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Standards/Codes

Also see a collection of IT-related standards included with IEEE Explore and linked with IEEE's browse options, and a set of standards included with SAE Mobility. Also, please note that ASTM JOURNALS and EBOOKS can be browsed using pull-down menus at the ASME resource.

 

Orientation to standards; Purdue Libraries TOOLs and COLLECTIONS of STANDARDS

 

Learn more about Standards and Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs);  browse options for FREE ACCESS to STANDARDS

Patent Resources

Search hint: When available, using classification category browsing* may provide more comprehensive results than keyword searching.

 

"OPEN" Patent Resource Sites:

Patent Public Search, United State Patent and Trademark Office 

Google Patents - "Search and read the full text of patents from around the world. "

The Lens "... over 268+ million scholarly works, 153+ million global patent records... drawn from diverse data sources." Started in 1998 to "render the global patent system more transparent", it is increasingly recommended by users of patent resources. Provides discovery and analytics tools and "cited by" information, and promises privacy. Short videos demonstrateToolset features such as "Explore which articles influence what patents and who is building products".

PATENTSCOPE, from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Scroll down to the FAQs, including "Where can I find the drawings accompanying a patent application?"

 

The search interface is available in 10 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish).Where can I find the drawings accompanying a patent applicati

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