eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-09-25 13 3 1479 1491 10.13005/bbra/2291 15468 article Anastasia M. Tolstaya 1 Irina V. Suslina 1 Polina M. Tolstaya 1 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe highway 31, 115409, Moscow, Russian Federation. This research deals with the information provision of patent research of scientific and technical achievements. The study focuses on the concert of patent research, It purposes; the concept of patent information sources, their characteristics. The paper provides the analysis of several patent and non-patent databases, reveals their main features and assess the completeness of the information provided by various information retrieval resource. Recommendations on the choice of the search databases are given. A thematic search on wireless capsule endoscopy using patent and non-patent databases available on the Internet was carried out. It was concluded that to obtain the most complete picture, the patent research should be conducted using both patent and non-patent information retrieval resource. The results of the research can be useful to carry out a patent research in order to increase the efficiency of commercialization process of the intellectual activity results in bringing goods into the international market. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol13no3/information-provision-of-patent-research/ patent database; non-patent database; patent research; patent search; information retrieval system