Searching Patent and Patent Related Information on Internet

Abstract

The paper gives a brief account of worldwide patent and patent related information available through internet. It enlists the important web resources of various international/national bodies, commercial vendors and others providing either information/literature on the subject or patent document search itself. Each entry indicates its web addresses along with a brief description of site and type of information/literature hosted on it. It also highlights the importance of patent literature for R&D work and lists a number of key features of a patent document which makes it a unique source of information