A Select Guide to Patent and Trademark Information

Subscribed Sources

This section lists the patent databases available at the NUS Libraries.  Other databases which are useful for locating patent and/or technical information in various disciplines are also listed.  They are categorized as follows:

	Full-text patent databases
	Bibliographic patent databases
	Other databases

A. Full-text patent databases

NUS staff and students and NUS Libraries external members may request for the following patent databases from the Information Desk at the Central Library.

• Espace-EPA: European Patent Applications. 1978-
  Published by the EPO (European Patent Office). Contains the complete full-text document images of the European Patent Applications in their original format. Updated weekly. See also esp@cenet under Internet Sources.
   
• Espace World: PCT International Applications. 1978-
  Published by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and EPO. Contains the complete full-text document images of Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT) patent applications in their original format. Updated weekly. See also esp@cenet under Internet Sources.
   
• LexisNexis Academic
  Under the ‘Legal Research’ category, select ‘Patents’ under ‘Patent Research.’ Contains the full-text (excluding graphics) of U.S. patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1971 to present. Searches utility, plant and design patents, re-examination certificates, statutory invention registrations and defensive publications by keyword, patent number, or U.S. classification number.  Available online via the Digital Library.  Updated weekly.
   
• Lexis.com
  Lexis.com contains the following full-text patent documents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):
  a) Granted utility, design and plant patents (1790-)
  b) Patent Reexamination Certificates (1981-)
  c) Reissued Patents (1975-)
  d) Pre-Grant Publications (March 15, 2001 to current)
  e) Defensive and Statutory Invention Registrations (1985-)
  Available online via the Digital Library.  Updated weekly.
   
• PatentView. 1974-2001
  Contains the full-text of all patents granted by the United States Patent Office. Publication ceased after v.52 (25 Dec 2001). For information on patents granted after Dec 2001, check the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) website at http://www.uspto.gov/ 
   
• SciFinder Scholar (including Chemical Abstracts)
  Contains chemistry-related information from biotechnology to environmental science and toxicology, including patents from 29 national patent offices and two international bodies.  Available online via the Digital Library.
  

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B. Bibliographic patent databases

• Espace ASEANPAT. 1980-
  Contains bibliographic citations of patents, utility models, utility innovations and individual design from ASEAN countries (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam). Updated irregularly. 
   
• Espace Access: European and PCT International Patent Application Bibliography. 1978-
  Contains bibliographic data and English-language abstracts on all European Patent applications and international PCT applications from 1978. Updated monthly. See also esp@cenet under Internet Sources.
   
• Espace Bulletin: European Patent Bulletin Information. 1978-
  Contains information on the legal status of over 840,000 European Patent applications and more than 300,000 granted European patents. Also includes bibliographic data concerning appeals and oppositions. Searchable in English, French or German. Updated monthly. 

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C. Other databases

The following databases are useful for locating patent and/or technical information in various disciplines.  NUS staff and students can access the online databases via the Digital Library at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/

• Biotechnology Abstracts
  Covers all aspects of biotechnology. Information is extracted from scientific publications, including primary journals and conference proceedings, and from the patents literature. Available online via the Digital Library.
   
• BNA’s Intellectual Property Library on CD-ROM
  United States Patents Quarterly (USPQ) is the primary component of the disk. USPQ features all important decisions on patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair composition, trade secrets and more. Available from the C J Koh Law Library Loan Counter.
   
• CAB Abstracts
  Contains information on European patents related to agriculture and biology. Available from Science Library Information Desk.
   
• Compendex
  Contains engineering information from over 2,600 published journals, books, conference proceedings, individual conference papers, technical reports, and monographs. Available online via the Digital Library.
   
• Food Science & Technology Abstracts
  Contains information from scientific journals as well as information from patents, books, conference proceedings, reports, pamphlets, and legislation in more than 40 languages. Available online via the Digital Library.
   
• INSPEC
  Contains information on electrical and electronic engineering, computing, physics, etc. Available online via the Digital Library.
    
• Metadex Collection
  Contains information on metals, polymers, ceramics, etc. Available from Central Library Information Desk.
   
• NTIS Bibliographic Database
  Provides citations to abstracts of technical reports from US and non-US government sponsored research, development and engineering analyses. Available from Central Library Information Desk.
   
• Science Citation Index Expanded
  A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the Sciences. Searches cited references to patents. Available online via the Digital Library.

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Last updated: 31-10-2008