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Engineering and patents

Here are some professional and industry resources to help you better understand engineering and patents.

• ENGINEERING  (7)
• PATENTS  (5)

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ENGINEERING

Los Angeles Area IEEE Consultants Network (OCCN)
http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/cn/

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
http://www.asme.org/

Consultant Selection Guide, June 1999 (by ASME Board on Professional Practice and Ethics)
http://governance.asme.org/centers/bppe/consultant.html

MIT OpenCourseWare (course materials from MIT's Faculty, debut September 2002)
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

MEMS Clearinghouse (hub for micro-electro-mechanical systems)
http://memsnet.org/news/

Eng-Tips® (active fora on various engineering disciplines)
http://www.eng-tips.com/

Plastics-Related Web Sites (courtesy of Society of Plastics Engineers)
http://www.4spe.org/links.php

PATENTS

Patent info (excellent, free, Nolo Press)
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/patent-law/

Trademark info (excellent, free, Nolo Press)
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/trademark-law/

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (official site with free patent and trademark downloads)
http://www.uspto.gov/

Education and Guidance for Inventors (courtesy of OCTS, a consultancy)
http://octs.com/invntsvc.htm

Patent Search Engine (compliments of FreePatentsOnline)
http://www/freepatentsonline.com/