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Updated: Feb 28, 2007 |
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Delphion Research only has patent-related information.
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The following applications are available here on Delphion Research:
- US patent applications (full text and images) filed since 2001
- EP applications (EPA) full text filed since 1986
- EP applications (EPA) front pages and images filed since 1979
Other US patent applications, and other documentation in support of US patent filings, can be obtained in what is called the patent "file history" (also known as a "file wrapper"). File histories of US patents can be ordered on the order form on the Delphion website.
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We offer the most complete set of patent data available. We have patent data from the top six patent databases in the world, including US, European, WIPO, Japanese, and INPADOC collections. See our Collection Descriptions for further information, or our Coverage Dates and Update Schedule page for the range of dates available in each collection.
Though we strive to maintain accurate, complete and current data, in some cases the published data itself is not complete, so there is a small percentage of patents (especially older ones) that we do not have, or that are incomplete.
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Our patent databases are updated when new information is received from the various patent offices. See the Coverage Dates and Update Schedule page for details on the latest updates.
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Delphion is a comprehensive and innovative patent research website. We have searchable bibliographic data, full text data, and complete patent-images for patents issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) (both applications and granted patents), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and European Patent Office (both applications and granted patents), bibliographic text from the INPADOC patent collection, and bibliographic text and representative images of Japanese patents.
For further information, visit our Collection Descriptions page. See our Coverage Dates and Update Schedule page for each collection's dates of coverage.
Delphion Research also offers a number of analytical and productivity tools to help you make the most of your research time and effort. See our product overview page for more information.
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Delphion offers a significant set of patent collections, including US Patents (applications and grants), European Patents (applications and grants), WIPO PCT patents, INPADOC, and JAPIO. These are easily searchable by patent number, assignee, inventor, abstract, title, or IPC class. For more targeted search results, add the IPC, US Class or ECLA code to your search.
See our Collection Description page for full descriptions of all of our collections.
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