Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches online and in the library /
Hitchcock, David, 1956-
Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches online and in the library / How to do patent searches online and in the library David Hitchcock. - 8th edition. - 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Your legal companion -- Part I: The basics -- Patents and patent searching -- Understanding patent databases -- Part II: Simple and advanced searching -- Patent searching at the PTO website -- Advanced search techniques -- Patent searching at the EPO website -- Patent searching at the Google website -- Additional sources of prior art -- Part III: Resources -- EAST meets WEST -- Appendixes -- Reference collection of U.S. patents available for public use in patent and trademark resource centers -- Using CASSIS.
"This book explains how to assess the novelty of an idea and do patent searches at little or no cost under the recently-adopted first-to-file rules. Patent Searching Made easy provides information on how to quickly research any new idea to see whether anyone has already patented it; decide on the best keywords to describe an invention and target a search; classify an invention based on the U.S. Patent Classification System; figure out whether an idea is new enough to qualify for a patent; verify the patent status of ideas submitted to potential developers, and how to use the latest federal and international search-related resources"--
9781413329698 1413329691
2022000259
Patent searching.
Patent literature.
Law for laypersons.
Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches online and in the library / How to do patent searches online and in the library David Hitchcock. - 8th edition. - 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Your legal companion -- Part I: The basics -- Patents and patent searching -- Understanding patent databases -- Part II: Simple and advanced searching -- Patent searching at the PTO website -- Advanced search techniques -- Patent searching at the EPO website -- Patent searching at the Google website -- Additional sources of prior art -- Part III: Resources -- EAST meets WEST -- Appendixes -- Reference collection of U.S. patents available for public use in patent and trademark resource centers -- Using CASSIS.
"This book explains how to assess the novelty of an idea and do patent searches at little or no cost under the recently-adopted first-to-file rules. Patent Searching Made easy provides information on how to quickly research any new idea to see whether anyone has already patented it; decide on the best keywords to describe an invention and target a search; classify an invention based on the U.S. Patent Classification System; figure out whether an idea is new enough to qualify for a patent; verify the patent status of ideas submitted to potential developers, and how to use the latest federal and international search-related resources"--
9781413329698 1413329691
2022000259
Patent searching.
Patent literature.
Law for laypersons.