Our Services

Patent searches

Some of the commonly used opensource patent databases
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf

This patent search tool allows you not only to search the PCT database of about 2 million International Applications but also the worldwide patent collections.

patentscope

http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm

US Patents may be searched in the USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database (PatFT). The USPTO houses full text for patents issued from 1976 to the present and PDF images for all patents from 1790 to the present.


https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/

Espacenet is an EPO database containing over 110 million patent documents - full technical descriptions and drawings of inventions - from over 100 countries. With its worldwide coverage and search features, Espacenet offers free access to information about inventions and technical developments from 1782 to today.


http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm

FDA Electronic Orange book - for generics and trade name searching of actives approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. Patent numbers can be found here.





Commercial patent and non-patent databases

The Following Commercial databases can only be accessed at Business Linkage, Innovation, Incubation and Technology Transfer Office of University of Peradeniya. In order to access these databases please contact the Technology Manager, BLII-TTO. Please note that these databases have limited access and are available only few days per month.