Resources
Wayfinder Digital's Repository of Patent Reference Material
Glossaries, road maps, cheat sheets, crash courses — all the things we wish we had back in the day
Glossary
Patent terminology and buzzwords — a dictionary of important information about the patent world.
Reading List
Books, articles, and patent publications, interesting links, cool fiction, blogs, and more.
Acronyms
The alphabet soup of intellectual property — acronyms, abbreviations, and more. Words formed from the initial letters of other words — like FRAND.
Patent Road Map
The basics on how patents are organized and classified at USPTO (for now.) Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, and Design.
Still Life With Flowchart
Business Methods Patents — inventions for computer implemented business processes. One of the most contentious and fastest growing classes of patents.
Patent Argot
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The Secret Language of Patents. Inventors are their own lexicographers, creating the dictionary of terms to describe their inventions in their patents. Here you'll find some of the best examples.
Patent Primer
The basics on the types of patents, the parts of a patent, what's on page one, and basics on what is in each section of a patent.
Important Dates
Interesting timelines that provide insight into the trends, events, and important transitions in the world of inventions, innovations, and patents. A visual presentation of important dates in the history of the US patent system.
Kind Codes
What do those codes to the right of the patent number mean? Kind Codes — so you know what "kind" of patent document you are looking at.
Application Series Numbers
The details of a patent application numbers and the years they were issued.
