My university roommate and I designed a new fitness app for our senior capstone project, and now I need to check if similar software already exists. What are the best free online tools I can use tonight to search for prior art before we look into filing a provisional patent?
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My university roommate and I designed a new fitness app for our senior capstone project, and now I need to check if similar software already exists. What are the best free online tools I can use tonight to search for prior art before we look into filing a provisional patent?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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.
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Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
free patent prior art search tools USPTO Patent Public Search Google Patents WIPO PATENTSCOPE Espacenet official Google ↗
USPTO provisional patent application public disclosure one year grace period software patent abstract idea official Google ↗
- Open Google Patents · patents.google.com
- Open Patent Public Search · ppubs.uspto.gov
- Patent Public Search · uspto.gov
- Search for patents · uspto.gov
- Open PATENTSCOPE · patentscope.wipo.int
- Open Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
- Open The Lens · lens.org
- Google Scholar · scholar.google.com
- Google Search · google.com
- GitHub · github.com
- Apple App Store · apps.apple.com
- Google Play · play.google.com
- Provisional Application for Patent · uspto.gov
- Provisional Application for Patent · uspto.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
free patent prior art search tools USPTO Patent Public Search Google Patents WIPO PATENTSCOPE Espacenet official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
USPTO provisional patent application public disclosure one year grace period software patent abstract idea official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 |