Research Guides: Engineering and Technology: Patents

Databases

The following databases contain patent reports and/or connect patents back to the research that developed them.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
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PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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Elsevier's platform for access to Scientific journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly content.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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The premier research platform to find and analyze scholarly research literature on Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Includes proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

Applying for Patents

Only a lawyer can assist you in applying for patents, but below are some resources from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that may help you.

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Search United States Patents

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Full-page images of all U.S. patents issued since 1790, plus fully-searchable full-text of all US patents issued since 1976. Also US patent applications since 15 March 2001.
Free Patents Online
U.S. patents, 1976 to date, as PDF files, all pages in one file.
Google Patents
Search patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) via the Google search interface.

Search International Patents

PATENTSCOPE
From the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), search 57 million patent documents including 2.9 million published international patent applications (PCT).
Espacenet Patent Search
From the European Patent Office, contains data on more than 90 million patent documents from around the world.
European National Patent Office Databases
Search national and regional offices from 31 European countries.
Japan Platform for Patent Information
Includes English machine-translations of some Japanese patents.