Database Details

USPTO Patent Database: Published Applications

Type:   Index
Description:   This database offers information about published patent applications since 2001 till present.
Publisher:   United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Creator:   United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Search Hints:   Full-text patents from 1976 to the present only are included in this database.

Author searches will find inventors.

Year searches are done in All Fields.

ISSN and ISBN searches are irrelevant in this database.

Truncation is not supported in phrase searches. Truncation on short words can produce zero hits. Try lengthening the stem of the word you're trying to truncate.