[hencny] Patent Basics - and Searching

  • From: "Gerald R. Black" <grblack@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <hencny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:16:22 -0500

While patent rights are awarded to inventors, inventors often have little 
training in patents.



One recommended way to learn about the patent system is by starting at the 
beginning of the patent process - and develop patent searching skills.  A 
workbook has just been published, Keyword Patent Searching Online, that 
provides an overview of the patent system needed to develop such searching 
skills, while teaching advanced keyword patent searching techniques in a 
concise, original, and highly readable format.   



Patent searching databases have improved dramatically in the last few years.  
Within the next year, ?a new genre of search tools are emerging that will 
advance Internet-based patent researching to a new level.? 



The workbook presents a new approach to patent searching using keywords only to 
obtain professional-quality search results.  The workbook makes a compelling 
case that searching for patents online with keywords and free databases (the 
USPTO and the EPO) is now the best way to do patentability searches.   



The workbook features four inventions (using basic technologies) for practice.  
Step-by-step search solutions are provided that show how each patent is 
located.  For more information, see http://www.keypatent.net/.



Gerald R. Black

grblack@xxxxxxxxxxx


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