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DNA Patent Database - A joint project of the Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Foundation of Genetic Medicine, allows free public access to the full-text and analysis of all DNA patents issued by the U.S.P.T.O.
FreePatentsOnline- Search US patents & patent applications; EP documents; Abstracts of Japan; WIPO (PCT).
Google Patents- Search over 7 million USPTO patents.
Orbit - Fee-based: Orbit ® is a fixed fee professional patent search tool available for individual and enterprise scale licensing.
PatentWeb - Fee-based: From MicroPatent, allows full-text and front page research of U.S., Europe, WIPO, and Japan patent databases.
SumoBrain - SumoBrain a new professional patent search and workflow solution from the creators of FreePatentsOnline.com. SumoBrain offers a powerful and fast search engine for searching major world patent collections. The SumoBrain Web Site is owned and operated by Patents Online, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company.
Thomson Innovation- Fee-based: From Thomson, a full-service patent database. Please complete Database Search Request Form to obtain a patent from this database. [Service provided at no charge for Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research employees only]
USPTO Web Patent Databases - U.S. Patent & Trademark Office offers free access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases from 1976 to most recent weekly issue.