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International Patents on the web and in the library
International Patent Databases esp@cenet (European Patent Office) permits searching of more than 60 million patents using limited fields, keywords, IPC, and ECLA from 82 countries. esp@cenet advanced search SciFinder PatentScope (World Intellectual Property Office) searches international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications Canadian Patents Database contains 75 years of patents and is provided by the Canadian Intellectual Patent Office Japanese Industrial Property Digital Library PAJ contains machine translations from Japanese to English when DETAIL is displayed. Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar) is the principal chemical literature database, including international patents and patent families. It is licensed for Purdue users only. May want to use Java client from home. Related International Patent websites from USPTO web site Links to other Countries

International Patents on the web and in the library

International Patent Databases

esp@cenet (European Patent Office) permits searching of more than 60 million patents using limited fields, keywords, IPC, and ECLA from 82 countries. esp@cenet advanced search
SciFinder PatentScope (World Intellectual Property Office) searches international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications
Canadian Patents Database contains 75 years of patents and is provided by the Canadian Intellectual Patent Office
Japanese Industrial Property Digital Library
PAJ contains machine translations from Japanese to English when DETAIL is displayed.
Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar) is the principal chemical literature database, including international patents and patent families. It is licensed for Purdue users only. May want to use Java client from home.

Related International Patent websites from USPTO web site
Links to other Countries

Classification International Patent Classification (IPC) current version is 8th ed. European Classification (ECLA) Similar to IPC, based on a previous version of IPC Japenese FI/F-Term. Search by FI/F-Term	Full Text Patents esp@cenet permits retrival of millions of patents from many countries. Also shows patent family. PAT2PDF retrieves patents from France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. PubWest (Only accessable in the ENGR Library with staff assistance)
Expert Help WIPO standards that help when identifying patents Standard ST.2 Two-Letter Codes for the Representation of States, Other Entities and Organizations Standard ST.16 Standard Code for the Identification of Different Kinds of Patent Documents	Training Resources Inventor Resources (USPTO) uses a question and answer format. The site also includes “On-Line Chat Transcripts,” and “FAQs from Previous Chats.” Patent Search Tutorial (Pennsylvania State University). Patent Searching: Tutorial and Guide to Online Resources and Information (University of Texas at Austin) Independent Inventor Tutorial Training Course is available on Patent and Trademark Workstation in Engineering Library. STOPFAKES.GOV is a government program to help small businesses prevent intellectual property piracy. More in-depth information and country toolkits are available.

Classification

International Patent Classification (IPC) current version is 8th ed.

European Classification (ECLA) Similar to IPC, based on a previous version of IPC

Japenese FI/F-Term.

Search by FI/F-Term

Full Text Patents

esp@cenet permits retrival of millions of patents from many countries. Also shows patent family.

PAT2PDF retrieves patents from France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

PubWest (Only accessable in the ENGR Library with staff assistance)

Expert Help

WIPO standards that help when identifying patents
Standard ST.2 Two-Letter Codes for the Representation of States, Other Entities and Organizations

Standard ST.16 Standard Code for the Identification of Different Kinds of Patent Documents

Training Resources

Inventor Resources (USPTO) uses a question and answer format. The site also includes “On-Line Chat Transcripts,” and “FAQs from Previous Chats.”

Patent Search Tutorial (Pennsylvania State University).

Patent Searching: Tutorial and Guide to Online Resources and Information (University of Texas at Austin)

Independent Inventor Tutorial Training Course is available on Patent and Trademark Workstation in Engineering Library.

STOPFAKES.GOV is a government program to help small businesses prevent intellectual property piracy. More in-depth information and country toolkits are available.

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Promoting Innovation - Today's USPTO is among six videos from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It uses Real Player 10. Download from site.

Introduction to the Patent System(Federal Judicial Center)

is an excellent introduction providing instructions to a jury that will hear a patent case. Download from site.

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Patent Librarian

Charlotte Erdmann has served as a patent fellow with the US Patent and Trademark Depository Library and has served as president of the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association. Contact her here.