Resources to search for patents
- United States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe USPTO houses full text for patents issued from 1976 to present. PDF images for all patents from 1790 to present
- Patent Public SearchNew web-based patent search application that replaced the external legacy search tools PatFT and AppFT.
- Searching for Patents HandoutTips on how to search by keywords and subject classification with the USPTO Patent Databases
- Google PatentsYou can search for patents issued prior to 1976, but the indexing is not precise
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus indexes patents from the World Intellectual Property Office, European Patent Office, USPTO, Japanese Patent Office, and UK Intellectual Property Office. This database also contains articles and scholarship from scientific, technical, and medical fields.
- Derwent Innovations Index This link opens in a new windowFacilitates rapid, precise patent searching in the chemical, electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering fields. Combines patents from multiple patent issuing authorities into a single patent family for easy and complete discovery of each invention.
