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Basic Feature: Find a Patent by number Find a Patent by Content: Title/Abstract/Claims/Specificaiton/Assignee/Inventor Search Advance Feature: Research notes application Patent Builder - Patent application design tool Its good to give a TRY Source: http://www.patenttools.com/

The following patent search databases appeared in a poll created by Intellectual Property Network .   PatentBrain: US and WO Algorithmic Patent Search   DEPATISnet: Worldwide patent search   Esp@cenet   Patmedia - Visual patent search   ArnoldIT.com: US patents   Boliven Patents: US, WO, EP, JP; KR patent search   ChemYQ:Chinese patents   Clusterpat: patents from US, EP Offices   DeepDyve: US patents   Espresso: US patents   Patentdocs: US patents   Freepatentsonline: US, EP, JP, PCT patents   FreshPatents.com: US patents   Get the Patent: US, EP, WO search   Google US patents   IPEXL: CN, TW, HK, SG, JP, KR, PCT, US, EP, UK, CA   IP Newsflash EP Search   ipXnase Cross-lingual patent search   Uppdragshuset: Nordic (DK, FI, NO, SE) Patents   OTI.com worldwide patent search   ParkerIP: Search in USPTO and Esp@cenet Database   PatentAnalysis: INPADOC, US, EP, WO, AU, NZ patent search   Patent Cat ...

A new search tool by WIPO for searching national and PCT collections is now available for public testing it: http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/search.jsf Simple Search Advanced Search Browse by Week (PCT). In addition provided results in tabular or graph format. Even the non-frequent users can also perform searches using the Tooltip Help feature. The new tool allows not only to search the PCT database, but also the patent collections of ARIPO, Cuba, Israel, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa and Vietnam, and features flexible search syntax, automatic word stemming and relevance ranking, as well as graphical results. 

Today I got a link for new patent tool (I-PAT) http://www.i-pat.net/ This tool is still in the development stage. But I though to share this with the readers of this blog so that they can tract this, whenever it gets up. It look like a cool patent search tool.

  Xyggy Patent is a new patent search tool, which allow you to search for similar patents using patent number or title as input. The results are returned in ranked order according to their relevance to the patent in study. On mouse over, bibliographic information of patents comes in a pop-up box.

For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. No maintenance fees are required for design patents. Note: Patents in force on June 8, 1995 and patents issued thereafter on applications filed prior to June 8, 1995 automatically have a term that is the greater of the twenty year term discussed above or seventeen years from the patent grant. Source: http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/patents.jsp

Fees vary depending on the type of patent application you submit. Fees may also vary according to the way you "claim" your invention. More information on filing fees and the number and type of claims. There are three basic fees for utility patents: The filing fee, which is non-refundable whether or not a patent is granted. (This is the cost to have your invention "examined" by the US Patent and Trademark Office - remember, you may or may not get a patent!) The issue fee (you pay this only if your application is allowed) Maintenance fees (paid at 3 1/2, 7 1/2, and 11 1/2 years after your patent is granted - these fees "maintain" your legal protection). Additional fees may be required. Typical fees are as follows (these are only intended to ...