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U.S.-issued patents and published patent applications for searching and display from the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office. Requires a properly configured Web browser with an image display plug-in capable of displaying PDF documents.
Access to all U.S. patents/applications and some European patents; offers both simple and advanced search methods; documents are delivered in .pdf format.
The Patents search form is located under the US Legal tab of Lexis-Nexis Academic. Provides search capability for granted patents from Europe (1978-present) and Japan (1976-present), and for worldwide patent applications (1978-present).
Provides access to bibliographic databases of engineering research literature, including Compendex, Georef, Knovel, NTIS, Geobase and Inspec as well as patents, standards and handbooks.