Espacenet: free access to the database of over 80 million patents

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GLOBAL DOSSIER NOW IN ESPACENET

This pioneering new service allows you to access SIPO file wrapper data directly from Espacenet. Take a look at our release notes for more information.

Did you know?

Towards the end of last year, we conducted online surveys and ran focus groups to find out what you think of Espacenet. Thanks to those who took part, we really do appreciate your feedback. It has prompted us to start a "Did you know?" series on our landing page, and revisit some of the basics. You'll find that there's a lot you didn't know you knew about Espacenet.

So here goes: did you know...

... that Espacenet supports Boolean search? You didn't?! It does! This means that you can combine search statements with AND (restricting the number of search results), OR (broadening the number of search results) and NOT (excluding particular search results). Take a look at our information on Boolean operators

For those of you who didn’t attend Search Matters 2014 in The Hague, you might like to take a look here.

Espacenet: Intro

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GPI - Global Patent Index

You've used Espacenet. Why not enhance your next patent search with a free trial of the EPO's Global Patent Index (GPI)?

Cooperative Patent Classification: Intro

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