For more information about searching for patents, please see the following guide:
The University of Oxford has a company called Oxford University Innovation that can provide advice and further information to researchers thinking about patenting their research.
"A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. In order to be patentable, the invention must fulfill certain conditions." (WIPO, 2013) To learn more about patents, see the following links:
Try searching the following resources to find patents (hover over each link for more information):