Research Guides: Patent Information: Find patent literature

Library-subscribed databases

Use the Library Databases below to find patent literature:

Scopus This link opens in a new window
offers access to 22 million patent records from 5 patent offices (US Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and UK Intellectual Property Office); also provides citations and abstracts of 15,000 journal titles from 4,000 international publishers
SciFinder This link opens in a new window
provides integrated access to references, substances and reactions in chemistry and other science and engineering disciplines.

Other databases

Google Patent Search: a search engine from Google that indexes patents and patent application from the United States Patent and Trademark OFfice (USPTO)

The Lens: The Lens serves global patent and scholarly knowledge as a public resource to make science- and technology-enabled problem solving more effective, efficient and inclusive.

FreePatentsOnline (FPO): provides free access to and high-quality patent searching of patent documents from US, Japan (abstracts only), Europe and WIPO.

Search for patents (The United States Patent and Trademark Office): provides information about searching for patents.

Global Dossier: a single portal, developed by the IP5 Offices (USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, and SIPO), for modernizing the global patent system.