Patent and Trademark Information: Uses and Perspectives

by Baldwin; Virginia Ann

• ISBN13: 9780789004253
• ISBN10: 0789004259
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Discover new techniques for researching patents and trademarks! Patent and Trademark Information: Uses and Perspectives addresses an essential yet undervalued and often underused class of scientific and technical information. Library staff, information specialists, corporation heads and administrators, inventors, school faculty, scientists, engineers, and engineering, science and library students will gain valuable insight on historical research, practical applications, and the availability and accessibility of patenting authorities. This book focuses on methods for searching international patents and trademark information for patrons of the library using the Internet, databases, and other sources. This book contains tips and nuts-and-bolts advice from experienced librarians who either practice in patent and trademark depository libraries or are experts in researching patents for library patrons. Their advice will help you navigate decision points and search paths for locating patent and trademark information from state, federal, and international sources. Special features include tables and figures, as well as bibliographies that provide extensive resources for locating additional information. The first half of the book is dedicated to issues involving patents, including: disseminating enemy technical information during World War II basic novelty patent searching in seven steps using patent information for historical genealogical research esp@cenet®--Europe's network of patent databases regional patent systems--a challenge for the international searcher patent data for technology assessment--applications, patent databases, and retrieval methods The second half of Patent and Trademark Information guides you in searching out trademarks, company and owner names, and databases. An entire chapter is dedicated to searching for trademark and/or company names for each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Another chapter investigates five free international Web-based patent sites.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Virginia Baldwin
PATENTS
Patents for Victory: Disseminating Enemy Technical Information During World War II	5	(18)
Michael White
The Seven Steps: Basic Novelty Patent Searching	23	(16)
Donna K. Hopkins
Finding Grandpa's Patent: Using Patent Information for Historical or Genealogical Research	39	(18)
Jan Comfort
esp@cenet®: Europe's Network of Patent Databases	57	(32)
Gerry McKiernan
Regional Patent Systems: A Challenge for the International Searcher	89	(12)
Stephen R. Adams
Patent Data for Technology Assessment, Part I: Applications, Patent Databases, and Retrieval Methods	101	(16)
Cynthia A. Kehoe
Xiao Jason Yu
Patent Data for Technology Assessment, Part II: Using U.S. Patent Data to Examine Trends in GPS Technology	117	(20)
Xiao Jason Yu
Cynthia A. Kehoe
TRADEMARKS
Finding Your Way Through the Trademark Information Maze	137	(24)
Charlotte A. Erdmann
State Trademark and Company Name Web Sites	161	(14)
James C. Miller
Index	175