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Patent Resources
Downloading patents:
If you have patent number, use these links for .pdf of full text patent with images.
Guides to Searching for Patents:
Guide to Searching Patents from UCF
Finding Patents from UC-San Diego
How to Conduct Patent Searches from NCSU
Selected Patent Databases:
U.S. patents from USPTO. It's google, so easy to search.
European and World Patents (esp@cenet) Full Text, Full-Page Images
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38 million international patents from 71 countries. Data from 1920 for
France, Germany, Great Britain, and U.S. pdfs for > 30 countries,
including Germany from 1977, Great Britain from 1920, and U.S. from
1836.
USPTO Patent Database Full Text, Full-Page Images
U.S. patents from 1976 to date. Patents from 1790 - 1975 aaccessed through patent number or d through patent numbe or current U.S. patent classification. Patent applications from March 15, 2001 to date available.
Canadian Patents Database Full Text, Full-Page Images
Abstracts/claims from 1978, titles and names, searchable from 1920. Pdfs from 1920 to date available.
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