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The Brooks Walker Patent &
Trademark Center, within the Government Center, houses one of six California
libraries designated a U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Library. The Center
offers computerized searching and materials, and resources on all aspects of patents
and trademarks. The collection is developed according to the requirements of the
Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP) of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office. Copyright material is acquired from the U.S. Copyright Office
and commercial sources. The collection includes current and historical coverage of
patents, trademarks and copyrights and serves the independent inventor, the San
Francisco business community, researchers, authors, musicians, artists and others
interested in intellectual property. The collection is rarely weeded
(following the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program requirements).
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Patents and Trademarks: Complete patents from 1790 to the present;
current U.S. Patent and Trademark Office forms, publications and regulations;
latest editions of popular intellectual property legal guides (Nolo Press);
books and journals on marketing inventions; indexes to historical patents and
trademarks; Trademark Official Gazette from 1872 to the present; Annual Report
of the Commissioner of Patents from 1790 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1983, and all
U.S. Copyright Office forms.
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