Google is first, once again. Google Patents, this new search engine rolling out of Google’s index patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Built up from the original USPTO database, all the 7 million patents have been put up through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to enable them be searched. The Google Patent search is beginning right up from the year 1790, through to the middle of 2006. On the contrary, the original USPTO search site in starting from the year 1979, and moving forwards.

The scanning technology used by Google, here is far advanced than the USPTO search. This is how Google scores over the database search results. However, originally provided by the USPTO. Google was lucky in patenting this design for which he had applied in the year 2004, and which cleared the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office at the end of 2006. It is, however, still unpredictable if Google plans to use the patent to go after similar interfaces, aiming at the potential competitor targets on the internet.

The Patent office adds updates every week and which Google also expects to follow up. Google engineers have added a filter to the advanced search form which allows you to retrieve only issued patents or applications. Some problems still do persist with the search results, and which I am sure Google will soon sort them out.

The Google team is working hard day and night towards improving Google Patent Search and encourages viewers to send suggestions in helping them get better. As such, Google Patent Search at present is available in English version alone and covering only the U. S. Patents. Google, however, is looking forward to extending these products and services to users worldwide, and hoping to continue to expand the patent offices, they are able to cover, and also towards making other languages interface available.

Although, Google is sure on the top when compared with the others, it is amazing that their desire to excel stays intact, even if they have to simply outdo themselves