Category Archives: FreePatentsOnline

New: FreePatentsOnline Adds DE Patent Data, Other Resources

Posted on September 14, 2012 by mjwhitekingston

FreePatentsOnline has updated its interface and added some new resources. One of the most interesting developments is the addition of German patent data. Other new features include blogs, a version of the MPEP and a case law database containing Federal … Continue reading →

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FPO Adds Non-Patent Literature Collection

Posted on March 12, 2011 by mjwhitekingston

FreePatentsOnline (FPO) has added a full-text collection of non-patent literature to its suite of patent databases. Not much is stated about the collection, but according to the copyright notice that appears in each record it appears to be sourced from … Continue reading →

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New University Patents Database

Posted on April 16, 2010 by mjwhitekingston

FreePatentsOnline has partnered with Technology Transfer Tactics, a website for university tech transfer professionals, to provide a resource for searching university-owned patents. Data for about 150 universities (mostly American) is available. Clicking on a name of a university will retrieve … Continue reading →

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PCT Coverage in Public Patent Databases

Posted on January 26, 2010 by mjwhitekingston

How the data in a database or search engine is structured is as important (or more so) as the data itself. I was reminded of this old rule-of-thumb a couple of weeks ago when I decided to compare coverage of … Continue reading →

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Titles Added to Cited References in FPO

Posted on February 15, 2009 by mjwhitekingston

US patent records in FreePatentsOnline now display titles of cited US patent documents. This is a nice improvement since it provides more information about the reference without forcing you to leave the current document. Titles of cited references available in … Continue reading →

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FreePatentsOnline Launches CitePatents

Posted on December 28, 2008 by mjwhitekingston

FreePatentsOnline has launched a new site called CitePatents that is designed to make it easier for journalists, bloggers, copy writers and website owners and to link to patent documents. I hope this encourages more newspapers to link to patent documents … Continue reading →

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FreePatentsOnline Increases Personal Portfolios to 10,000 Documents

Posted on December 1, 2008 by mjwhitekingston

Individual accounts on FreePatentsOnline now can contain up to 20 portfolios and up to 10,000 patent documents. Users are still limited to exporting bibiliographic data from a maximum of 250 documents at a time. These improvements will be useful for … Continue reading →

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SumoBrain Offers Free Registration

Posted on October 22, 2008 by mjwhitekingston

SumoBrain, the patent search system from the creators of FreePatentsOnline, is now offering free accounts. SumoBrain features full-text cross-collection searching of US patents and applications, EP patents and applications, PCT documents and Japanese abstracts, portfolios, alerts, and PDF download capabilities … Continue reading →

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