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A lot of information of interest to engineers about devices or designs is contained in patents.  Often, this material has not been published in books or articles.  

 
Source US Patents:
Full-text		 US Patents: Full-image Foreign Patents? Available

US Patent and Trademark Office
 http://www.uspto.gov/

 >1976 >1976 No Available from any browser
Google Patent Search
http://www.google.com/patents

 

 >1776 >1776 no Available from any browser
European Patent Office
http://www.epo.org/patents/patent-information/european-patent-documents/publication-server.html		 >1978 >1978 yes Available from any browser

IBM Intellectual Property Network
 http://www.delphion.com

 >1974 >1974 yes Available from any browser

LexisNexis Academic Universe
Choose Legal Research, then Patents under Patent Research

 >1971 No No

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