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United States Patent and
Trademark Office
Located in a massive complex in Arlington, Virginia, the USPTO is a
self-financed agency of the Department of Commerce that issues patents and
registers trademarks. Its Web site includes a searchable database of
patents and published patent applications from which you can retrieve the text
and drawings of every U.S. patent issued since 1976.