Information Sources in Patents / / Stephen Adams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Adams, Stephen,
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Stephen R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 4th completely rev. ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Guides to Information Sources
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXIV, 663 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 overview of IP developments in general. This is an essential reference tool for librarians, information specialists, data analysts and others seeking to use patent information either at the document level or in bulk.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface to fourth edition -- Preface to third edition -- Preface to second edition -- Contents -- Index of figures -- Index of tables -- Part I: Patent processes and documentation -- Chapter 1. Principles of patenting -- Chapter 2. The European Patent system -- Chapter 3. The United States Patent system -- Chapter 4. The Japanese patent system -- Chapter 5. The Patent Co-operation Treaty -- Chapter 6. National patent systems of the G8 countries -- Chapter 7. Asia and Australasia -- Chapter 8. South America and Mexico -- Chapter 9. Africa and the Middle East -- Part II: Databases and search techniques -- Chapter 10. Patent guides and libraries -- Chapter 11. National and multi-national patent information sources -- Chapter 12. The non-patent literature for the patent searcher -- Chapter 13. Common search types (I) – alerting searches -- Chapter 14. Common search types (II) – patentability and freedom-to-operate searches -- Chapter 15. Common search types (III) – portfolio and legal proceedings searching -- Chapter 16. Sources for legal status searching -- Chapter 17. Commercial intelligence search and analysis -- Chapter 18. Specialist techniques -- Chapter 19. Future developments -- Annex A: Member states of the PCT as of 2nd January 2020 -- Annex B: Numerical tables for reformatting national application numbers -- Annex C: Website addresses of national and regional patenting authorities -- Annex D: Comparison of the class-level structure of the CPC (2018.05 edition) and IPC (2018.01 edition) -- Annex E: Selective comparison of Japanese FI classification schedules with the corresponding IPC -- Annex F: The theme groups of the Japanese F-term system (2016 revision) -- Appendix 1: Glossary of patent terminology -- Appendix 2: Index of abbreviations -- Index