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This database features Google's easy-to-use search interface, but Google's search algorithm can be inconsistent when dealing with legal-technical patent language. You can use it for doing a first pass when patentability searching, but make sure to use other resources as well.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.

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CPC is the patent classification system that is currently used by the United States and the European Patent Office. Other countries may also move to this system in the future. CPC is based on the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, but features many more sub-categories for more precise searching.