Introduction

Patents are a source of information that can prove useful for consultations as they contain valuable information on inventions made around the world. This information is often not found anywhere else, as this tends to be the only place where inventions created under the private company framework tend to be published. The following, therefore, may be useful:

1) To view an invention in detail (financed with public or private funds)
2) To discover what has already been patented
3) To find out in which fields a company or organisation works
4) To know which experts are working on this subject

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