Chemical Patents Plus offers thorough, free searching for all US patents by patent number, basic text, CAS Registry Number, CAS chemical indexing, inventor or assignee name, or other data fields or combinations. The history of Edison's inventions is traced, as well as focusing on the life of the inventor with a timeline of significant events. Motion pictures are available in either MPEG or Quicktime format. Searches can be conducted for UK, European, worldwide and Japanese patents, and for patents from other European countries. The EPO is the outcome of the European countries' collective political determination to establish a uniform patent system in Europe, with a centralised patent grant system administered by the European Patent Office on behalf of all contracting states.
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The first entries date back to January 1971. Provides information about famous inventors who are selected by a committee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Also gives links to other sites concerning the inventors mentioned. Covers patent searching, invention groups, government agencies, international inventors, journals, chat groups, and magazines. Resource is keyword searchable.