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Are there differences between Google Patents, Espacenet, The Lens and PatentScope?

Before I begin an extensive search, are there important differences between Google Patents, Espacenet, The Lens and PatentScope; or is it a matter of usability/preference?
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Prior Art existing

In reference to the patent: US8230232 How can it be that this patent was granted if there is http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-44871-6_29#page-1 and http://www.google.com/patents/US5557686
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Application Status

From the site patentscope.wipo.int I searched for a publication #. The site made a find and when I clicked on the publication # the header had only five tabs on the header. “National Biblo. Data”, “Description”, ”Claims”, ”Drawings”, ”Documents”.…
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I would like to receive the contact details of the Authors for Patent WO2014067081A

I am interested in contacting the authors. Please help if possible.
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Patent search firms #2

To committ a search to a search firm is it necessary to sign a confidentiality agreement? The results for non-english language patents are confined just to abstracts and title or search firms usually also translate foreign patents and search into…
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Google Patents showing unreasonable decline in patents

I am trying to track growth of technologies by growth of patents over time . But when I compare years, the data shows a dramatic decline in patents. For example, a search for Automotive and Technology and Autonomous shows patents of 61,131 in…
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How to perform search for protein or nucleotide search in uspto

I had been trying to search for patents on proteins using amino acid sequence or nucleoside sequence for presence of patents but i am unable to find the relevant patents for the same. Please help me how could i perform search in USPTO or any other…
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Search Patents by applicant or assignee city?

The USPTO patent search site provides an unusually large set of searchable fields. For a project to advise a local city, I have searched with AC/"assignee city" and AACI/"applicant city". It also has applicant and assignee state and country. I'm…
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combination patent - do I need to specify type of a component (sensor)?

can I patent a machine that includes a motion sensor that has already patented. their are many types of motion sensors so can I use only "motion sensor" specific word in patent application or whether I need to specify a specific one.
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How can I find this product?

Is there a way to find someone that makes an item with a certain patent number? Specifically, I'm looking for the product described in patent number 4,455,711.
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Patent DE4038611 A1 - request

I would like to ask for a contact to patent DE4038611 A1 (Mr.Bojanovsky).
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I think I have original sketch of patent 47789 - Rag doll

Is there any worth to original patent sketches? It is the same as show on your sight. Design/Inventor by JB Gruelle , Doll, Application filled May 28 1915/ Patented Sept. 7, 1915
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How to clear all search results from USPTO Patent Public Search?

For the USPTO Patent Public Search tool, in Advanced Search, I would like to clear all prior queries. Though I was able to delete most of them, I can't delete one of them: Unable to Delete Query L10:"mouse AND trap" cannot be deleted because it has…
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How to export results of search on US Patent Public Search?

On the US patent office search site, Patent Public Search, I can run a search and get many hits. How can I export these results to a file (any format is fine: csv, Excel, etc.)? Or if you use a web scraper tool for this, which one?
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How to export results of search on FreePatentsOnline?

Once I run a patent search on FreePatentsOnline, and get a list of 100+ patents, how can I export these results to a file (any format is fine: csv, Excel, etc)? Google Patents offers file export of search results, but seems to miss some patents that…
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