The Missouri Product Assistance Lab (MoPAL) is now making preliminary patent and trademark searches available. Fill out this form to request specific service, then read the information on the back. The results of the search include a brief analysis of the results written by a registered patent agent.
| Name:__________________________ | Phone Number:_________________ | | Company Name: _____________________________________________ | | Address: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
| check box Preliminary U.S. Patent Search and
Analysis | ($250 for Missouri Residents)
($300 for Out-of-State Residents) | | (Results will be a list of patent titles and abstracts of most pertinent patents as well as a brief analysis) | | Describe Invention: _______________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
| check boxPreliminary State and Federal
Trademark Search | ($150) | | Trademark Term: (1 term per fee) __________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
| The results of searches will be a list of the most pertinent abstracts. Client will order actual documents. Search results within a few weeks of application. If one product is involved, a joint patent and trademark search will be performed for a single fee of $250 for Missouri residents. Attach Request for Counseling form and a $250 check for Missouri client or attach a $300 check if you are not a Missouri client.
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| Missouri Product Assistance Lab (MoPAL)
Central Missouri State University
Center for Technology and Small Business Development
Grinstead Room 014
Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 543-4402 | | | | Limitations on the Search inn reservation HeraklionEnclosed is the patent and/or trademark search you requested from the Missouri Product Assistance Lab (MoPAL). The search was performed using key words input to a commercial computer database. This search is an excellent first step in exploring what you may be able to do to protect your idea or to check for infringement. However, there are limitations to this initial search and you should be aware of them. For Patent Searches: - The computer database contains documents only back to the 1940's and in some cases older. Patent documents exist back to 1840 at the Patent & Trademark Office (P.T.O.) in Arlington, Virginia.
- The search contains only U.S. Patent Documents. At the P.T.O. many foreign documents exist including patents from Japan, Germany, and France. These foreign documents could be significant.
- The P.T.O. has a staff of several thousand examiners. If you make a patent application the Examiner who searches prior art relative to your idea will be an expert in that field. The examiner has spent years searching patents, reading magazines and talking to other experts in this one field. He could therefore turn up patents a computer search could not.
- The search might miss brand-new patents and applications. An Examiner would have these available.
- Upon applying for a patent, many patent attorneys will want to conduct a more complete search.
For Trademark Searches: - The database does not contain unregistered trademarks. But if someone is already using an unregistered trademark like yours they could prevent you from registering yours.
- Again an expert Examiner at the Patent and Trademark Office (P.T.O.) has access to new documents and years of work in the field and will likely conduct the best search.
- The computer search is based primarily on words; similar logos or packaging can also play a role in trademark infringement.
Furthermore, this search does not replace the need for legal counsel. Whenever questions arise with respect to patents or trademarks, it is the advice of MoPAL to seek legal counsel. Finally, although this is a preliminary search and we can not give you legal advice, this search is an excellent first step in deciding if or how you should pursue your idea. Information disclosed to MoPAL concerning your idea will be treated as confidential.
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