<s>
Google	B-Application
Patents	I-Application
is	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
from	O
Google	B-Application
that	O
indexes	O
patents	O
and	O
patent	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Patents	I-Application
indexes	O
more	O
than	O
87	O
million	O
patents	O
and	O
patent	O
applications	O
with	O
full	O
text	O
from	O
17	O
patent	O
offices	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
performed	O
on	O
the	O
older	O
US	O
patents	O
to	O
make	O
them	O
searchable	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
on	O
all	O
non-English	O
patents	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
English	O
translations	O
searchable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Patents	I-Application
also	O
indexes	O
documents	O
from	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
and	O
Google	B-Application
Books	I-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
machine-classified	O
them	O
with	O
Cooperative	O
Patent	O
Classification	O
codes	O
for	O
searching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patent	O
litigation	O
information	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Patents	I-Application
through	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Darts-ip	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
patent	O
litigation	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
says	O
it	O
uses	O
"	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
as	O
that	O
underlying	O
Google	B-Application
Books	I-Application
"	O
,	O
allowing	O
scrolling	O
through	O
pages	O
,	O
and	O
zooming	O
in	O
on	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Patents	I-Application
was	O
updated	O
in	O
2012	O
with	O
coverage	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Patent	O
Office	O
(	O
EPO	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Prior	O
Art	O
Finder	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
foreign	O
patents	O
were	O
also	O
translated	O
to	O
English	O
and	O
made	O
searchable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
introduced	O
at	O
patents.google.com	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
UI	O
,	O
integration	O
of	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
with	O
machine-classified	O
with	O
Cooperative	O
Patent	O
Classifications	O
(	O
CPCs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
search	B-Application
result	O
clustering	O
into	O
CPCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
USPTO	O
and	O
EPO	O
boolean	O
search	B-Application
syntax	O
(	O
proximity	O
,	O
wildcards	O
,	O
title/abstract/claims	O
fields	O
)	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
visual	O
graphs	O
of	O
inventors	O
,	O
assignees	O
and	O
CPCs	O
by	O
date	O
,	O
a	O
thumbnail	O
grid	O
view	O
of	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
and	O
downloadable	O
result	O
sets	O
as	O
CSV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Patents	I-Application
pages	O
display	O
if	O
a	O
patent	O
(	O
or	O
any	O
member	O
of	O
its	O
family	O
)	O
has	O
a	O
litigation	O
history	O
anywhere	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
Darts-ip	O
patent	O
cases	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
