Google Patents

Search engine for patent publications and prior art across multiple issuing authorities.

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Platform · Deployment

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

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): Search the full text of patents from around the world, Read full patent texts, Find prior art in an index of non-patent literatureVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): Patent full-text search and reading, Prior art researchVerification pending

Vendor · Maintainer

Founded year(2012): 1998Verified
Headquarters country(US): United StatesVerified

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