Patent fundamentals for scientists and engineers. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas T. Gordon [and others].
• Other Names: Gordon, Thomas T
• Contents: Patents as intellectual property -- Patents: History, philosophy, and purpose -- The U.S. patent system -- The Canadian patent system -- The patentable invention -- The evolution of a patent -- The patent document as technical literature -- The basic principles of patent searching -- Patent searching in the 21st century -- Patents as legal documents -- Patent information from the Internet -- Importance of record keeping -- Patents around the world -- America Invents Act.
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 608.773; Patents; Patents -- United States; Patent laws and legislation; Inventions; Patents as Topic; Patents as Topic -- legislation & jurisprudence; LAW -- Environmental; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General; Inventions; Patent laws and legislation; Patents; United States; United States; Patents; Electronic books; Patents
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466509450; 1466509457
• Related ISBNs: 9781466509443; 1466509449
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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