Patent Office Unveils Database to Aid Virus Patent Licensing

The Patent and Trademark Office is providing a database for the public to find patents related to the new coronavirus pandemic that are available for licensing.

The effort, dubbed Patents 4 Partnerships, will help “bring to the marketplace new products and technologies for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of COVID-19,” the agency said in an announcement.

Users can peruse database information via criteria like inventor name, issue date, assignee and keyword, to search for patents that may be licensed for use in the pandemic fight.

The patent office’s announcement comes amid response efforts to the nation’s coronavirus outbreak. The agency, ...