Information sources in patents / Stephen Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Stephen R., author.

Series:

Guides to information sources (Berlin, Germany)

Guides to information sources

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patents--Information services.

Patents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 663 pages)

Edition:

Fourth completely revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to fourth edition

Preface to third edition

Preface to second edition

Contents

Index of figures

Index of tables

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

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110552263

3110552264

9783110550269

3110550261

OCLC:

1198929322