By Donald Zuhn — USPTO Launches New Patent Search Tool In a press release issued earlier this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the launch of a new Patent Public Search tool. The Office notes that the new patent search tool, which is based on the Patents End-to-End (PE2E) search tool that USPTO Examiners use to identify prior art, will provide for convenient and robust full-text searching of U.S. patents and published patent applications. The tool combines the capabilities of the Public-Examiner’s Automated Search Tool (PubEAST), Public-Web-based Examiner’s Search Tool (PubWEST), Patent Full-Text and Image Database (PatFT), and…
