Last spring Nolo Press released the fifth edition of David Hitchcock's Patent Searching Made Easy, a venerable and reliable guide to conducting a prior art search. Hitchcock's book fills a large, PTDL-shaped gap in the popular patent search literature by including explanations of library resources including CASSIS and WEST. Also look here for tips for basic and advanced searching at USPTO's free PatFT and AppFT databases, an explanation of classification searching techniques and the Index to USPC, free non-USPTO search resources available online, and non-patent prior art sources. Illustrations and examples abound; appendices include examples of a classification search sheet and a nifty visualization tool for brainstorming index terms for a classification search.
We've got several copies here at the Main Library, plus some in various branches. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning how to conduct a thorough patent search.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
A new edition of Patent Searching Made Easy
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