The database can be searched by a number of fields including inventor's name, application date, application number, title keyword, and abstract keyword. In addition, the database links patents cited by other patents. UB faculty, students, and staff can search this database for free as members of the Community of Science. Plus offers the full text for all classes of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1975 to the present, including partial coverage from 1971-1974. Complete patent page images are available for patents issued from January 1, 1994.
Registered users can search the database and display patent titles and abstracts.
Registration is free. Full text and other patent data are available for a fee. Internet archive maintained at MIT of patents related to buckyballs, nanotubes, and other fullerenes. Currently, only U.S. patents are available. The patents are listed in chronological order.