Subject Guides: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering : Patents

Patent Sources

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.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
USPTO provides General Information Concerning Patents and Basic Facts about Trademarks for researchers, inventors, and business people. Printable Patent and Trademark application forms are also available. Search the Patent Databases, and the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS).
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.
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.
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.
European Patent Office
European Patent Office (EPO). Database of the European Patent Office includes European Patents (EP), Patent Cooperation Treaty worldwide patents (WO), Japanese patents (PAJ) and patent applications in their original language. Has information on more than 30 million patents.
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Patent Search Tutorials

To get started, this two-minute video demonstrating Google Patent Search is a good first step. For more targeted searches of the most current patents in the U.S., check out the five-minute video tutorial on searching USPTO.

Protecting Intellectual Property Rights

Stopfakes.Gov -- Toolkits about the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) environment in various countries.

For additional resources, contact your local Patent and Trademark Depository Library;

visit the USPTO Public Search Facility or the USPTO Main STIC Library.