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Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches online and in the library / David Hitchcock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Berkeley, CA] : Nolo, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 8th editionDescription: 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781413329698
  • 1413329691
Other title:
  • How to do patent searches online and in the library
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 608 H674 Available 33111010863054
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Understand the patentability of your invention and avoid expensive patent-searching fees with this step-by-step guide. With Patent Searching Made Easy , you can:

Get the best answer to the inventor's all-important question when it comes to profiting from an idea: "Am I the first?" quickly and effectively research your idea or invention to see whether anyone has already patented it optimally describe and classify your invention, and target your search figure out whether your idea is new enough to qualify for a patent verify the patent status of ideas submitted to you (if you're a developer), and use the latest federal and international search-related resources.

Written for both inventors and business owners interested in expanding their product line through the license, distribution or manufacture of other people's ideas

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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