<p>This completely revised and expanded edition recognises the growing importance of patent systems and documentation from Asia, South America and Africa. The most prominent patent systems from these regions are treated individually, together with revisions to existing country coverage and an overvi
Information Sources in Patents
β Scribed by Stephen Adams
- Publisher
- K. G. Saur
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 256
- Edition
- 2nd completely new Edition
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"It is a welcome new edition. [...] This volume is an excellent guide to patent resources and searching techniques [...] a well organised and handy volume" (World Patent Information, Beckenham, Nr. 3, 2006)
β¦ Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Series Editorβs Foreword
Preface
1. Principles of patenting
2. The European Patent system
3. The United States patent system
4. The Japanese patent system
5. Major national and regional patent systems
6. Patent guides and libraries
7. National and international patent information sources
8. Common search types (I) β Alerting searches
9. Common search types (II) β Patentability and freedom-to-operate searches
10. Common search types (III) - Portfolio and legal status searches
11. Commercial intelligence
12. Specialist techniques
13. Future developments
Backmatter
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