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12-14-2006, 11:16 PM
Google is ready with a new search service, called Google Patents Search. As you can imagine the new site, which can be found here, lets anyone search for U.S. patents by keyword, patent number, inventor and filing date. Users can view a scanned image of the original patent and zoom in on pages.
“We've all heard about the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell -- famous inventors whose creative minds changed the course of history. But there are many more like them, and millions of inventions that have been patented in the U.S. alone -- from useful everyday items such as adhesive tape and contact lenses to, er, things useful in specific situations, like this shark protector suit or this amusement device incorporating simulated cheese and mice.” said Doug Banks, Software Engineer, on Google’s official blog.
Google Patent Search uses much of the same technology that powers Google Book Search, so you can scroll through pages and zoom in on text and illustrations just like you can with books.
“It's a natural extension of our mission to make this public domain government information more easily accessible using Google’s search technology. We’re pleased to have started with over 7 million patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and look forward to expanding our coverage over time.” wrote also Doug Banks.
The Google Patent Search is much more intuitive than the official search tool on the government's patent office Web site.
The site's launch of comes a day after USPTO awarded Google a patent for the design of its search results page, one of about 30 the company holds. The patent covers "the ornamental design for a graphical user interface"
Source (http://www.playfuls.com/news_05535_Google_Unveils_Google_Patents_Search.ht ml)
http://www.google.com/patents
“We've all heard about the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell -- famous inventors whose creative minds changed the course of history. But there are many more like them, and millions of inventions that have been patented in the U.S. alone -- from useful everyday items such as adhesive tape and contact lenses to, er, things useful in specific situations, like this shark protector suit or this amusement device incorporating simulated cheese and mice.” said Doug Banks, Software Engineer, on Google’s official blog.
Google Patent Search uses much of the same technology that powers Google Book Search, so you can scroll through pages and zoom in on text and illustrations just like you can with books.
“It's a natural extension of our mission to make this public domain government information more easily accessible using Google’s search technology. We’re pleased to have started with over 7 million patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and look forward to expanding our coverage over time.” wrote also Doug Banks.
The Google Patent Search is much more intuitive than the official search tool on the government's patent office Web site.
The site's launch of comes a day after USPTO awarded Google a patent for the design of its search results page, one of about 30 the company holds. The patent covers "the ornamental design for a graphical user interface"
Source (http://www.playfuls.com/news_05535_Google_Unveils_Google_Patents_Search.ht ml)
http://www.google.com/patents