Google Adds European Patents to Its Search Tool

August 16, 2012

Google, the target of more than a hundred patent lawsuits in the past decade, has expanded the scope of its patent search capabilities and added a new search tool to help those investigating patent claims. To its database of patents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — a separate search service when introduced in 2006 and recently integrated with Google Search — Google has added patents filed with the European Patent Office.

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