Patents

The British Library's Business & IP Centre - helping you exploit the world's greatest patent resources

What we hold | Services we offer | Your questions answered | Links

What we hold...
	Derwent Innovations Index Available only in the Reading Rooms
	Electronic resources Databases available only in the Reading Rooms
	Our holdings Patent specifications, abstracts, books, gazettes...

Services we offer...
	Using the patents Reading Rooms Services, help in the Reading Rooms
	British Library books Publications from the Library
	Services delivered to you Patent searching
	"Workshops" for training in searching Free workshops, helping you to find information on the web in patents, designs, trade marks and now copyright
	Help Desk Submit an enquiry to our patents information team
	Public Availability Date service (PADs) Written confirmation of the earliest date an item of stock was available from any part of the Library's collections.

Your questions answered...
	How do you patent an invention?
	What information is in a patent?
	How do you search for: patents trade marks registered designs
	Other questions

Links ...
	Key patent databases Links to free databases for patent searching
	Patent and other links Databases, tutorials, associations, publications, manuals, document suppliers and many others!
	Trade marks Links to databases, classification...
	Registered designs Links to databases, classification...
	Patent offices Links to intellectual property authorities around the world
	PATLIB UK Libraries in the UK that can help with patent research