Patents

Patents -- Guides

• What Every Chemist Should Know about Patents
(pdf)
• Appendix I, a sample US patent
(pdf)
• Appendix II, a sample US published patent application
(pdf)

Patents -- Tutorials

"The University of Texas Engineering Library has produced two excellent online tutorials that can show you some of the steps you will go through in performing a patent or trademark search at any Patent and Trademark Depository Library. Some parts of the search are different at the Los Angeles Public Library, but those are very minor."--LAPL quote

• Why Perform a Patent Search? (how to...)
• Definitions and Types of Patents
• What is Patentable?
• Patent Myths
• Patent Application Searching

USPTO: 7-Step Patent Search Strategy

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