Patents & Patenting: Obtaining Patents

Directly from the USPTO. Copies of patents are $3.00 each; plant patents in color are $15.00 each.

 

Order by Web: Go to http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p/index.html. Free registration required.

Order by Phone: 800-972-6382.

Order by Mail:	Mail Stop Document Services
	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	PO Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22213-1450

Patent Depository Libraries In Alabama:

 

Auburn Draughon Library, phone 334-844-1737

Birmingham Public Library, phone 205-226-3620.

 

USA faculty, staff, and students may request copies of patents through Interlibrary Loans.

Commercial Vendors. To see a list of vendors go to https://www.piug.org/vendors/#Patent_Document_Delivery. Many of these also provide non-U.S. patents.