About U. S. Patents
| Subject | A comprehensive bibliographic database containing records for each of the 1.7 million U.S. patents issued since 1975. In addition, the database tracks the "lineage" of each patent--how each patent cites previous patents or is cited by subsequent ones. |
| Sources | Citations to U. S. patents. |
| Dates Covered | 1975 to present. Updated weekly. |
| Help Documents | Instructions/Users
Guide U.S. Patents Fact Sheet (pdf) |
| Print Counterpart (backfiles) | No print counterpart. |
| Provider | Community of Scholars/Community of Science, Inc. |
| Access | On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses. |
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