Patents: International Patents

"The Lens is an open global cyberinfrastructure to make the innovation system more efficient and fair, more transparent and inclusive" (What is the Lens?).

This resource provides access to over 90 million patents.
Dates of coverage vary by country

This free resource is offered by the German Patent and Trademark Office and provides access to 88 million data records from roughly 100 countries.

This resource if offered by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

Platform for Japanese patent information (FAQ).

Provides access to intellectual property data collections hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Provided by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Download patents from the U.S. and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO )in pdf or TIFF formats.

The patent search engine provided by the Indian Government (help document)