Internet Patent News Service (IPNS)
This site includes searchable "Manual of Classification" and "Index to Classification." ...   [more]
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Information on Patents for Researchers
A guide to information on patents for researchers...   [more]
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United States Patent and Trademark Office Glossary
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United States Patent and Trademark Office Manual of Classification
Also Known as: Manual of Patent Classification , USPTO
Patents are classified in the U.S. by a system using a 3 digit class and a subclass to describe every similar grouping of patent art. A single invention may be described by multiple classification co...   [more]
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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    Patent Official Gazette (most recent 52 issues)
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What Every Chemist Should Know About Patents
A guide that discusses using the patent literature and basics of patent law in a chemical setting. PDF document....   [more]
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    2006 Supplement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Also Known as: USPTO
Covers all US patents from 1790 onwards. Download or view high-quality images of the actual pages of the patents, including diagrams and structures from 1790 onwards. Patents from 1976 - present are a...   [more]
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esp@cenet - European Patent Office
Also Known as: espacenet
Full text of EP, WO and other patents back to the 1970's (Also contains links to individual European country patent databases) ...   [more]
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    Esp@cenet Help
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    European Patent Classification
    International Patent Classification (IPC) 8
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Derwent Innovations Index     [find related records >>>]
Search more than 11 million patent records from 40 worldwide patent-issuing authorities. These include the US Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office, PCT (WO) applications and the Japanes...   [more]
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    Derwent Classification System
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Japanese Patent & Utility Model Gazette DB
This site supplies full text of Japanese patents and utility models. Search using kind code and Japanese patent number. The site provides a machine-translation of many, but not all, of the Japanese ...   [more]
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Google Patent Search
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Patent Lens
Patent Lens searches granted patents from the United States, Australia, and Europe, as well as published patent applications from the United States, Australia, Europe, and the World Intellectual Prope...   [more]
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Finding Patent Full Text
Guide to finding the full text of a patent using Derwent Innovations Index, Esp@cenet, the U.S. Patent Office, and Patent Lens. ...   [more]
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Copyright Resource Center (Music Publisher's Association)
Information on locating publishers and copyright holders, and forms for securing permissions....   [more]
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