Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches on the Internet & in the library /
by David Hitchcock.
- 5th ed.
- Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2009.
- 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Patents and patent searching -- Understanding patent databases -- Patent searching at the PTO website -- Advanced search techniques -- Patent searching at the EPO website -- Other patent search websites -- Additional sources of prior art -- Hitting the books -- Using CASSIS -- EAST meets WEST -- Appendix A. Reference collection of U.S. patents available for public use in patent and trademark depository libraries -- Appendix B. Forms.