Information sources in patents / Stephen Adams.

• Superior document: Guides to information sources
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Adams, Stephen R.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 3rd completely rev. ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Guides to information sources (London, England)
• Physical Description: xxiii, 333 p. :; ill.

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.