How do you measure the innovative spirit of a place or region? Perhaps you might look at the number of patents filed in a given period. Public policy folks have looked at the number of patents filed in the Silicon Valley and other high-tech nodes for decades. Similarly, this rather intriguing site, crafted by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, brings together the patents issued...

Created and maintained by the Louisiana State University Library, this bibliography of Web resources concentrates on patent and trademark sources. One in a collection of Webliographies, Patents and Trademarks offers a compendium of resources organized by topic. The Websites include links to other patent and trademark sites, general information, government and non-government organizations, and...