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Patent fundamentals for scientists and engineers
"International in scope, Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers, Second Edition provides a clear explanation of the patent system and patent principles. Designed with nonlawyers in mind, it includes information on the patenting process, obtaining patent protection, and how to recognize patentable inventions and avoid legal problems of infringement." "It is an ideal book for anyone without prior legal knowledge who needs to understand the patent system, including scientists, engineers, inventors, researchers, business managers, entrepreneurs, and patent liaison workers."--BOOK JACKET.
Patents as intellectual property -- Patents--history, philosophy, and purpose -- The U.S. patent system -- The Canadian patent system -- The patentable invention -- The evolution of a patent -- The patent document as technical literature -- The basic principles of patent searching -- Searching by hand or computer? -- Patents as legal documents -- Patent information from the Internet -- Importance of record-keeping -- Patents around the world.