
Derwent Patent Search
Derwent Patent Search is a cloud service for patent professionals assessing patentability, freedom to operate, and validity.
What Derwent Patent Search is
Derwent Patent Search is a cloud service for patent professionals assessing patentability, freedom to operate, and validity. Its search combines keywords, more than 300 searchable fields, and AI Search, which accepts natural-language descriptions and uses a large language model trained on DWPI. The service provides descriptive titles and abstracts for more than 70 million invention families, summarizing novelty, use, and advantage.
Patent coverage includes enhanced full-text data from 76 jurisdictions and bibliographic data from 109, spanning more than 178 million publications. It also correlates litigation cases from more than 140 jurisdictions, with histories and case details, and includes scientific literature from more than 13,500 journals evaluated by the Web of Science editorial team. Users can build and manage complex searches and use analysis tools for claims and patent families, plus portfolio tracking, deadlines, renewals, and filing management. Pricing is available by contacting Clarivate or booking a demo; a free trial can be requested by form.
Good
- AI Search accepts natural-language descriptions.
- Search spans more than 178 million patent publications.
- Litigation data covers cases from more than 140 jurisdictions.
- A free trial can be requested.
Watch out
- Pricing requires contacting Clarivate or booking a demo.
- No free plan is listed.
- The service is available on web.
Who it suits
Derwent Patent Search is aimed at R&D inventors, patent search professionals, and IP attorneys. It may suit teams that need patent, litigation, and scientific literature search in one cloud service.
Verdict
Derwent Patent Search combines patent search, invention summaries, litigation information, and scientific literature for IP research.
Plans and prices
From Derwent Patent Search's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Derwent Patent Search | Priced on request | Pricing available by contacting Clarivate or booking a demo |
The facts
Each one read from Derwent Patent Search's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI search
- Its AI Search uses a large-language model trained on DWPI to return relevant results from natural-language descriptions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Clarivate says Derwent solutions integrate with IP management systems for connected workflows.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The page identifies R&D inventors, patent search professionals and IP attorneys as intended users.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Invention summaries
- The service provides descriptive titles and abstracts for more than 70 million invention families, summarizing novelty, use and advantage.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Litigation data
- The product correlates patent litigation case data from more than 140 jurisdictions and provides litigation histories and case details.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Patent coverage
- It offers enhanced full-text patent data from 76 jurisdictions and bibliographic data from 109 jurisdictions, covering more than 178 million patent publications.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Derwent Patent Search helps patent professionals make patentability, freedom-to-operate and validity decisions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Scientific literature
- The product includes non-patent literature from more than 13,500 journals evaluated by the Web of Science editorial team.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Search data source
- The product includes global patent data and DWPI invention summaries used by 40 global patent and trademark offices.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Search tools
- The product includes keyword and AI search, more than 300 searchable fields, and tools to create, combine and manage complex searches.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Clarivate lists Derwent Patent Search as ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 Type II certified.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Clarivate lists Derwent Patent Search in its product support directory.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Training and support
- Derwent learning resources include research guides, quick reference cards, video tutorials, webinars and training sessions, and the page invites users to contact an expert.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free trial
- Clarivate says users can request a free trial by completing a form.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Trial
- Clarivate says users can request free trial access to Derwent Patent Search by completing a form.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
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