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PATENTS

Subject Structure

Broader Term
     LAW
Related Term
     INVENTORS
     TECHNOLOGY

Entries for PATENTS

A Guide to Japan's Patent System   Full Record
PDF file from the Technology Administration.

DOE Information Bridge   Full Record
US Dept. of Energy. Contains over 1.4 million searchable pages in 25,000 reports.

European Patent Office   Full Record
For eighteen member states of the European Patent Organization.

Intellectual Property Network   Full Record
Access to over 26 years of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office patent descriptions of over two million patents. Scanned multipage patent image available for patents from 1987 to present.

Japanese Patent Office   Full Record
The official site.

U.S. Patent Citation Database   Full Record
From the Community of Science. This is a fully searchable bibliographic file containing all of the approximately 1.7 million U.S. patents issued since 1975. Updated weekly.

United States Department of Commerce   Full Record
Official site to promote American business and trade. Responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship.

Modified 2/11/01