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EPO Espacenet

Purpose
The EPO's free worldwide patent search — the first stop for most prior-art searches.
Coverage
150+ million documents from 100+ countries; bibliographic data, abstracts, images, patent families, legal status (INPADOC), classification search (CPC).
Access conditions
Free
Region
Worldwide
Link
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/
Review date
29 Oct 2026
Link check
Reachable when checked on 28 Oct 2026
Tags
patents, families, cpc