Patenten

• Patent databases
• Databases covering patents
• News sources for patents
• General information on patents
• A selection of materials in the UBU Library
• Guides to patent searching
• Other resources

Patent databases

• http://ep.espacenet.com/
  A free patent search service developed by the European Patent Office
• Fullerence patent database
  A comprehensive internet archive of patents related to buckyballs, nanotubes, and other fullerenes by Dr. M.S. Dresselhaus, MIT.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  A freely searchable database of full-text for US patents issued from january 1976-present. 1790-1975 is only searchable by patent numbers and current US Classifications.

Databases covering patents

• SciFinder Scholar (Chemical abstracts)
  - Patent (and patent family) references from 57 patent authorities around the world
  - Patent coverage in SciFinder Scolar/Chemical Abstracts
  - How to Read Patent Information (pdf)
• Scopus
  21 million patents from 5 patent offices (US Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and UK Intellectual Property Organization)
  Scopus content coverage guide (pdf)

News sources for patents

• IP Watch
• News from the European Patent Office
• News from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Patents and Designs Journal from the UK Patent Office
• Press releases from the Japanese Patent Office

General information on patents

• General Information Concerning Patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• IP Web guide 

A selection of materials in the UBU Library

• Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (journal)
• Patent Law by Francis, William H., 2002, St.Paul, MN: West Group. (book)
• World patent information (journal)

Guides to patent searching 

• Stanford University: Patent information overview
• United State Patent and Trademark Office: Seven Step Strategy
• University California San Diego: How to find Patents
• University of Central Florida: Patent Tutorial
• University of Texas: Patent searching tutorial and guide to online resources and information
• Yale University: Finding Patents & Standards

Other resources

• Google patent search (Google's beta US patent search site)
• More Patent Resources
• Patent Fetcher and pat2pdf.org (free patent downloading sites)