Biology: Patents & Technical Reports
Finding Patents
- United States Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image DatabaseSearches archives of full-text patents issued since 1976 and full-page images of patents issued since 1790. Published applications are available since 15 March 2001.
- EspacenetA free patent search tool, including 80 million patent documents from the European Patent Office, the USPTO, and other countries worldwide, searchable by full text.
- Patent LensA patent search database including records from patent offices worldwide. It also allows searching of gene sequences.
Standards
- ISO: International Organization for StandardizationSearch and purchase technical reports and standards from the international standards body.
- NIST: National Institute of Standards and TechnologyThis physical science and technology laboratory is a branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce and publishes standards and technical reports.
Technical Reports
- SciTech ConnectSearch publicly available research documents, including technical reports, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
- National Library of EnergySearch across information published by all DOE offices, laboratories, and websites.
- TRAIL: Technical Report and Image LibraryUse the TRAIL search tool to find and access digital versions of U.S. technical reports published prior to 1975.
- Science.govScience.gov is a search engine providing access to millions of pages of scientific information provided by federal agencies.
