Gives far more detail than the US Patent Office and Espacenet databases, including full references to other publications and patents cited. The US Web Patent Databases are full text and image databases from January 1976 to date and they include the US Classification data. There is also a listing of expired patents. Printing is possible, but there are considerable problems with viewing the drawings on screen or printing them. Trade Marks A trade mark is described in the dictionary as being a device, word or words, secured by legal registration or established by use as representing a company, products, etc.
Most trade marks are words, or logos, or a combination of the two.
However, other features such as sounds, smells and shapes can also be registered. A good trade name helps to sell a commodity. Fairly full details of trade marks may be found using the US Web Trademark database. The US Web Trademark database lists trademarks by number and name and has some drawings. If British trademarks have been registered in the US, it should be possible to find them as the British Patent Office Trade Marks web page only lists them by number.