TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adams,Stephen R.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Information sources in patents
T2  - Guides to information sources
AV  - T210 .I53 2012eb
U1  - 608 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Saur
KW  - Patents
KW  - Information services
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Principles of patenting -- The European patent system -- The United States patent system -- The Japanese patent system -- The Patent Co-operation Treaty -- National patent systems of the G7 countries -- The BRIC nations, Asia, and regional patent systems -- Patent guides and libraries -- National and international patent information sources -- The non-patent literature for the patent searcher -- Common search types (I) : alerting searches -- Common search types (II) : patentability and freedom-to-operate searches -- Common search types (III) : portfolio and legal proceedings searching -- Sources for legal status searching -- Commercial intelligence search and analysis -- Specialist techniques -- Future developments -- Annex A. USPTO classification (current at 2011.02) -- Annex B. Historical JPO classification -- Annex C. Classes of the IPC (edition dated 2011.01) -- Annex D. The theme groups of the Japanese f-term system -- Appendix 1. Glossary of patenting terms -- Appendix 2. Contact list for major database producers, hosts, and libraries -- Appendix 3. Index of abbreviations; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2012; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10521684
ER  -