Review of Information Databases Providing Data on Current Scientific and Technical Achievements

This study deals with the information databases providing information on scientific and technical developments that can be used for patent researches. The paper provides the analysis of several patent databases, reveals their main features and assess the completeness of the information provided by various information retrieval resource. Recommendations on the choice of the search databases are given. The results of this research can be useful to carry out a patent research in order to increase the efficiency of commercialization process of the intellectual activity results in bringing the goods into the home and the international market.