Patents and Trademarks: Current Awareness

Free notification service that sends links to the Application Patent Full Text system (AppFT) when a patent application is published by the USPTO which meets your selected criteria.

Alerts set up in Google Scholar will retrieve patents if the "Include Patents" box is checked in the search results. (Thanks to C. Boville for noting this addition!)

A free e-mail service providing periodic updates about inventions recently patented in the U.S.

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Free service (registration required) sends alerts based on keywords. (More information here and here.)

Free service (registration required) that sends weekly alerts for filed US patents.

"Patent Knowledge News contains all the latest news, trends, tips and tricks and background information, with new articles and other interesting features being added every two weeks. "

"Our fortnightly e-mail newsletter brings you all the latest news and information from the EPO."

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