U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announcement

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced plans to launch its own searchable patent database on November 9, and the SEC took over management of the EDGAR corporate financial reports database from Internet Multicasting Service.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced in late September that it plans to open its version of the searchable patent site on Nov. 9. It will replace what had been run by Internet Multicasting Service. The patent office is at http://www.uspto.gov/ Meanwhile, the EDGAR database of corporate financial reports is also no longer run by Internet Multicasting. On Oct. 1, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took over the effort that is putting company filings to the government on the Internet.

The address is http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm