PubWEST/PubEAST

PubWest/PubEAST is the public version of the database patent examiners in the United Patent and Trademark Office use.  It provides access to multiple text data sources including the Pre-Grant Publications (US-PGPUB), U.S. Patents (USPAT), U.S. Optical Character Recognition (USOCR), European Patent Office (EPO) Abstracts, Japanese Patent Office (JPO) Abstracts, and Foreign Patent Retrieval system (FPRS) databases, as well as image data sources for full and clipped images.  PubEAST provides a form-based search capability for novice users, and enables expert users to submit searches in Bibliographic Retrieval System (BRS) syntax and IS&R syntax.

Please note that this is only accessible on a stand alone workstation, please speak to a library staff member for assistance.

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