Information Sources in Patents
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Information Sources in Patents

  1. 687 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Information Sources in Patents

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

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