A Patent is legal and technical document that describes an invention and grants a property right to the inventor for a limited period. Patents are an important source of technical and scientific information, as they are often the first source of published information on a new technology. It has been estimated that over 70% of the information published in patents is never published elsewhere.
Finding Patents
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Esp@cenetEspacenet offers free access to more than 70 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today.
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Google PatentsGoogle Patents covers issued patents and millions of patent applications made available by the USPTO, from the 1790s to the present. It does not currently include international patents.
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ReaxysFind substances, reactions, bioactivity data, academic articles & citations, patents, and more. Research chemists can also immediately access the eMolecules ordering page, complete with full quantity, pricing and vendor information, all via the eMolecules red flask availability icon within Reaxys.
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SciFinder-nScifinder-n is a powerful, chemist-curated database from CAS offering reference, substance and reaction searching with sophisticated analysis tools. Substances can be searched by chemical structure, markush (for Patents), molecular formula, property or substance identifier. All alternative substance names are listed alongside CAS Registry numbers and commercial sources. Tools including MethodsNow (showing every experimental step for ease of replication in the lab) and PatentPak (enabling you to get straight to the novel chemistry information in a Patent document).
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SciFinder MobileWith SciFinder Mobile, you can quickly find, references to published research for a topic of interest, information on a substance of interest, including nomenclature, molecular formula and properties, and references to published research from a scientist or company of interest. You will need to log-in with your SciFinder account.
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United States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe database includes information about all US patents from the first patent issued in 1790 up to the present day
Got an idea? Need info on intellectual property
Newcastle City Library is a designated PATLIB UK centre and they are the only library providing specialist patent information between Leeds and Glasgow. The Centre is supported by the UK Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office.
They provide a range of services to support you through trade marks, copyright and patents.
- Information packs and specialists leaflets
- Free Intellectual Property Surgeries; booking required
- Access to historical British patent abstracts and name indexes from 1617 to 1930.
- Patent and Trade mark searches; please contact the centre for more information.
