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Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Cybersecurity/ HCI

Overview

For information on companies and other business related resources see the Information Systems/Business Technology/Entrepreneurship subject guide

USPTO Web Patent Database
Full text of all US patents issued since January 1, 1976 and full-page images every US patent issued since 1790. Note: Patents issued between 1790 and 1976 are searchable only by patent number and current US classifications. Use patent fetcher to convert tiff files to pdf.
Google Patent Search
Google Patent searches the full text of patents in the USPTO database.
esp@cenet (European Patent Office)
Searchable databases provided by the European Patent Office including: Patent Abstracts of Japan, European Patents (EP), and The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Includes English translations of patent descriptions.

Capital IQ (Standard & Poor's)
S&P Capital IQ offers a comprehensive array of current and historical financial data, analytics, and research combining information on companies, markets, and people worldwide with tools for analysis, planning, and management.
Capital IQ is not available remotely. It (and the Excel plugin) are available on the following first floor Library computers: LIB1PC01, LIB1PC02, LIB1PC03, and LIB1PC34.

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