The patent nucleotides are the sequences of the entire patent data class (PAT) in EMBL-Bank. The database consists of different data classes. The PAT class is the data class containing patent nucleotides. The data is made available as part of the EMBL-Bank release which is updated quarterly.
Data Search and Query
To search sequences against the patent nucleotides, the user can use similarity& homology search tools. Please remember to choose the database you require from the database list before running the search. For text query, the user can use SRS and EB-eye.
Downloads
EMBL format files and FASTA format files for EMBL released/updated patent nucleotides are available at the FTP sites listed in the table below.
| PAT class | Release / Daily update | File format | FTP site | File names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAT class in EMBL Release | Release | EMBL | ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/embl/patent/ | rel_pat_*.dat.gz |
| Release | FASTA | ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/fastafiles/emblrelease/ | em_rel_pat*.gz | |
| PAT class in EMBL NEW | Daily update | EMBL | ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/embl/new/ | cum_pat_*.dat.gz |
| Daily update | FASTA | ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/fastafiles/emblnew/ | em_cum_pat_*.gz |
Documentation
For documentation about the format of these patent sequence files, please refer to the EMBL format documentation.