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If you can't afford to pay for the cost of getting a patent, you can consider selling or licensing your patent rights. If you're able to convince someone to licence your invention then you can use the proceeds to pay for the patent. You can sign a contract assigning the rights to a third party.

Go to the USPTO's online database. In the pull-down field menu, select "Assignee Name" if searching for company name or "Inventor Name" if searching for Inventor name. Type in the name of the inventor or company, keeping in mind that you might need to try several times.

Inventor: individual(s) who have contributed to the claimed invention. However, they may or may not have an ownership interest in the legal rights of the patent. Assignee: Organization(s) and individual(s) that have an ownership interest in the legal rights a patent offers. There may or may not be an assignee.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility located in Alexandria, VA provides the public access to patent and trademark information in a variety of formats including on-line, microfilm, and print. Trained staff are available to assist public users.

The Patent Public Search tool is a new web-based patent search application that will replace internal legacy search tools PubEast and PubWest and external legacy search tools PatFT and AppFT. Patent Public Search has two user selectable modern interfaces that provide enhanced access to prior art.

Searching for Patent Assignments The USPTO maintains a patent assignment database that includes all the assignments recorded since August 1980. Using the database, you can search with the assignor's or assignee's name, the patent number, application number, publication number, or other identifying information.