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Fact Sheet
National Library of Medicine Trademarks


USE OF THE TRADEMARK SYMBOL (from "Basic Facts About Trademarks," published by the Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce): "Once a Federal registration is issued, the registrant may give notice of registration by using the registration symbol ®, or the phrase 'Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office' or 'Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.' Although registration symbols may not be lawfully used prior to registration, many trademark owners use a TM or SM (if the mark identifies a service) symbol to indicate a claim of ownership, even if no Federal trademark application is pending."

The names listed below are registered trademarks or pending registrations for NLM. The trademark should be used when any of the names listed below are used in a document. It is only necessary to use the mark the first time the work is mentioned. If the word is part of the title, it is then only necessary to use it in the title.

For more information on NLM Trademarks contact:

Office of Communications and Public Liaison
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
301-594-7518
Email: publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov

Use the registration symbol ® with the following:

  • AIDSinfo 
  • AIDSLINE
  • ALTBIB
  • AVLINE
  • BIOETHICSLINE
  • BLAST
  • BLOCK DESIGN
  • CAM ON PUBMED
  • CATLINE
  • ChemIDplus
  • CHEMLINE
  • DAILYMED
  • DART
  • DIRLINE
  • DOCLINE
  • DOCUSER
  • ELHILL
  • GENBANK
  • HISTLINE
  • HSDB
  • Index Medicus
  • LinkOut 
  • Loansome Doc
  • LOCATORPLUS
  • Lost Person Finder (design)  
  • MEDLARS
  • MEDLINE
  • MedlinePlus
  • MeSH
  • MeSH VOCABULARY FILE
  • Metathesaurus
  • National Library of Medicine
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 1836 & DESIGN
  • National Network of Libraries of Medicine
  • NCCAM
  • NLM
  • NLM BLOCK DESIGN
  • NLM logo
  • NLM MISCELLANEOUS BODY DESIGN
  • NLM NEWSLINE
  • NN/LM
  • PREMEDLINE
  • PROFILES IN SCIENCE
  • PubChem
  • PubMed
  • PubMed Central
  • RTECS
  • SERHOLD
  • SERLINE
  • Tox Town 
  • TOXLINE
  • TOXMAP
  • TOXNET
  • ToxSeek
  • UMLS
  • Unified Medical Language System
  • Visible Human Project
  • WISER

Use the superscripted TM symbol with the following:

  • GENETICS HOME REFERENCE
  • INDEXCAT  
  • NLM AND DESIGN
  • NLM AND SUNBURST DESIGN
  • NLM image (design)
  • ToxMystery