Patents
- Compendex 1884-present This link opens in a new windowSearch only Compendex for Patents before 1970, by limiting to patents under document types in the Quick Search.
- Derwent Innovations Index This link opens in a new windowThe Derwent Innovations Index provides access to more than 14,800,000 patents with links to cited and citing patents, cited articles, and full-text patent data sources.
- Google Patent SearchPatents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO.
- The United States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe USPTO site includes full text of all patents issued since 1790. All patents are searchable by patent number and classification number.
- World Intellectual Property OrganizationOur mission is to promote innovation and creativity for the economic, social and cultural development of all countries, through a balanced and effective international intellectual property system.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the United Nations agency dedicated to the use of intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, designs, etc.) as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity.
Reading Patents
- The Claim Game: How to Read a PatentTeska, K. (2007). CHAPTER 4: The Claim Game: How to Read a Patent. In , Patent Savvy for Managers (pp. 83-128). Nolo.
A chapter from a book explaining how to read a patent.
Standards - Online
Standards - Books
2012 International Mechanical Code by Call Number: HML 3rd Floor Stacks 343.7307869 I61 2012ISBN: 9781609830519Publication Date: 2011-06-09
2012 International Energy Conservation Code by Call Number: HML 1st Floor Reference 343.07869 I61 2012ISBN: 9781609830588Publication Date: 2011-07-11
