Research Guides: Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights: Find Articles

Retirement of SciFinder "Classic" - December 31, 2022

On December 31, 2022, the SciFinder “classic” interface will be retired for the University of California system. Going forward, we will only have access to SciFinder-n (or SciFinderⁿ, https://scifinder-n.cas.org).
Registered SciFinder users should expect to see several emails between now and the end of December reminding you of the change.
If you are already using SciFinder-n, there’s nothing you need to do.
If you are still using SciFinder “classic,” I do encourage you to begin using SciFinder-n. It’s the same username and password for both systems. If you have the old URL bookmarked, it will redirect to SciFinder-n after December 31.
- To migrate your saved searches and alerts, login to SciFinder-n, go to Saved and Alerts, then Migrate Alerts & Saved Results. There is more information about migration exceptions within the SciFinder-n help menu (link).
CAS has created some good training videos on SciFinder-n (https://www.cas.org/support/training/scifinder-n). There are also some upcoming webinars, and I can offer training to classes, research groups, and individuals.

Updated: Mitchell Brown (June 16, 2022) contact at mcbrown@uci.edu

How to find articles about and containing Patents and Trademarks

* Indicates UCI Access Only

Academic Search Complete*
Scholarly and news articles on a variety of topics.
BCC Research
Large Database for Marketing Research Studies with heavy emphasis in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy and other related sectors. Highly recommended.
BIOSIS Previews: 1969 to present*
Premier database covering the biological sciences worldwide. Can search for both articles and biological patents. Use "Search Fields" to find specific patent fields.

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If help is needed with patent classifications, see either the U.S. Patent Office site or the LexisNexisTM Academic site (above).
EI Compendex Plus*
Covers engineering literature.
Frost & Sullivan
HTML-only research reports from industry and white papers plus other content that integrate 7 perspectives (competitive intensity, customer dynamics, industry convergence,disruptive technologies, global mega trends, new business models & emerging markets) covered by industries including Energy & Power Systems, Aerospace & Defense, Automation & Transportation. Industrial Automation, etc.
Gartner Campus Access
Gartner research highlights complex IT issues and emerging technologies and industry trends. Highly sophisticated “hypecycles” chronicle influences and compliment other authoritative Garner research, insights and analytics with reports, white papers and webinars.
INSPEC: 1898-present*
Indexes articles on computers, electronics, biomedical control, electrical and ocean engineering, and physics, including geophysics, astronomy and acoustics. Also good for conference proceedings, IEEE standards & links to fulltext. Also an Inspec Archive
Nexis Uni*
Under "Legal Research", a search of either "Law Reviews" or "Legal News" will provide full-text legal articles. Be sure to use the "Tips" to insure a successful search.
PubMed@UCI*
Medline profiled for UCI users to include UC-elinks for location of articles and documents. Medical, genetics and other specialized databases.

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It is the premier bibliographic database covering the fields of clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences, particularly strong in diagnostics, etiology and treatment.
SciFinder Scholar*
Search for citations, chemical substances, organic, organometallic, natural product, biocatalyzed reactions; by topic, author, patent number, CAS Registry Number, chemical name, structure and formula. Patents can be searched from 1991 to present.

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Connect to UC explanatory page for downloading client software. Online database of Chemical Abstracts. Cannot be used for patentability or commercial uses and no full-text access is available. One needs to retrieve the patent number and search the USPTO database to get a copy of the patent.
Scopus
A large STM intensive and global database with growth in the social sciences & humanities, covers references to patent literature from 2000+
Web of Science*
Encompasses the Science (1945 +), Social Science (1956+), and Arts and Humanities (1975+) Citation Indexes. Provides author, keyword, and cited reference searching to more than 1,700 leading journals.

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In many cases there are searchable abstracts plus links to e-journal images.

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Journal literature about patents & trademarks

The following journals are devoted to covering patents & trademarks: