The Lens

The Lens
Type of site
Patent Search Service
Available inMultilingual
OwnerCambia
URLThe Lens
CommercialNot for profit
RegistrationNo
Launched2000
Current statusActive

The Lens (formerly Patent Lens) is a free, searcheable online database of patents and scholarly literature, provided by Cambia, a non-profit organization based in Australia.

The Lens functions as an aggregation platform, drawing bibliometric data from various sources such as Crossref, PubMed, Microsoft Academic, and OpenAlex, and integrating them using advanced analytics to provide enriched, contextual information.