Chemistry

This library research guide offers some of the key databases, book catalogs, journals, and more for the broad discipline of Chemistry.

Patent Searching

Patent Databases

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.
European Patent Office (EPO)
The patent office for Europe. Search its worldwide patent coverage with Espacenet Patent search and Espacenet Cooperative Patent Classification.
Google Patents
Search and read the full text of patents from around the world.
SureChEMBL
Searchable by chemical structure. Open patent data.

SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
Patents records from nine major patent offices worldwide that meet Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) selection criteria are available in CAPlus within two days of the patent's publication, and fully indexed by CAS scientists within 27 days from the date of issue. New to SciFinder? Register to use here: https://stmarys-ca.libanswers.com/faq/268887/

Patent Resources

What every chemist should know about patents (2002)
An introductory guide published by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Patents and Patentability
A tutorial from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Patent Searching: A Tutorial
A tutorial on U.S. Patent searching with Google Patents and the U.S. Patent Office from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

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