U.S. Patent Search at Google
Today Google announced the release of Google Patent Search, which allows you to search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that interest you. The Patent Search uses the same technology that powers Google Book Search, so you can scroll through pages and zoom in on text and illustrations just like you can with books.
The Advanced Patent Search page allows you to search by criteria, including patent number, inventor, and filing date. At the moment there are 7 million patents of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) searchable.
If you are looking for worldwide patents, you should visit the site of the European Patent Office, which includes a database with more then 50 million patent documents from around the world.
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