What is the best way for a complete beginner to search existing patents online without spending a fortune on professional intellectual property search firms
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What is the best way for a complete beginner to search existing patents online without spending a fortune on professional intellectual property search firms
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
official free patent search resources USPTO Patent Public Search Google Patents WIPO PATENTSCOPE Espacenet patent search guideGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
official free patent search resources USPTO Patent Public Search Google Patents WIPO PATENTSCOPE Espacenet patent search guide Google ↗
- Open Google Patents · patents.google.com
- Open USPTO Patent Public Search · ppubs.uspto.gov
- Open WIPO PATENTSCOPE · patentscope.wipo.int
- Open Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
- Open Google Scholar · scholar.google.com
- Find a Patent and Trademark Resource Center · uspto.gov
- Multi-Step U.S. Patent Search Strategy · uspto.gov
- Search for patents · uspto.gov