : African-American invention and innovation, 1619-1930
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African American Inventors by State of Residence, 1834-2006 (from GA Tech Library)
Alabama Inventors: Additional Resources
Alabama Inventors Database
Alabama Inventors Subject Guide
Black History Month Highlight: Early Black Inventors
Index of Black Inventors by State or Country of Residence, 1834-2008 (from the Illinois State Library)
Patently Amazing: Finding your Family in Patent Records
Patents as Genealogy Resources
Patents Issued to Alabama Residents by the Confederate Patent Office
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