-Patent Searching
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
The USPTO offers web access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases provide full-text of patents from 1976 to the present and full page images from 1790 to the present.
See What is a Patent?
See Patent Searching Tips.
See ‘What is Intellectual Property?’ in Frequently Asked Questions for Inventors
See ‘Manual of Patent Classification’
Fresh Patents
Provides access to the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to
grant/deny.
pat2pdf.org
Given a patent number, pat2pdf.org will return a free, pdf formated version of the patent.
The Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s to present.
Medical Device Manufacturers Association – Patent Issues
How do I find International patents?
The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides access to intellectual property data collections hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization. These collections include PCT (Patents), Madrid (Trademarks), Hague (Industrial Designs), Article 6ter (State Emblems, Official Hallmarks, and Emblems of Intergovernmental Organizations) and others.
See Technology Commercialization at Drexel and See Patent Policy (Re: Intellectual Property) from the Office of the Provost at Drexel University.
Patent Protection Strategies: Maximizing market exclusivity (Note: Search in ‘Business Insights’ database and use keyword ‘patent’ to locate this and other reports on patents)
Nanotechnology related initiatives
FDA’s Nanotechnology Task Force
National Nanotechnology Initiative
Nanomedicine from NIH
Nanotechnology to revolutionise drug delivery
Cancer nanotechnology: opportunities and challenges
Dr. Papazoglou’s Electronic Book – Bionanotechnology – available from the Synthesis Digital Library
Important Key words in Drug Delivery and Nanotechnology:
Nasal and transdermal drug delivery, Injectable drugs, Implantable delivery systems, Nanocapsules, Nanoparticles, Nanovehicles, Nanomedicine, Oral drug delivery system, Controlled drug delivery, Cancer nanotechnology
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