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Finding Patents: Foreign Patent Sites

Google Patent Search

Searches the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office; however, it does not necessarily find all the patents in the these databases.

Foreign Patent Sites

For almost all foreign patent searches Espacenet opens new window will work better than country specific patent sites.

Japan's Industrial Property Digital Library
A tricky search interface, but sometimes the only way to get Japanese patents. This is a direct link to the Patent & Utility Model Gazette Database.
Japanese Patent FAQs
How to get Japanese full-text or English machine translations. Very helpful guide to Japanese patents from Espacenet.

Last Updated: Jan 21, 2021 4:20 PM
URL: https://libguides.uakron.edu/patents
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