Patent Searching - Proposal Survey

Hey 1T4's and all others,

I was having some trouble doing the survey, particularly the "industry" survey, as I drew a blank to how to access patents. I often came across ones where I had to pay, or had poor search methods, etc.

I went to the Engineering Library over the weekend, and they directed me to:

http://link.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/index.cfm?guide=patent...

This site, if you browse around, can direct you to several international free patent websites, as well as website specific search help guides. I found this to be useful, and hope it can help others with their surveys too!