Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches on the Internet and in the library /

Main Author: Hitchcock, David, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Morrisville, N.C.?] : Lulu, 2007.
Edition:4th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to patents and patent searching
  • 2. Tools and resources
  • 3. Patent searching at the PTO website
  • 4. Advanced patent searching at the PTO website
  • 5. Patent searching at the EPO website
  • 6. Additional patent search websites
  • 7. Additional sources of prior art
  • 8. Hitting the books
  • 9. Using cassis
  • 10. East meets west
  • 11. What's next?
  • Appendix A. Patent and trademark depository libraries
  • Appendix B. Forms
  • Appendix C. Summary of searcher's secrets.