Chemical patents are a special type of patent. Patents can contain valuable chemical information, so it is worthwhile to determine whether patents are available for a substance of interest.
Patents can be searched for by patent number, assignee, year, status, inventor, and several other properties. Patents are also linked from substance records.
Searches patent documents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Combines unique value-added patent information indexed from over 50 patent issuing authorities in the Derwent World Patent Index (1963-present) with patent citations indexed from the Derwent Patents Citation Index (1973-present). Indexes patents and literature including those referenced by the examiner, inventor/author, or opposition/third party during the determination of patentability.