This list provides links to PTRC libraries. Where available, links are also provided to patent and trademark guides and other useful resources maintained by those libraries. Not all PTRC libraries are listed, as they have not yet provided their info for this page.
This list provides links to the eight-one (81) PTRC libraries. Where available, links are also provided to patent and trademark guides and other useful resources maintained by the PTRCs.
Akron, Ohio
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Albany, New York
New York State Library
Guide: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/patents/
See also: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/patref.htm
Amherst, Massachusetts
UMAss Amherst Libraries
Guide: https://guides.library.umass.edu/patents
Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Michigan Library
Guide: https://guides.lib.umich.edu/patents
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Tech Library
Guide: https://libguides.gatech.edu/pattrad
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn University Libraries
Guide: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/scitech/resguide/patents/ptdl.html
Austin, Texas
The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries
Guide:
https://texlibris.lib.utexas.edu
Baltimore, Maryland
University of Baltimore, School of Law, Library
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU Libraries
Guide: https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/ptrc
Big Rapids, Michigan
Ferris State Library
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham Public Library
Guide:
http://www.bplonline.org/virtual/subjects/Default.aspx?s_page=20
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library
Guide: https://www.bpl.org/govinfo/intellectual-property/
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Guide: http://www.buffalolib.org/content/subject-guides/patent-trademark-and-copyright
Burlington, Vermont
The University of Vermont Libraries, Howe Library
Guide: https://library.uvm.edu/research/finding_federal_and_government_materials/patents_trademarks
Butte, Montana
Montana Tech Library
Guide: https://libguides.mtech.edu/patents-guide
Charlotte, North Carolina
UNC Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
Guide: http://library.uncc.edu/patents/
See also:
http://guides.library.uncc.edu/
content.php?pid=187185&sid=1571619
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Wyoming State Library
Guide: http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/sis/ptdl/
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Public Library
Guide:
Not Available
Cincinnati, Ohio
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Guide: https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/resources/government.asp?section=1&category=27
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson University Libraries
Guide: https://clemson.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=ptrc
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Public Library
College Park, Maryland
University of Maryland Libraries, Engineering and Physical Sciences Library
College Station, Texas
Texas A&M University, Business Library & Collaboration Commons
Guide: https://tamu.libguides.com/ptrc
Concord, New Hampshire
UNH Law Library
Guide: http://library.law.unh.edu/PTRC
See also: http://library.law.unh.edu/PTRC_tools
Dallas, Texas
Dallas Public Library
Guide: http://dallaslibrary2.org/government/patents.php
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport Public Library
Guide: https://libguides.davenportlibrary.com/err.php?err_id=404&uri=/content.php&pid=503917&sid=4145598
See also: http://dallaslibrary2.org/blogs/bookedSolid/2012/11/given-that-the-u-s-patent
-and-trademark-office-uspto-provides-a-freely-accessible-patent-database-on-their
-website-what-additional-benefits-are-available-by-coming-to-the-library/ (Blog)
Dayton, Ohio
Wright State University, University Libraries
Guide: https://guides.libraries.wright.edu/ptrc
See also: http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wrightbrothers/patents/
(Wright Brothers’ Patents)
Denver, Colorado
Denver Public Library
Guide: https://www.denverlibrary.org/patents
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Public Library
Guide: https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/services/patent-and-trademark-resource-center-ptrc
Fairbanks, Alaska
Geophysical Institute, Keith B. Mather Library
Guide: https://www.gi.alaska.edu/mather-library/alaska-patent-trademark-resource-center
Fairfield, Connecticut
Ryan-Matura Library
Guide: https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29726&p=185646
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broward County Library
Guide:
http://www.broward.org/Library/Reference/
Patentstrademarkscopyrights/Pages/Default.aspx
Grand Forks, North Dakota
University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library
Guide:
http://library.und.edu/government-documents/patents.php
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii State Public Library System
Guide: http://hawaii.sdp.sirsi.net/custom/web/FedDocs/fd_patent.html
Houston, Texas
Rice University, Fondren Library
Guide: https://libguides.rice.edu/gov/PTRC
See also: https://libguides.rice.edu/gov
blog: http://ricepatinfo.blogspot.com/
Facebook: Patent-and-Trademark-Resource-Center-at-Rice-University
Indianapolis, Indiana
The Indiana Public Library
Guide: https://www.indypl.org/researchguides/science/patents
See also: https://www.indypl.org/readersconnection?p=12136 (Video)
Jackson, Mississippi
Mississippi Library Commission
Guide:
https://mlc.lib.ms.us/mlc-services/information-services/
Kansas City, Missouri
Linda Hall Library
Guide: https://libguides.lindahall.org/patents_trademarks
Lincoln, Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Guide: https://schmidguides.unl.edu/c.php?g=762376
See also: https://unl.libguides.com/patents4research
Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas State Library
Guide:
https://www.library.arkansas.gov/landing-page/details/patents-trademarks
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Public Library
Guide:
http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-guides/
intellectual-property-resources
See also:
http://www.lapl.org/branches/central-library/
departments/science-technology-patents
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Free Public Library
Guide: https://www.lfpl.org/patents.htm
Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech University Libraries
Guide:
https://guides.library.ttu.edu/c.php?g=543214
Macomb, Illinois
Western Illinois University libraries
Guide: http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/govpubs/patents.php
Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin – Madison Libraries, Wendt Commons Library
Guide:
https://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/c.php?g=177646
See also:
https://www.library.wisc.edu/wendt/services/patent-trademark-services/
help_with_research/patents
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico—Mayagüez Campus, General Library
Guide:
https://www.uprm.edu/library/en/services/patents/index.html
See also:
https://www.uprm.edu/library/docs/patentes/intropatentes.pdf
(Introduction to Intellectual Property & Patent Law)
https://www.uprm.edu/library/docs/patentes/BusquedaPatentes.pdf
(Patent Searching, Spanish)
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade Public Library System
Guide: https://www.mdpls.org/info/locations/main/bs.asp
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Public Library
Guide:
https://www.mpl.org/other_resources/patents_and_trademarks.php
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hennepin County Library
Guide:
http://www.hclib.org/browse/online-resources
See also:
http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/Blog/
?Category=Patents/Trademarks
(Blog: Patents & Trademarks)
Morgantown, West Virginia
West Virginia Universities Libraries
Guide: https://libguides.wvu.edu/c.php?g=418831&p=2855771
See also: http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/services/patents/
Nashville, Tennessee
Vanderbilt University, The Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Guide: https://researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu/patents
See also:
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu//ginfo.pl?searchtext=Copyright&Type=Simple&Resource=DB&Website=GOVTINFO
New York, New York
New York Public Library, Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
Guide:
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/08/16/us-patent-information-guide-nypl-collections
Newark, Delaware
University of Delaware Library
Guide:
https://guides.lib.udel.edu/patents
Newark, New Jersey
The Newark Public Library
Guide: https://npl.org/Pages/Collections/ptdl.html
See also:
http://nplwebguides.pbworks.com/w/page/5673544/Patents (Patent Guide)
http://nplwebguides.pbworks.com/w/page/5673681/Trademarks (Trademark Guide)
Orlando, Florida
University of Central Florida Libraries
Guide:
https://guides.ucf.edu/patents
Orono, Maine
The University of Maine, Raymond H. Fogler Library
Guide: https://libguides.library.umaine.edu/ptrc
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Free Library of Philadelphia
Guide:
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/bric/patents-trademarks
See also:
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/faq/faqsubcat.cfm?FAQCategory=38
(Patent & Trademark FAQs)
Phoenix, Arizona
State of Arizona Research Library
https://azlibrary.gov/branches/state-arizona-research-library/patent-trademark-resources
See also:
https://azsos.libguides.com/ptrc (Patents)
https://azsos.libguides.com/ptrctrademarks (Trademarks)
Piscataway, New Jersey
Rutgers University Libraries
See also:
https://libguides.rutgers.edu/sb.php?subject_id=68006
(Patents & Trademarks)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Guide: https://www.carnegielibrary.org/services/for-businesses/patent-and-trademark-resource-center-ptrc/
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence Public Library
Guide: https://www.provlib.org/node/101
Raleigh North Carolina
NCSU Libraries
Guide: https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ptrc
Rapid City, South Dakota
Devereaux Library, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Guide: http://library.sdsmt.edu/Tutorials_files/Intellectual_Property.htm
Reno, Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
Guide:
https://guides.library.unr.edu/patents
See also:
http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/digital_
collections/unique/nevada_inventors/
(Nevada Inventors Database)
Riverside, California
UC Riverside Libraries
Guide:
http://library.ucr.edu/?view=collections/patent/index.html
Rochester, New York
Monroe County Library System
Guide: http://www3.libraryweb.org/carlson.aspx
Sacramento, California
California State Library
Guide: https://www.library.ca.gov/error/notfound/?errorpath=/gps/pat.html
Salt Lake City, Utah
J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah
Guide: https://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/patents
See also: http://www.lib.utah.edu/research/patents.php
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Public Library
San Diego, California
San Diego Public Library
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Public Library
Guide: https://sfpl4.sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200003301
Seattle, Washington
University Libraries, University of Washington
Guide:
https://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/resources/ptdl
Smithtown, New York
The Smithtown Library
Guide:
https://smithlib.org/ptrc.html
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis Public Library
Blog: http://slplptrc.blogspot.com/
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University Library
Guide: https://info.library.okstate.edu/patent-and-trademark-resource-center
See also:
https://info.library.okstate.edu/patentsonline
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale Public Library
Guide: http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Departments/SunnyvalePublicLibrary/ResearchOnline/PatentsandTrademarks.aspx
See also:
http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/LIB
/doc/Rev2_PatentBasics_bklist_Web.pdf
(Patent Trademark Copyright—Basic Resources
Online and In Print at the Sunnyvale Public Library)
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
University Park, Pennsylvania
PennState University Libraries
Guide: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/
psul/researchguides/patents.html
See also: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/
psul/pams/patent.html
Washington, District of Columbia
Howard University Library System
Guide: https://library.howard.edu/ip
West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University Libraries
Guide: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/patents
See also:
http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/content.
php?pid=417365&sid=3411432
(Information-Rich Engineering Design)
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita State University Libraries
Guide:
https://libraries.wichita.edu/friendly.php?s=RefShelf&p=783302