Hours
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 12-5 | 10-6 | 9-8 | 9-8 | 9-8 | 12-6 | 10-6 |
The Library will be closed May 29 for Memorial Day
The Brooks Walker Patent and Trademark Center, a part of the Government Information Center, is one of five California libraries designated a U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Library. The Center offers computerized searching of patents and trademarks.
Collections and Services Available
- Complete patents, 1790 to present
- All current Patent and Trademark Office forms, publications and regulations
- The latest editions of popular legal guides
- Books and journals on marketing inventions
- Indexes to historical patents and trademarks
- Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1872 forward
- Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, 1790 to 1925 & 1949 to 1983
- All Copyright Office forms
Helpful Resources
- Bay Area Inventors' Associations
- Trademark Search Guide (PDF 51K)
- International Patent Searching
- Viewing Patent Images on U.S. Patent & Trademark site
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Full-Text & Image Database
- Patent and Trademark Office Web site
- Common Law Trademark Sources
- Copyright Office Web site
Current Exhibits
- S.S. Adams, the Edison of Practical Jokes
- Through Friday, May 31, 2013Main Library, Patent & Trademark Center
