Patent Searching Made Easy: How to Do Patent Searches on the Internet and in the Library
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Inventor? Find out if you're the first to file a patent, online and in the library.In the past, if you wanted to assess the novelty of an idea, you had to wade through the patent database at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Virginia -- or hire a lawyer to do a patent search for $500 and up. The cost and inconvenience of these searches often meant that good ideas were left to rot on the vine.In Patent Searching Made Easy, find the plain-English information you need to:verify the patent status of an ideasearch Patent and Trademark Depository Librariesuse online patent search servicesA physicist, engineer, and patent searching expert, author David Hitchcock gives you the vocabulary, instructions and strategies you need to search for a patent quickly and easily. He explains how the PTO classifies different types of inventions, so that you can assign your idea to the right class, compare it to related ideas and then determine if it's novel enough to qualify for a patent.Patent Searching Made Easy shows you how do patent searches yourself, on the Internet, at little or no cost. George H. Morgan Following the instructions in this book...will help you reduce the risk inherent in developing your inventions.
Your Legal Companion 1Part I The Basics1 Patents and Patent Searching 5What Is a Patent and What Does It Do for Me? 6What Is Prior Art? 7What Is the PTO Patent Database? 9Patent Searching and Patent Eligibility 10The Easy Part: Statutory Subject Matter and Usefulness 10Novelty: Is Your Invention New? 11Nonobviousness: Is Your Invention Obvious? 15The Patent Document 192 Understanding Patent Databases 27How Information Is Entered Into the Database 28Understanding Keyword Searching 29What You Need to Search Patent Databases 40Part II Simple and Advanced Searching3 Patent Searching at the PTO Website 45Simple Keyword Searches at the PTO's Website 46Searching the Manual of Classification 58Search by Patent Number 70Working With Patent Images 72An Effective Strategy for Basic Patent Searches 794 Advanced Search Techniques 85How to Accomplish an Advanced Patent Search at the PTO Website 86Searching Published Patent Applications at the PTO's Website 1045 Patent Searching at the EPO Website 111Patent Searching at the EPO 1126 Other Patent Search Websites 129SurfIP 130Google Patent Search 137Fee-Based Patent-Searching Websites 1447 Additional Sources of Prior Art 147Google 148The Thomas Register 154Government Websites 157Usenet Newsgroups 161Trade Magazines, Books, and Stores 165Part III Resources8 Hitting the Books 169Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System 170Manual of Classification 175Classification Definitions 1779 Using Cassis 187The Cassis DVD Database 188Welcome to Cassis2 188Additional Cassis Features 19910 East Meets West201Web-based Examiner Search Tool (West) 203Examiner Automated Search Tool (East) 209Additional East/West Features 214Glossary 215AppendixesA Reference Collection of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries 223B Forms 229Index
