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Patent Lens
Full-text of 7 million patent documents from US, Europe, Australia, WIPO, and counterparts in up to 60 countries.

U.S. Patents and Patent Applications -- Full-Text Images  (1790 to date)   
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Google Advanced Patent Search

European Patent Office -- esp@cenet.com
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Free Patents Online
Download patents from the U.S. and the World Intellectual Property  Organization (WIPO)in pdf or TIFF formats.