Over 1 million applications, representing 20 years of the most important technological advances, are now available for free consultation. New technologies are often disclosed for the first time as international patent applications. The patent applications filed under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty system and accessible through the PatentScope service, are typically those that inventors consider to be the most valuable and therefore worth patenting internationally.
The website of the Wet Tropics Management Authority. This site has resources for students and teachers about the Queensland wet tropics heritage area, including wildlife, Aboriginal heritage and scientific information.
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