USPTO Internal Data Sources Available to Examiners
Searchable Text (BRS/EAST/WEST) and Images (FIDL)
| Patenting Authority | Images Full Facsimile Documents | Searchable Text in BRS/EAST/WEST |
|
United States (US) Pre-Grant Publication |
2,243,000+ |
2,243,000+ (Full text) |
|
United States (US) Granted Patents |
8,281,000+ |
8,281,000+ (Full text from1972) |
|
United States (US) Patents OCR Backfile |
3,898,000+ |
3,898,000+ |
| Canada (CA) |
454,000+ |
954,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| China (SIPO) |
|
1,912,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| EPO (EP) |
2,443,000+
|
1,055,000+ (Abstract – FPDB) 3,014,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| France (FR) |
2,247,000+ |
176,000+ (Abstract – FPDB) 847,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| Germany (DE) |
3,296,000+
|
578,000+ (Abstract – FPDB) 2,696,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| Japan (JP) |
14,283,000+
|
8,673,000+ (Abstract – JPO FPDB) 9,364,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| Korea (KIPO) |
1,202,000+ |
2,200,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| Switzerland (CH) |
620,000+ |
39,000+ (Abstract – FPDB) 178,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| United Kingdom (GB) |
2,288,000+ |
258,000+ (Abstract –FPDB) 1,117,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
| WIPO (WO) |
1,944,000+ |
890,000+ (Abstract – FPDB) 1,637,000+ (Abstract – DWPI) |
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Approximately 42,000,000 unique documents
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| NPL: IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletins |
83,500+ |
83,500+ |
