Download Patents in Text-Searchable PDF Format
Improve your patent searches and research with full-text copies of patents retrieved directly from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Patent Full-Text and Image (PatFT) and Application Full-Text and Image (AppFT) databases. Our searchable patents are retrieved from the USPTO's full-text database, as opposed to the image database. While they are text-searchable, they are not formatted for publication. For fully-formatted, but non-searchable, image copies of patents, use the PDFs page.
To retrieve a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, enter your request in the format below. Note that patents issued before 1976 are not available in searchable format.
- US Utility Patent5000000 or 5,123,456 (7 digits)
- US Pre-Grant Publication20040123456 [may need to add a "0" after the year.]
- US Design Patentd50000
- Plant Patentpp05000
- US Reissuere34343
- US Statutory Inventionh1234
- Multiple RequestsSeparate with a semicolon: 1234567; pp6000
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