UNC School of Law
Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
100 Ridge Road, CB #3380
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

Phone:  (919) 962-4116
Fax:  (919) 962-1277

Patent Law Resources

The Patent Office

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.