What are the best websites for discovering prior art online when researching a mechanical patent compared to traditional library searches?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What are the best websites for discovering prior art online when researching a mechanical patent compared to traditional library searches?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
best online patent prior art search databases Google Patents Espacenet WIPO PATENTSCOPE USPTO Patent Center Lens.org features mechanical engineeringGoogle ↗
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mechanical engineering prior art search non patent literature standards technical manuals archives Google Scholar IEEE ASMEGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
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Searches and sources
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best online patent prior art search databases Google Patents Espacenet WIPO PATENTSCOPE USPTO Patent Center Lens.org features mechanical engineering Google ↗
mechanical engineering prior art search non patent literature standards technical manuals archives Google Scholar IEEE ASME Google ↗
- Google Patents · patents.google.com
- Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
- USPTO Patent Public Search · ppubs.uspto.gov
- WIPO PATENTSCOPE · patentscope.wipo.int
- The Lens · lens.org
- Search Tips - Patent Searching · guides.library.cornell.edu
- Patent Searching - Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) · guides.osu.edu
- Home - Patent Searching · guides.library.cornell.edu
- Google Scholar · scholar.google.com
- ASME Digital Collection · asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
- ScienceDirect · sciencedirect.com
- IEEE Xplore · ieeexplore.ieee.org
- SAE International · sae.org
- ASTM International · astm.org
- Internet Archive · archive.org
- HathiTrust · hathitrust.org
- Scholarly Articles and Books - Mechanical Engineering - Library Guides at University of Notre Dame · libguides.library.nd.edu
- Other Internet Resources to Search - Patents - Research Guides at New York Public Library Research Centers · libguides.nypl.org
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
best online patent prior art search databases Google Patents Espacenet WIPO PATENTSCOPE USPTO Patent Center Lens.org features mechanical engineering OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
mechanical engineering prior art search non patent literature standards technical manuals archives Google Scholar IEEE ASME OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 |