Ei Patents
The Ei Patents search tool is new on Engineering Village. You can search and link to patent content from the US Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office in conjunction with other databases such as Compendex and Inspec. This enables you to derive knowledge from a more meaningful base, as it is estimated that 80% of patents contain scientific information not found elsewhere. Patent literacy is crucial to an engineer’s training and is required in the workplace. A huge advantage for both researchers and businesses, Ei Patents offer much more reliable and analytical patent searching features than are supported by the generic free web. Results from patents and the scientific literature are presented in facets that allow you to quickly view the leading inventors, technologies and countries in your field.
Ei Patents offers you:
- Reliable patent searching that presents core patent information in facets so you can easily search further on inventor, assignee or examiner - or broaden your search
- Search across patents and published engineering literature for a more complete view of the existing knowledge on a topic
- Links from a patent to its citations within the published literature
- The ability to focus your search on US or European patents
- Immediate competitive overviews of leading companies and countries working on the invention you’re interested in