Patent fundamentals for scientists and engineers
"Ideal for anyone without prior legal knowledge who needs to understand the patent system, this book enables nonspecialists to make well-informed decisions affecting new and patentable products. The third edition covers the new patent law, the America Invents Act, which was recently passed by C...
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| Format | eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
2013.
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| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781466509450 |
| Physical Description | xii, 198 p. : ill., ports. |
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Patents as intellectual property
- ch. 2. Patents : history, philosophy, and purpose
- ch. 3. The U.S. patent system
- ch. 4. The Canadian patent system
- ch. 5. The patentable invention
- ch. 6. The evolution of a patent
- ch. 7. The patent document as technical literature
- ch. 8. The basic principles of patent searching
- ch. 9. Patent searching in the 21st century
- ch. 10. Patents as legal documents
- ch. 11. Patent information from the Internet
- ch. 12. Importance of record keeping
- ch. 13. Patents around the world
- ch. 14. America Invents Act.