The scope of patent novelty search includes patent document database and non-patent document database.
Patent documents include: all patent documents from eight countries and two organizations (China, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, the European Patent Office, and the International Intellectual Property Organization).
Non-patent literature includes: China Journal Full-text Database, Wanfang Database, Chaoxing Digital Library, Chemical Abstracts Database (CA), Engineering Index (EI) and CJFD in S system, etc.