Espacenet

Free patent search service from the European Patent Office covering patent documents worldwide.

by European Patent OfficeOfficial site ↗

Pricing: free
Free tier: true
Open source: No

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Identity · Taxonomy

Tags(open-source;cloud-native): patent search, patent databases, prior art, CPC classification, machine translationVerification pending

Platform · Deployment

Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance): SaaSVerification pending

Pricing · Licensing

Free plan(true/false): trueVerification pending
Pricing model(free;subscription;usage;seat;asset;transaction;revenue-share;perpetual;custom): freeVerified

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): search and find patent publications across more than 150 million documents, classification search for technical areas (CPC symbols), machine translation of patent documents, Global Dossier file wrapper access from major IP offices, Common Citation Document (CCD) consolidating prior art cited by IP5 officesVerification pending

Api · Integrations · Ecosystem

API available(true/false): falseVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Best for(Neutral editorial summary): Free worldwide patent searching across more than 150 million documents from 1782 to today, with classification searchVerification pending
Company-size fit(individual;SMB;mid-market;enterprise): individual, SMB, mid-market, enterpriseVerification pending
Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): searching patent publications worldwide (1782 to today), tracking the progress of emerging technologies, finding solutions to technical problems, seeing what competitors are developingVerification pending
Skill level(beginner;intermediate;advanced;specialist): intermediateVerification pending

Lifecycle · Versioning

Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived): activeVerification pending

Vendor · Maintainer

Founded year(2012): 1977Verified
Headquarters country(US): GermanyVerified
Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual): governmentVerification pending

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