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Information sources in patents /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Stephen R.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2012]
Edition:3rd completely rev. ed.
Series:Guides to information sources (London, England)
Subjects:
Patents > Information services.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principles of patenting
  • The European patent system
  • The United States patent system
  • The Japanese patent system
  • The Patent Co-operation Treaty
  • National patent systems of the G7 countries
  • The BRIC nations, Asia, and regional patent systems
  • Patent guides and libraries
  • National and international patent information sources
  • The non-patent literature for the patent searcher
  • Common search types (I) : alerting searches
  • Common search types (II) : patentability and freedom-to-operate searches
  • Common search types (III) : portfolio and legal proceedings searching
  • Sources for legal status searching
  • Commercial intelligence search and analysis
  • Specialist techniques
  • Future developments
  • Annex A. USPTO classification (current at 2011.02)
  • Annex B. Historical JPO classification
  • Annex C. Classes of the IPC (edition dated 2011.01)
  • Annex D. The theme groups of the Japanese f-term system
  • Appendix 1. Glossary of patenting terms
  • Appendix 2. Contact list for major database producers, hosts, and libraries
  • Appendix 3. Index of abbreviations.