PatGen—a consolidated resource for searching genetic patent sequences

Compared to the wealth of online resources covering genomic, proteomic and derived data the Bioinformatics community is rather underserved when it comes to patent information related to biological sequences. The current online resources are either incomplete or rather expensive. This paper describes, PatGen, an integrated database containing data from bioinformatic and patent resources. This effort addresses the inconsistency of publicly available genetic patent data coverage by providing access to a consolidated dataset. Availability: PatGen can be searched at http://www.patgendb.com Contact: rjdrouse@patentinformatics.com