Mechanical Engineering: Patents

University of Idaho Library - Government Documents website about searching for US Patents and Trademarks.

Covering over 14.3 million basic inventions from 40 worldwide patent-issuing authorities, this database facilitates rapid, precise patent searching, letting you conduct patent and citation searches of inventions in chemical, electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering

Search by patent number, inventor, assignee, keywords, class numbers, patent citations, CAS Registry numbers, etc.

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Searches 37 million patent documents including 2.5 million published international patent applications (PCT)