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In this issue we highlight free patent search tools and databases. If you familiar with other general or chemistry specific free patent search tools and want to bring them to the awareness of our subscribers, please drop a line to yaron@chemindustry.com. Your suggestions for future topics of this newsletter are welcome.
General patent search tools
The U.S. Patent Citation Database
A comprehensive bibliographic database containing records for each of the 2.6 million U.S. patents issued since 1975.
http://patents.cos.com/
United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://patents.uspto.gov/
EspaceNet (European Patent Office)
Full text of EP, WO and other patents back to the 1970's
(Also contains links to individual European country patent databases)
http://www.european-patent-office.org/espacenet/info/access.htm
IBM Intellectual Property Network
The IBM Intellectual Property Network is now operated by Delphion Inc. It provides full text and images (including reaction schemes) of U.S. patents from 1971 to the present, as well as European (1979 to present) and International (1998 to present) patents. Free registration is required.
http://www.delphion.com/research/
Japan Patent Office
http://www.jpo.go.jp/index.htm
National patent offices
A comprehensive list of national patent offices and other patent related web-sites is maintained by the European Patent Office.
http://www.epo.co.at/online/index.htm
Brazilian Industrial Property Office: http://www.inpi.gov.br/
Hungarian Patent Office: http://www.hpo.hu/url/e8.html
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore: http://www.ipos.gov.sg/
Korean Patent Office: http://www.kipo.go.kr/ehtml/eLikIndex.html
Republic of Moldova (AGEPI): http://www.agepi.md/index_pages/index_eng.html
IP Australia: http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/P_srch.htm
France's patent office: http://www.inpi.fr/inpi/accueil.htm
Italian patent search: http://www.fildata.it/ricercae.htm
UK patent office: http://www.patent.gov.uk/
German Patent & Trademark Office: http://www.dpma.dem
Swedish patent office: http://www.prv.se
Chemistry specific patent search tools
Chemical Patent Plus
Although a CAS account User ID and password are required to use Chemical Patents Plus, all on-line search is free. Viewing patent titles and abstracts is also free.
http://casweb.cas.org/
DNA Patent Database
DNA Patent Database from Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Foundation for Genetic Medicine, allows free searching of full text and analysis of all DNA patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
http://208.201.146.119/
Patent portals and resources
Franklin Pierce Law Center
The Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall -- Patent Searching Academy. This internationally acclaimed IP resource Website links to a unique collection of intellectual property resources.
http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/web_resources/pb_12.htm
Patent database comparison
Table compares five primary patent search sites for coverage, content, and searching method.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/chem/patcomp.htm
PatentCaffe.com
A B2B vertical portal for patent, trademark, and copyright directories, information, advice, and community networking. Patents available for license.
http:// www.patentcafe.com
Intellectual Property Digital Library
The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides access to various intellectual property data collections currently hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
http://ipdl.wipo.int
More patent resources can be found in ChemIndustry.com's Patent category at: http://www.chemindustry.com/db/category/cat88.asp.
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