Welcome to Searching for Patents

Welcome to the U-M Library’s Searching for Patents module.

By completing this module, you will learn:

• An overview of four types of Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, and Trade Secrets
• An overview of the three types of Patents: Utility, Design, and Plant
• How and where to search for patents
• The basics of reading a patent document

This module will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.

Click on the "Next" button below to begin.