Google has expanded its search service for patents in 11 countries, making it easier to control people if their invention for which a patent request is made well in advance.
This platform Google launched in 2006 and initially served only to US citizens.
Called Google Patents, it was built to help engineers and innovators to check if they were building a technology that could have been done earlier by someone else.
New states are included in this service are the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, France, Spain, Belgium, Russia, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Luxembourg. Search for patents can be done in English and in the official languages of these countries.
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