Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-050923
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"This book should be a valuable aid to most inventors... an excellent starting point for first-time inventors." Entrepreneur Magazine "This book thoroughly explains how to search for previously issued U.S. patents, using resources available on the Internet and at PTDLs.... The explanations are helpful for both computer expert and newbies." Booklist "Today you can find many patent-searching resources online, and David Hitchcock's Patent Searching Made Easy details how to make the best use of them. Hitchcock covers search strategies and gives specific search tips for the two key patent sites, PTO and IBM, and for international online offices." Keri Hayes Troutman, Computer Currents "A word of caution before trying a search at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website -- first read Patent Searching Made Easy." Jim Wilson - Popular Mechanics, "This book should be a valuable aid to most inventors... an excellent starting point for first-time inventors." Entrepreneur Magazine "This book thoroughly explains how to search for previously issued U.S. patents, using resources available on the Internet and at PTDLs.... The explanations are helpful for both computer expert and newbies." Booklist "Today you can find many patent-searching resources online, and David Hitchcock's Patent Searching Made Easy details how to make the best use of them. Hitchcock covers search strategies and gives specific search tips for the two key patent sites, PTO and IBM, and for international online offices." Keri Hayes Troutman, Computer Currents "A word of caution before trying a search at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website -- first read Patent Searching Made Easy." Jim Wilson - Popular Mechanics "Hitchcock, a physicist, engineer, and inventor who has worked as a computer consultant and on patent searching and new technology, explains how to do a patent search with only a small amount of effort and cost. He details how the Patent and Trademark Office classifies different types of inventions, how to assign an idea to the right class, how to compare it to similar ideas in the same class, and how to decide whether it is new enough to qualify for a patent. He covers the basics of patents, patent searching, and patent databases, including how to come up with keywords to describe an invention; how to perform simple and advanced internet patent searches through the Patent and Trademark Office website, European Patent Office, Google, and additional sources; and how to use resources at the nationwide network of Patent and Trademark Resource Centers, including the Classification System/>, Definitions/>, CASSIS (Classification and Search Support Information System), WEST (West-based Examiner Search Tool), and EAST (Examiner Automated SearchTool)." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor, ProtoView
Dewey Decimal
608.7
Table Of Content
Part I: The Basics 1. Patents and Patent Searching 2. Understanding Patent Databases Part II: Simple and Advanced Searching 3. Patent Searching at the PTO Website 4. Advanced Search Techniques 5. Patent Searching at the EPO Website 6. Other Patent Search Websites 7. Additional Sources of Prior Art Part III: Resources 8. Hitting the Books 9. Using CASSIS 10. EAST Meets WEST G. Glossary Appendixes A. Reference Collection of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries B. Forms Index
Synopsis
An in-depth guide to understanding the invention landscape, whether you re looking to turn an idea into protected intellectual property, or just research the marketplace.", An in-depth guide to understanding the invention landscape, whether you're looking to turn an idea into protected intellectual property, or just research the marketplace., Patent Searching: An indispensable tool for inventors Patent Searching Made Easy explains how to assess the novelty of an idea and do patent searches at little or no cost, under the recently-adopted first-to-file rules. There's no sense paying thousands of dollars to file a patent application if someone else has beaten you to the Patent and Trademark Office. Now you can avoid expensive patent-searching fees with this step-by-step guide that explains the process, online and off. Patent Searching Made Easy , shows you how to to: quickly research any new idea to see whether anyone has already patented it come up with the best keywords to describe your invention and target your search classify your invention based on the U.S. Patent Classification System figure out whether your idea is new enough to qualify for a patent verify the patent status of ideas submitted to you (if you're a developer), and use the latest federal and international search-related resources., 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 hire a lawyer to do a patent search for $500 and up. The cost and inconvenience of these searches often meant that good ideas were left to rot on the vine. In Patent Searching Made Easy , find the plain-English information you need to: verify the patent status of an idea search Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries use online patent search services A physicist, engineer, and patent searching expert, author David Hitchcock gives you the vocabulary, instructions and strategies you need to search for a patent quickly and easily. He explains how the PTO classifies different types of inventions, so that you can assign your idea to the right class, compare it to related ideas, and then determine if it's novel enough to qualify for a patent. Patent Searching Made Easy shows you how do patent searches yourself, on the Internet, at little or no cost. Plus, you'll learn how to: prepare for online searches with the right hardware, software and computer skills access online patent searching resources narrow online searches with keywords and Boolean logic perform database searches at Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs) do microfiche searches at PTDLs search fee-based patent databases on the Internet search international patent offices, and do advanced searches at the PTO and PTDL. Written for both inventors and business owners interested in expanding their product line through the license, distribution or manufacture of other people's ideas, Patent Searching Made Easy is the easiest way for you to determine the answer to that all-important question, "Am I the first?"
LC Classification Number
T210.H58 2017
