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Allopathic Medicine: NSU MD Library Guide: MiscMedical Websites

An instructional pathfinder to researching for Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

MedicalStudent.com

Health Care Innovation/Emerging Technologies

Free Patent Databases

Google Patent Search - https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts

USPTO - http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/

Freepatentsonlne.com  http://www.freepatentsonline.com/search.html.

The Patent Information Users provides a list and brief overview of many patent resources.  http://www.piug.org/vendors

The USPTO has a report with a list of top 50 patent holders for selected years:   Ranked List of Organizations with 50 or More Patents Granted During the Period, as Distributed Either or Both by the Year of Patent Grant and by the Year Of Patent Application Granted: 01/01/1994 - 12/31/2013 http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/meddev.htm

The FDA has several databases  http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/DeviceApprova