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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Gordon, Thomas T.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013.
Edition3rd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781466509450
Physical Descriptionxii, 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.