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Patent databases
Los Alamos Patents in the Library Catalog - unclassified Los Alamos patents are available via the library's catalog, over 1300 patents from 1947 to 2004. chart (For classified patents, contact the classified reports collection staff at 665-4168.)
Delphion Intellectual Property Network (formerly IBM Patent Server). Searches more than 2 million U.S. patents issued since 1971, including bibliographic texts, abstracts, and all claims. Contact the library to
set up an account (at no cost to you) to get full-text patents via the Research library subscribed Delphion system. For single time full-text requests, please contact the library and we will provide at no cost.
DOE Patents - over 20,00 patents that were sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Energy, with links to fulltext where available.
USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) Databases -
These databases cover the period from 1 January 1976 to the most recent weekly
issue date (usually each Tuesday) in searchable full-text, and 1790-1975 in full-page
images. Also
has the ability to order patents within this system.
European Patent Office patent information service (Esp@cenet) - Esp@cenet is a free service for accessing patent information. Four database files may be searched: 1) European Patents (most recent 24 months, with PDF files); 2) PCT(WO) patents (most recent 24 months,with PDF files); (3) worldwide patents (coverage depends on country, mostly back to 1960s or 1970s); and (4) Japanese patents (1976- ). Since 1970, each patent family in the collection has a representative document with a searchable English-language title and abstract.
Google Patent Search - searches patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Other databases which include patents
The following databases index some patents, in addition to information
published in other formats:
Primo - Contains some patents from various sources. Patents are indexed with Resource Type "Legal Documents"
Ordering patents
Thomson File Histories (formerly Optipat) - Patent Downloads from extensive international patent collections, and other Intellectual Property services.
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