Research Subject Guides: Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics and Medical Devices: Patents

Sources for Patents

Google Patent Search
Covers patents made available by the USPTO from the 1790s to the middle of 2006. Search the full text of U.S. patents; use Advanced Patent Search to search by various criteria including patent number, inventor, and filing date. Does not include patent applications, international patents, or U.S. patents issued over the last few months. Patents can be downloaded as PDF.

Esp@cenet
Free Patents Online
Patents available in PDF format. Offers chemical search. Use the SureChem gateway to do a chemical patent search on full text collections for United States, European and world patents.
Patents Online
A free resource available through Patents Online Pty Ltd.
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Patents Online Pty Ltd' web site, through its content, is a free resource made available for all our online guests (professionals and/or casual individuals) interested in Intellectual Property related information (e.g. patents, trademarks, industrial design, copyright etc.) and any business activity involving an existing valuable IP capital and/or certain IP ownership rights. In addition, a cost-effective pre-employment screening service is provided to match world-class IP professional staffing demand and total free-service to all job seekers searching for their next exciting job opportunity within IP area.
PATENTSCOPE®
PATENTSCOPE® Search Service enables you to do full-text search in over 1.6 million published international patent applications from the first publication in 1978. Includes 'how to use' videos.
WIPO's (World International Property Organization's) Gateway to Patent Services and Activities.

Stopfakes.Gov -- Toolkits about the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) environment in various countries.
visit the USPTO Public Search Facility or the USPTO Main STIC Library.
The staff in the Main STIC Library are experts on foreign patents and able to help the public as needed.