Patent Searching
There are several places where you can look for existing patents
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Resource |
Website |
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Espacenet |
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/ |
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Google Patent Search Worldwide |
https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts |
| Google Patent Search - UK | |
| Free Patents Online - US based | https://www.freepatentsonline.com/ |
| US Patent Office | https://www.uspto.gov/ |
Other useful resources
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK, including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. It can help you get the right type of protection for your creation or invention https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office
IPO is an executive agency of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business and Trade
Online tutorials
- How to Patent search (Part 1 of 3) - starts with the basics of what a Patent is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUzcQyPueIY
- How to Patent search (Part 2) - how to search for Patents online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqSrRSvQlk
- How to Search for Patents by classification (Part 3) - using the US Patent classification system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlY_3-Bi_L0
- How to filter your search on GOV.UK (to show only IPO content and results) https://ipo.blog.gov.uk/2014/12/18/how-to-filter-your-search-on-gov-uk/
Acknowledgments
This resource was collated by Christine Keen, RSS Hub Leicester and Partners
Created: February 2019 Last Updated: November 2024