Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education: Patents

Resources focused on educational innovation and entrepreneurship

Patent Sources

Derwent Innovations Index
Covers over 14.3 million basic inventions from 40 worldwide patent-issuing authorities. More information. (PennKey required)

Google Patents
Google Patents covers the entire collection of granted patents and published patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). US patent documents date back to 1790, EPO and WIPO go back to 1978.
Espacenet Patent Search
Nearly 80 million patent documents – most of them patent applications rather than granted patents – from around the world.
Free Patents Online
The Lens (formerly Patent Lens)
By CAMBIA, an independent, international non-profit institute. Free patent and scholarly literature search engine with landscape analysis tools. This search engine retrieves biotechnology patents, with links to PDFs from the U.S., Europe, Australia, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Subjects: Business, Education, Entrepreneurship

Tags: entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship, gse, innovate, innovation