Use this link to get to the USPTO WEBSITE
Search for US Patents and Published Applications
Note: To find how to search for patents click here, and to find out what the search fields are, click here. There are many fields but if you do a search, you should be able to find the field for which you are looking.
To search for Trademarks, click here and look for the rectangular button that says "search our trademark database (TESS)".