How to Find Out About Patents The Commonwealth and International Library: Libraries and Technical Information Division

Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv List of Illustrations , Pages vii-viii Preface , Pages ix-xi Acknowledgement , Page xii CHAPTER 1 - Some Facts about Patent Law and Procedure , Pages 1-5 CHAPTER 2 - The Patent Specification , Pages 6-19 CHAPTER 3 - The Official Journal (Patents) , Pages 20-42 CHAPTER 4 - The Classification Key and the Reference Index to the Classification Key , Pages 43-56 CHAPTER 5 - The Official Abridgments , Pages 57-60 CHAPTER 6 - File Lists , Pages 61-64 CHAPTER 7 - Other Patent Office Publications , Pages 65-68 CHAPTER 8 - Overseas Official Patent Publications , Pages 69-99 CHAPTER 9 - The Patent Office Library , Pages 100-110 CHAPTER 10 - Official Patent Publications in Provincial Libraries , Pages 111-116 CHAPTER 11 - Non-official Patent Abstracts , Pages 117-124 CHAPTER 12 - Searching , Pages 125-147 CHAPTER 13 - The Patent Agent , Pages 148-152 CHAPTER 14 - The Patent Office , Pages 153-155 CHAPTER 15 - The Industrial Patents Department , Pages 156-166 Appendix , Page 167 Bibliography , Pages 169-172 Index , Pages 173-177 How to Find Out About Patents presents a basic knowledge of patent matters and provides a few facts regarding patent law and procedures. This book provides a description of the literature available for finding out about patents followed by a comprehensive consideration of the techniques used to obtain any desired information from this. Organized into 15 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the procedure and the requirements of obtaining a patent wherein the inventor usually goes to a patent agent who drafts a patent specification and files this at the Patent Office. This text then ex ..