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  • Patent Searching Made Easy: How to Do Patent Searches on the Internet and in the Library
  • Written by author David Hitchcock
  • Published by NOLO, May 2009
  • Inventor? Find out if you're the first to file a patent, online and in the library.In the past, if you wanted to assess the novelty of an idea, you had to wade through the patent database at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Virginia -- or
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Your Legal Companion 1

Part I The Basics

1 Patents and Patent Searching 5

What Is a Patent and What Does It Do for Me? 6

What Is Prior Art? 7

What Is the PTO Patent Database? 9

Patent Searching and Patent Eligibility 10

The Easy Part: Statutory Subject Matter and Usefulness 10

Novelty: Is Your Invention New? 11

Nonobviousness: Is Your Invention Obvious? 15

The Patent Document 19

2 Understanding Patent Databases 27

How Information Is Entered Into the Database 28

Understanding Keyword Searching 29

What You Need to Search Patent Databases 40

Part II Simple and Advanced Searching

3 Patent Searching at the PTO Website 45

Simple Keyword Searches at the PTO's Website 46

Searching the Manual of Classification 58

Search by Patent Number 70

Working With Patent Images 72

An Effective Strategy for Basic Patent Searches 79

4 Advanced Search Techniques 85

How to Accomplish an Advanced Patent Search at the PTO Website 86

Searching Published Patent Applications at the PTO's Website 104

5 Patent Searching at the EPO Website 111

Patent Searching at the EPO 112

6 Other Patent Search Websites 129

SurfIP 130

Google Patent Search 137

Fee-Based Patent-Searching Websites 144

7 Additional Sources of Prior Art 147

Google 148

The Thomas Register 154

Government Websites 157

Usenet Newsgroups 161

Trade Magazines, Books, and Stores 165

Part III Resources

8 Hitting the Books 169

Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System 170

Manual of Classification 175

Classification Definitions 177

9 Using Cassis 187

The Cassis DVD Database 188

Welcome to Cassis2 188

Additional Cassis Features 199

10 East Meets West201

Web-based Examiner Search Tool (West) 203

Examiner Automated Search Tool (East) 209

Additional East/West Features 214

Glossary 215

Appendixes

A Reference Collection of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries 223

B Forms 229

Index


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