PRV utilizes mainly the EPO:s internal search tool AbS along with the database KIME. The database contains a platitude of underlying patent- and NPL-databases. Below is further information about the databases PRV generally has access to.

BASE

• Search engine targeting scientific open access to journals of all disciplines.
• From Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld.

COMPENDEX Computerized engineering index

• Covers most engineering disciplines.
• Article abstracts for approximately 4500 journals.
• Contains references from books, conference papers, reports and other literature.
• Coverage from 1970.
• Updated weekly.

DOAJ Directory of open access journals

• Almost 10.000 open access journals gathered by Lunds University. 50% searchable on article level.

German Automotive Collection

• Contains journals such as ATZ – Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift and MTZ – Motortechnische Zeitschrift.
• Springer Verlag.
• From 1998.

IEEE Xplore

• Database containing more than 1 million articles, conference papers and standards.
• Bell Labs Conference Proceedings and VDE VERLAG Conference Proceedings.
• Published by IEEE/IEE.
• Constantly updated.

J-STAGE Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic

• Access to around 2400 Japanese journals from various universities.

NPL Non-Patent Literature

• Contains EPO cited or classified bibliographic NPL data.
• Includes article abstracts, journal articles, book articles, conference proceedings, database citations, and Internet.
• From 1989.
• Updated daily.

SAE Technical Papers

• Contains more than 102.000 peer-reviewed technical papers from the automotive, aerospace and commercial vehicle industries.

SciELO Scientific Electronic Library Online

• Contains scientific open access journals, primarily from Latin America.

Science Direct Freedom Collection

• Approx 2100 scientific journals from various disciplines.
• Updated continuously – even before printed versions are issued.
• From Elsevier.

SciTech Connect

• Consists of 2,5 millions references including 300.000 full text journals within the fields of chemistry, physics and environmental science.
• From the U.S. department of energy.
• Coverage from 1943.

Scopus

• A scientific database containing abstracts from journals, conferences, patents and industry publications.
• Contains över 40 millions references dating from 1823 and onwards.
• From Elsevier.
• Updated daily.

SpringerLINK

• Contains over 2100 journals.
• Some journals are Open Access.
• Coverage from 1924.
• Published by Springer Verlag.

SwePub

• Theses, conference papers and journal articles.
• Published by some 40 Swedish Universities, Research Institutes and Governmental Agencies.

Techniques de L’ingenieur

• Free online articles from various technical fields.
• In French.

Wiley Journals

• Subscription includes “Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology” and “Ullman’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry”.
• Approx. 1400 scientific journals, mostly technology, medicine and science.
• Published by John Wiley & Sons.
• Contains all Wiley journals since 1997.

XPESP Full-text ELSEVIER Publications

• XPESP/Science Direct, Elsevier Publishing Group.
• Full text articles published since 1994.
• The technical fields consists of electrical physics, mechanics and chemistry.
• Updated bi-weekly.

XPIPCOM Ip com Prior Art

• Full-text database
• Contains disclosure publications from companies such as IBM, Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, and Sony.
• Includes disclosures from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology the US Patent and Trademark Office and the Internet Society.
• The historical coverage varies according to the specific datasource.

XPOAC Open Access Central Journal Articles

• Open access to peer-reviewed biomedical and chemical journals.
• Includes peer reviewed research articles in all areas of physics and mathematics.
• Coverage from 1997.

XPRD Research Disclosure

• Disclosure of inventions published in full text.
• All records are full text searchable and include the complete disclosure image.
• Covers all areas of science and technology.
• Coverage from 1960.
• Updated monthly.

XPSPRNG

• Springer Journal Articles.