Research Guides: Patents: Home

Description

Whether you're developing a new invention or would like to learn more about a currently existing one, patents serve as a useful source of information regarding existing intellectual properties, their inventors, blueprints/schematics, when they were filed, etc.

Featured eBook

Fundamentals of Patenting and Licensing for Scientists and Engineers by Matthew Y. Ma
Call Number: T339 .M255 2009
ISBN: 9789812834317
Publication Date: 2009-03-02

Patent Databases

Espacenet This link opens in a new window
Europe's network of patent databases. Search for patent applications in their original language from the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Ways to search include title, abstract, application number, and more.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) This link opens in a new window
United States Patents. The full-text of patents are available free of charge. The database can be searched using any number of fields, including keyword, title, patent number, applicant name, and assignee name.
Google Patents This link opens in a new window
Google Patents provides access to United States patents from the 1790s to the present. It also includes patents from around the world that have been translated. Searchers can easily download the pdf of a patent found in the database.

Patent Resources on the Web

NJIT Library: Patent Searching
How to Search for Patents (UCF Libraries)
How to Conduct a U.S. Patent Search (Tutorial) Conducting a thorough search of U.S. patent files is an important step in the process of filing a patent application. This computer based training course is an overview of how to conduct a preliminary U.S. patent search using web-based resources in a step by step approach.

Class Numbers & Titles (USPTO)

Patent and Trademark Statistics (Source: Statista)

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Who was Edward Weston?

Edward Weston was a rival of Thomas Edison in the early development of electricity. He was also an early contributor to the founding of the Newark Technical School--which eventually became New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Weston Hall at NJIT is named for him and for his son--Edward Faraday Weston.

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