Web Searching Tips

This site provides tips on using search engines better, along with some fun facts such as what people search for on search engines. Some of the following features are listed below:
Explains how to use simple commands to improve the results you get from search engines.

A summary of how to do advanced searches with the major [...]

Direct Document (patent) Access without Searching from USPTO & EP Espace

To Full-Page Images: Direct access to the full-page image database is now permitted without first conducting a search on the full-text database. Such access is now possible by using a URL of the form:
http://patimg1.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=0nnnnnnn&idkey=NONE
or
http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=0nnnnnnn&idkey=NONE
where “nnnnnnn” is the seven-digit patent number (right-justified with leading zeroes). The first URL, to patimg1.uspto.gov, is used if the patent number’s [...]