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The Patent and Trademark Office offers information about patents, trademarks and copyrights. Write to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231; call toll-free at (800) PTO-9199; or visit www.uspto.gov on the World Wide Web. For more information about the Disclosure Document Program, call (703) 308-4357. In addition, every state has a Patent and Trademark Depository Library that maintains collections of current and previously-issued patents and Patent and Trademark reference materials.
You can visit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at www.ftc.gov on the Internet. Click on ConsumerLine for brochures on a variety of consumer issues. You can also request a copy of Best Sellers, a complete list of FTC publications, from: Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580; (202) 326-2222. TDD: (202) 326-2502.
Finally, you may contact the National Congress of Inventor Organizations toll-free at (888) 695-4455 or at www.inventionconvention.com/ncio.index.html on the World Wide Web.
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