Selected Patent Search Resources

International and National Intellectual Property Sites
Espacenet: The European Patent Office Database	Espacenet provides detailed searching of millions of patent documents –patent applications and granted patents – from around the world.   Guides: How to use the new Espacenet Espacent - Help               Espacenet – Pocket Guide
USPTO - US Patent and Trademark Office	The database includes information about all US patents and applications. Guides: USPTO - Quick reference guides
PATENTSCOPE	A database  provided by WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization. It offers access to international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications, as well as to patent documents of participating National and Regional Patent Offices. Guides: PatentScope Tutorials
WIPO - List of National Patent Databases	A list of links to official government agencies for patents around the world, provided by WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization.
Free Patent Search Resources
Google Patents	Google patents includes patent publications from 100+ patent offices around the world, as well as many more technical documents and books indexed in Google Scholar and Google Books, and documents from the Prior Art Archive. Guides: Google Patents Help
The Lens	Discovery and analytics tool for the patent literature. Guides: The Lens - Guide
Databases that include Patents – Access is limited to TAU community
Derwent Innovations Index	Available on the Web of Science platform, integrates value-added patent data from over 60 patent authorities (Derwent World Patent Index, 1963–present) with citation information (Derwent Patents Citation Index, 1973–present). It enables tracking an invention’s impact through patent citations and offers searchable, expert-written titles and abstracts that highlight each invention’s novelty, use, advantages, and claims.
Scopus	Scopus is an abstract and citation multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed literature. It contains peer-reviewed journals, conference papers and more. Scopus also cross-searches patents from five patent offices (US Patent & Trademark Office, European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and the UK Intellectual Property Office).
SciFinder	SciFinder provides access to a comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. The database includes bibliographic data and abstracts of journal articles and selected patents on all areas of chemistry and its applications.​ *Registration required. See Registration Instructions
Patents Plus	Patents Plus is an integrated database in the Engineering Village platform that allows researchers to explore scientific and technical information from patent authorities including China (CN), Europe (EP), Germany (DE), Japan (JP), the United Kingdom (GB), the United States (US), and the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO (WO).
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