Australia:
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Published Patent Data Searching (APPS) contains abstracts in GIF
format (with PDF printable link) of all published Australian patent
applications filed since January 1, 1975.
There are 13 searchable fields; some have links to full AU-A/B/C
full patent specifications in PDF. Pre-1975
Australian applications as far back as 1920 have some bibliographic data,
usually only application number and IPC.
Full
images of published Australian patent applications (AU-A) from June 3,
1999 and for accepted patent specifications (AU-B and C) from December 17,
1998 can be accessed by application or patent number in the Patent
Specifications Database.
New
Patent Solution (NPS) Database contains bibliographic information
about innovation patent applications filed from May 24, 2001; all new
standard complete, provisional and innovation patent applications filed
after July 5, 2002; and PCT applications designating Australia
from August 2002. .
Public
access to status of Australian patent documents open to public inspection
may be searched by IPC in the Patent
Indexing System (PatIndex)
Language: English
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Canadian
Patents Database
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Contains patent documents from 1920
to the present time.
"The electronically available patent information consists of patent
document images, bibliographic data and patent document text.
Searches are performed against the bibliographic and text data fields
only, and a "hit list" of matching patents is returned. Images are not
searchable but can be viewed for any particular patent that has been
returned in a hit list.
The text of the abstracts and claims is not available for patents that
were granted prior to August 15, 1978. These patents can only be
searched by their patent number, titles, owner or inventor names, or
classification."
Language: English and/or French
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esp@cenet:
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Access to the bibliographic data of patents published
by any member state of the European Patent Organisation, WIPO (World
Intellectual Property Organization), and the European Patent Office. The Worldwide
search option allows you to search for information in patent applications published in over
50 countries (and regions) worldwide--for coverage click here. For
a detailed table of Abstracts Coverage (in English), click here.
For a detailed table of Facsimile and Classification Coverage, click here.
The European Patent Office search option
"allows you to search in the most recent 24 months of patent applications published by the European Patent
Office. The full documents can be displayed in facsimile mode for any of the documents, which are retrieved by this search
option."
The World Intellectual Property Org. (PCT) Search Option
"allows you to search in the most recent 24 months of patent applications published by
WIPO (WO publications). The full documents can be displayed in facsimile mode for any of the documents, which are retrieved by this
search option."
ClassPat offers access to the European
Classification scheme by either browsing of the classification schedules
or searching by keyword.
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| Germany: DPMApatentblatt |
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The official German patent bulletin containing weekly
updated patent information. Information includes the bibliographic data,
abstracts, history data and, in most cases, the full document. Search and
"hitlist" are free of charge; for the cost of full-text consult
the price list. Includes a
very helpful FAQ page.
Language: English
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Hungary: Hungarian
Patent Office |
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The Hungarian Industrial Property Database
(PIPACS), "enables searching the full collection of the Hungarian patents, utility models, trademarks and designs in a single
user interface.
The database contains information regarding patents, utility models, trademarks, designs
protected in Hungary, applications pertaining to these protection forms, bibliographic data
and drawings thereof. Upon entering the website, two windows will
open." The window (called PIPACS) under the "Query" window gives
coverage information as well as detailed help on using the database.
Language:
Hungarian, English
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Ireland: Patents
Office Register & Database Search |
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Patent
Register: Search for published patents only by application number,
patent number, or European application or patent number. Bibliographic
information is displayed (no abstract), along with maintenance fee status.
Patent
Database: Search for published patents only using a number of
different bibliographic fields. In the result list, clicking on the patent
number takes you to the Patent Register notice, clicking on the icon (not
available for all patents) gives you bibliographic information including
an abstract.
Supplementary
Protection Certificate (SPC) Database: "A supplementary protection certificate (SPC) extends the
duration of the exclusive patent right, solely in respect of the product covered by the authorisation to place the
corresponding medicinal or plant protection product on
the market, for up to a maximum of 5 years following the expiry of the term of the basic patent. This extension of
protection is intended to make up for the time that has elapsed between the date of the patent application and
the issuing of the authorisation to market the product."
Language:
English
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Japan: Patent
and Utility Model Gazette Database |
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Contains a variety of patent and utility model
gazettes, retrievable by their number. For database coverage and help with
the Japanese year, click
here.
Language: Japanese,
English
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Korea: Korean
Patent Abstracts Database |
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Covers Korea national application only. Search by a number
of different bibliographic fields. Results include an abstract and also a
drawing for some of the applications.
Coverage: Registered Applications, Jan. 1979-Dec. 2001; Unexamined
Applications, Jan. 2000-Sept. 2002.
Language: Korean, English (The above hyperlink to English version)
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| LATIPAT |
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Provides bibliographic data for Patents and Models of eighteen Latin American
countries, as well as their images from 1991. The countrys include: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Language: Spanish
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New Zealand: IPONZ
Databases |
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The IP databases include a patents search and a design
search. The search is quite sophisticated with a number of search fields.
Status as well as any objection or hearing information is noted. Results
in the patents search include either an abstract or abstract and full
specification (as a PDF).
Language: English
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| Romania: RoPatentSearch |
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Search for patents by number, class, title, inventor,
solicitant, and titular (holder). The "title" search field is
available in English and Romanian, all others in Romanian only.
Language: Romanian, English
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| Russia: Rospatent |
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Full-text (since 1994) patent database, RUPAT, requires fee.
For access and payment details, click here.
RUABEN
is free abstract database of Russian Applications and Patents from
1994 to date. Bibliographic information and an abstract in English as well
as the main drawing are included. Sign in with user name
"guest" and password "guest" then select "Abstracts russian patents 1994-2003
(engl.)."
Language: Russian, English
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| Spain: OEPMPAT |
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OEPMPAT contains
complete Spanish utility models published from 1997 onwards. In addition it
has the images
published in the BOPI from 1986. A retrospective project of Utility model
publications back to 1987 is underway.
Language: Spanish
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United Kingdom: UK
Patent Office |
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The Patents
Status Query database "makes it possible to check the patent's priority and filing dates, verify the
applicant or owner, identify the inventor, establish whether the patent is in force and
contact the owner or their representative. In addition, it provides a link to any related
Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)."
The Patent
and Design Journal (pdf files, archived to 1998) includes a listing of
applications for patents, a subject, number, and name index of
applications published, and a subject, number, and name index of patents
granted.
Language: English
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| United States: Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases |
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The Issued
Patents (PatFT) database includes patent images from 1790-current.
Searches on a number of bibliographic fields are available for patents
back to 1976. Pre-1976 patents are retrievable only by US Classification
or Patent Number.
The Patent
Applications (AppFT) database includes all applications published
since March 15, 2001. Images as well as full bibliographic data are
available.
A viewer is required for viewing patent images. Click here
for instructions on downloading.
Language: English
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