Links . Intellectual Property
The British Library
The world's largest patent collection.
- The British Library's Business & IP Centre
Helping you exploit the world's greatest patent resources.
- British Library Experts
Find pages written by British Library experts on patents.
China Patent Database
CIPO-OPIC, Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Office de la propriété intellectuelle
- Canadian Patent Database
Search options: Basic; Number; Boolean; Advanced.
patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/introduction.html
CNIPR
Maintained by Intellectual Property Publishing House; can provide professional Chinese patent information service.
- C-PAT Search
Chinese patent search tool in English, supported with full-text search function and all data from 1985.
english.cnipr.com/enpat/search/tableSearch.do?method=showTable
Delphion Intellectual Property Network (From Thomson Reuters)
Premier site for searching, viewing, and analysing patent collections worldwide.
DOE Patents Database
The U.S. Department of Energy's central collection of patent information.
esp@cenet
Use the esp@cenet network to search:
Patent applications in their original language from The European Patent Office and The World Intellectual Property Org. (PCT)
Patent applications with an English abstract and title from Worldwide and Japan
The national patent offices of the member states act as service providers and offer users access via home pages hosted by them. In this way the pages can be customised to meet national requirements vis-à-vis language, links to other pages and help functions.
www.espacenet.com/access/index.en.htm
- Languages
- Austria, at.espacenet.com, German
- Belgium, be.espacenet.com, French, Dutch
- Cyprus, cy.espacenet.com, English
- Denmark, dk.espacenet.com, Danish
- Finland, fi.espacenet.com, Finnish
- France, fr.espacenet.com, French
- Germany, de.espacenet.com, German
- Hellenic Republic, gr.espacenet.com, Greek
- Ireland, ie.espacenet.com, English
- Italy, it.espacenet.com, Italian
- Liechtenstein, li.espacenet.com, French, German, Italian
- Luxembourg, lu.espacenet.com, French
- Monaco, mc.espacenet.com, French
- Netherlands, nl.espacenet.com, Dutch
- Portugal, pt.espacenet.com, Portuguese
- Russia, ru.espacenet.com, Russian
- Spain, es.espacenet.com, Spanish
- Sweden, se.espacenet.com, Swedish
- Switzerland, ch.espacenet.com, French, German, Italian
- United Kingdom, gb.espacenet.com, English
- See also European Patent Office.
European Patent Office
Official website of the European Patent Office (EPO), the executive body of the European Patent Organisation.
European Publication Server
Published patent applications.
Fuel Cell Today: Patent Quarterly Review
Fuel Cell Today publishes a quarterly review of the latest developments in fuel cell and related patents worldwide. Covering the main geographical markets, including Europe, North America and Asia; and focusing on various fuel cell technologies and applications, the Patent Quarterly Review gives a reliable insight into fuel cell R&D worldwide.
Google Patents
IFI Claims Patent Services
Reliable, text-searchable, and value-added databases of U.S. patents.
Intellectual Property Digital Library
WIPO Intellectual Property Digital Library (IPDL) Project.
IP Australia
Federal government agency that grants rights in patents, trademarks and designs.
KIPRIS (Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Service)
Entire Korean industrial property rights information since 1948.
KnowledgeLink Newsletter (From Thomson Reuters)
Articles on information topics in business, industry and academia.
LexisNexis, Intellectual Property Solutions
"Properly obtain and protect intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, with technology that's innovative, integrated with the way you work, and designed to help you make better business decisions."
MicroPatent (From Thomson Reuters)
Patent and trademark provider including electronic downloads, faxes and electronic research systems.
Patent Lens
CAMBIA's initiative for increasing patent transparency.
www.patentlens.net
- Patent Lens - Free Full-Text Patent Search
A fully text-searchable patents (PCT, US and EPO) database.
www.patentlens.net/patentlens/quick.html
PATMG, Patent and Trade Mark Group
Special Interest Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).
SIPO
State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China.
- SIPO English Patent Search
Chinese patent search tool in English.
218.240.13.210/sipo_EN/search/tabSearch.do?method=init
SureChem
Powerful gateway for chemical patent search. It offers unprecedented coverage, turnaround times and data access. Users can perform structure and keyword search.
TechConnect
Global technology outreach organisation, dedicated to locating the world's most promising IP and start-up companies across all industries and technology focus areas.
Thomson Reuters, Scientific
Value-added patent databases for patent searches, competitor intelligence, research and development, and intellectual property protection.
- Patent ProfilesNet
"Allows quick and direct access to current awareness profiles which summarise key developments in your area of interest."
TotalPatent™ (From LexisNexis)
A patent research, retrieval and analysis solution
UK Intellectual Property Office
Official government body responsible for granting intellectual property rights in the United Kingdom.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Online business systems to search existing patents and trademarks, order copies, apply for patents, register trademarks, pay fees and monitor progress.
yet2.com
The global online marketplace that enables interactive technology and intellectual property transfer between corporations, academic institutions, national laboratories, technology brokers and individual inventors.