The Lexis-Nexis service is a UBC exclusive, and under the current contract will not be shared with SFU and UVic library patrons. At this point UBC will become the best served campus in Canada regarding intellectual property information. Copies are available by fax free on demand for overnight delivery to university graduate students and faculty, if ordered by e-mail or fax. As well as 7 years of Claims and Drawings of Canadian patents on microfiche. Internet resources for patents are increasing rapidly.
Access is difficult since it is usually jammed with other users.
For the month of December, free promotional searches o f US patents are offered to any BC university faculty members or graduate students regarding research topics underway or planned. Alice holds an MSc. This contest is offered as a public service for those desperate inventors craving their 15 minutes of fame, and honours the memory of Arthur P. Pedrick, wackiest inventor of them all. Contest closes next Feb. 1 1996. I will be the supreme and final judge.