Patent Grabber makes it easy to download U.S. patents and published applications, European patents and published applications, PCT published applications, and patent documents from many other countries and patent-issuing organizations for free from public patent archives:
Download multiple patents or applications with a single click
Optionally download the patent or application text (if made available by the USPTO or EPO)
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Windows requires two free helper applications (see Quick Start or full instructions for details)
The Mac Classic version downloads the pages of each patent into their own folder (international document downloading not implemented yet)
Download every page or just the pages of selected sections (e.g., just the first page and claims)
Create a spreadsheet that contains bibliographic information for multiple U.S. patents (optional family identifier, patent number, issue date, title, filing date, application number, inventor(s), assignee, abstract, foreign priority, US class, international class, legal representative, field of search, cited U.S. patents)
Download the INPADOC international legal status information for any number of patents or applications with a single click (example)
Mac OS X Ver. 5.x can print muliple selected patents and applications with a single click.