Google Launches Patent Search Tool

Although the US Patent Office has had it's own Patent Search capability for years now, Google launched a US patent search tool which added the ability to search US patent registrations to Google's services. Google is becoming a one-stop-shop for anything and everything. The tool, Google Patent Search, launched in a beta version this week and is currently capable of searching through more than 7 million US patents dating from 1790. Google Patent Search is to add additional patents over time and uses the existing technology of Google's book search.