Searching and Analyzing Patent-relevant COVID-19 Information

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted several institutions to offer free, dedicated websites and tools foster research access urgently needed innovative solutions by facilitating the search analysis of information within large amount scientific patent literature which was published since January 2020. This situation is clearly exceptional challenging for users searching relevant disclosures at a given date in reliable manner. article provides an overview criteria strategies, main databases websites, number publications, biological sequence experimental data sets covering findings have been disclosed between August non-patent focused on identification, assignment, disambiguation, data. trends found earliest filed documents representative jurisdictions worldwide. Some practical advice strategies technical, medical, or patentability assessment COVID-19-related innovations across different formats resources are proposed.