Among the recommended sites to learn about existing State of the Art prior to protection for our invention, we would like to highlight the following :

• General Information

FIZ Karlsruhe and STN International-Databases in Science and Technology-Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Energy, Patent

IPR-Helpdesk (European Commission)

Patent and License Exchange

Pricewaterhousecoopers Intellectual Property Exchange

World Intellectual Property Organization-WIPO

http://www.google.com/patents

• Biotechnology

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Biotecnología al Día

• Electricity and Electronics

IEEE

• Physics

IOPscience

• Civil Engineering

ASCE Research Library

• Environment, Agronomy and Plant Sciences

Agronomy Journal

Plant Physiology

Ecosystems

Journal of Dairy Science

BMC Plant Biology

• New Technologies

ECS Eprints Repository

• Chemistry

RSC Publishing

ACS Publications

However, if what you need is information about specific businesses or even about businesses interested in specific technologies, you can consult the following sources for information:

ESADE

SABI ESPAÑA

INNOVARO PHARMALICENSING