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Resource Name &
Link to Resource:		Canadian Patents Database
Description:

Access to over 75 years of patent descriptions and images. Presently, the database lets you search for patent documents by number, by IPC/CPC, PCT applications, availability of licence, language of filing or by words in the inventor, inventor country, owner, owner country, title, abstract, and claims fields. These searches can be restricted to selected date ranges on any date field.
From the search results screen, you can view patent details (abstract and claims) by clicking on the patent number. Occasionally, the patent abstracts and claims will have imbedded diagrams or formulas that can be viewed as images or PDFs.
Also includes access to the Trade-marks Database and the Copyrights Database.
Resource Type(s): All Relevant Database(s),  Selected Academic Website 
Access information: Free resource - available to everyone on the Internet
Fulltext: This resource does not provide direct access to fulltext content.
Vendor Name:Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Research Guides: Business, Engineering, Patent and Trademark Information
Coverage:1869 - present