Patents

Patents are a very different kind of publications compared to the regular scientific literature. Most problems stems from the fact, that patent law is national law, but in addition there exist supranational applications procedures, e.g. WIPO or EU, but which in turn generate national patent derivatives.

Max Planck Innovation is responsible for technology transfer from the research institutes of the Max Planck Society

MPG-wide subscribed patent sources

• Derwent Innovations index
• MPG-SFX search for patent full-texts

Public available patent sources

Here you get the patent full text only page by page:

• European Patent Office (ESPACE)
  (last 5 years for all countries, additional content depending on the national patent office)
• US Patent Office (USPTO)
  (full-text since 1976, full-page images since 1790)
• State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. C. (SIPO)
• Japanese Patent Office (Industrial Property Digital Library)
• International Patent Classification (IPC), WIPO Patent Thesaurus
• European Trade Marks and Design (OHIM)
• British patent office IPO (Intellectual Property Office)

Last but not least:

• Google Patents