NOTE: Patent names aren't often the same as the name of the final product. Ex: Apple's patent for the iPhone is titled "electronic device."
Searching for US patents:
SciFinderNOTE: You must create an account.
Search by the patent number, the assignee name, the inventor's name, or the year the patent was published.
How to find patents by topic:
1. When logging in, select Scifinder-n
2. Perform a standard search
2. Under document type, filter by Patent
3. Narrow results by year, country, etc.
Bulk Data from the USPTOBreak down of public patent and trademark pre-packaged or user-customized bulk data products
USPTO Individual Patent SearchThe USPTO lays out information and steps for searching for individual patents and patents in general.
DNA Patent DatabaseFree full-text DNA-based patents and applications issued by the USPTO
DOEpatentsDepartment of Energy Patents going back to the 1940s
Google PatentsDomestic and international patents, non-patent literature, and patent case law
HeinOnlinePatent case law as well as access to the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. Requires Duquesne login. Check out the DCLI's guide for instructions
ScopusNOTE: You must create an account.
How to find patents:
1. Perform a standard search
2. Click the Patents tab
3. Narrow results by year, country, etc.
For more information see CAS PatentPak
Searching for international patents:
SciFinderNOTE: You must create an account.
Search by the patent number, the assignee name, the inventor's name, or the year the patent was published.
How to find patents by topic:
1. When logging in, select Scifinder-n
2. Perform a standard search
2. Under document type, filter by Patent
3. Narrow results by year, country, etc.
EspacenetAccess to over 120 million European patent documents
Global DossierSearch all related patents for a specific application
The LensThe Lens ingests, cleans, aggregates, normalizes and serves over 225+ million scholarly works, 127+ million global patent records, and more than 370+ million patent sequences, with rich metadata including the people and institutions that generate this knowledge and the linkages between them, drawn from diverse data sources.
Patentscope95 million patent documents including 4.0 million published international patent applications from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
PDF Copies of Patents
Once you've found the patent number, use this website to download a PDF copy of your patent.
