Information sources in patents
By: Stephen R. Adams.
Edition: 2nd completely new ed.
Series: Guides to information sources; Guides to information sources (London, England)
Publisher: K.G. Saur
Published: 2006
Place of publication: München [Germany]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9783598244438
Subjects: Patents -- Information services.; Brevets d'invention -- Documentation, Services de.
Other titles: Patents; Information sources in patents.
Notes: New ed. of: Information sources in patents / edited by C.P. Auger. 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Principles of patenting; value: The European patent system; value: The United States patent system; value: The Japanese patent system; value: Major national and regional patent systems. Canada. France. Germany. Italy. United Kingdom. Russian Federation; value: The Patent Co-operation Treaty; value: Patent guides and libraries; value: National and international patent information sources; value: Common search types I: alerting searches; value: Common search types II: patentability and freedom-to-operate searches; value: Common search types III: portfolio and legal status searches; value: Commercial intelligence; value: Specialist techniques; value: Future developments.