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Databases and Online Subscription Resources
[Philadelphia] : Institute for Scientific Informtion, [1999?]-
International patent information. Descriptive titles and indexing have been added. Find “equivalent” patents published in a language you can read. Also contains both citing and cited patents and literature references, allowing users to move both forward and backward in time from a selected patent.
[Miamisburg, OH] : LexisNexis, division of Reed Elsevier
Includes full-text of U.S. Patents from mid-1970's, patent case law and administrative decisions, patent statutory and regulatory materials, and patent news and publications.
Patent Classification Codes and Resource Visualization
The Intellogist Interactive Patent Coverge Map is an excellent way to identify which databases cover full text patent documents from paid or free sites. Stanford may NOT have purchased access to all the paid sites that are mentioned on this map.
The International Patent Classification (IPC) provides for a hierarchical system of symbols for the classification of patents and utility models according to different areas of technology.
The two-letter alphabetic codes which represent the names of countries and other entities which participate in the patent treaty agreement. Useful to have when searching the database.
The US Patent Classification system has no relationship to the International Patent Classification (IPC) system. The US system was developed in 1836, whereas the IPC system was first introduced over 100 years later, in 1968.
Patent Search Tools on the Internet
US patents from 1790s to present. Relevancy ranked sorting. Includes pdfs and way to sort and restrict results.
The Official Gazette is published each Tuesday to announce patents being issued and trademarks being registered or published for opposition. Search or browse 1964–present.
A database of Canadian Patent Bibliographic data. This database lets you access 92 years of patent descriptions and images.
Information on 60 million documents from about 80 countries. Records include bibliographic data, legal status information. Time coverage varies by country. Use the special gateway to get French patents.
Provides access to full-text documents of Indian Patents.
Public access to the Japanese Patent Office. Searching the PAJ database will usually offer you a machine translation in English for the patent along with access to the un-translated drawing pages by selecting the “detail” option.
A database of over 2 million international patent applications from around the world. A good choice for finding patents from countries that lack a separate patent resource.
