Biomedical Engineering Library Resources 

• United States Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Database (Full text). Provides indexing, search capabilities and full-text of U.S patents.

• Lexis/Nexis Academic . Go to Legal Research, then scroll down to Patents to search for U.S. patents back to 1971.

• European Patent Office

• WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization. Worldwide links and information about patents.

Print finding aids for U.S. patents are located in the Government Documents area of the library, which is located on the fourth floor, east wing. These finding aids include:

• Official gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Government Documents C 21.5. Gives summaries and drawings for all U.S. patents. Arranged by patent number.

Print copies of patents are available on interlibrary loan through the Denver Public Library which is the patent depository library for Colorado.