Patinformatics , patent mapping or patent intelligence as it is alternatively called is a emerging subject in the field of sciences combining bioinformatics and cheminformatics. Though these advanced developments are taking place, patent literacy in India, especially among the rural folks, and farmers, who are the unorganized real inventors – the unsung heroes at the grassroots level, is still at nascent stage. Even as this poise as a big challenge for the India, as a global player in the emerging economy, competing China, this CAS report indicates, a 300% growth in Indian patents in CAS registry in 2009. Click here to check the full CAS report
This post gives you a select links of guide to patent information resources:
A. India
Indian Patent Searchable Database
Patent Office – India
India.bigpatents.org
B. International
Patents Databases in Different Countries
WIPO Intellectual Property Digital Library
USPTO Web Patent Databases
Espace
http://www.i-mak.org/patent-databases/
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
Google – patents search
http://www.the-business-of-patents.com/index.html
CSEN Global List of Websites On Patents
For further reading:
Patinformatics: Identifying Haystacks from Space
www.infotaday.com
Filed under: Reference, India, Patents, patinformatics
