Patent searching made easy : how to do patent searches on the Internet and in the library / by David Hitchcock ; edited by Richard Stim.

Author: Hitchcock, David, 1956-

Edition: 5th ed.

Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Nolo, c2009.

ISBN: 9781413310368 (pbk.)
1413310362 (pbk.)

Description: 265 p. : ill., forms ; 23 cm.

Subject: Patent searching.
Patent literature.
Patent searching Computer network resources.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: Patents and patent searching -- Understanding patent databases -- Patent searching at the PTO website -- Advanced search techniques -- Patent searching at the EPO website -- Other patent search websites -- Additional sources of prior art -- Hitting the books -- Using CASSIS -- EAST meets WEST -- Appendix A. Reference collection of U.S. patents available for public use in patent and trademark depository libraries -- Appendix B. Forms.