has a search interface called espacenet. It has records of patents from over 100 countries. You can try Patent translate if it isn't in a language that you can read. It is built into the interface.
crawls patent information like Google Web crawls the web. It searches the full-text patents from over 20 patent offices worldwide and the Prior Art Archive.
You can search patents only or you can add information from Google Scholar. You can use the same conventions as you use when entering terms in Google Web. Enter
Exact phrases are in quotation marks
Multiple terms are searched as term1 AND term2 AND term3 ...
Entering the singular term finds singular and plural versions of the word
A minus sign (-) will exclude patents that contains the term
The operator, OR, will find either of the terms that it is between
The help section of Google Patent says that more complicated search strings can be used, but it doesn't seem to work very well. It says that patents are translated using Google Patent too.
Idea or Invention (video, 4:26)
Explains the differences between an idea and an invention. (Inventor's Quick Tips). A transcript is available on YouTube.
"This video is presented for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice, legal opinion or any other advice on any specific facts or circumstances. The information presented is not intended to be a substitute for obtaining legal advice from your own counsel. It is recommended that you contact a registered patent practitioner before taking any action that could affect your legal rights or the ability to patent your invention or technology."
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