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US Patent & Trademark Office Fulltext Patents Database

The Full-Text Database now offers all US patents issued since 1790, in the form of searchable patent numbers and current US classifications hyperlinked to full-page images of each page of each patent. Searchable in five-year blocks back to 1976, and in one additional block covering the years 1790-1975.
Date Coverage: 1790-

Search Guide: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/help/help.htm