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Patent Law

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Patent Searching: Tools and Techniques by David Hunt et al, eds.
ISBN: 047178379X
Publication Date: 2007
Covers the basic types of patent searches, the mechanics of searching, patent analysis, reporting search results, and more.
Patent Searching Made Easy by David Hitchcock
ISBN: 1413310362
Publication Date: 2013

Tips for Patent Searching

USPTO's Patent Search Strategy

Patents

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Patent Full Text and Full Image Database
1790 to present
Lexis - TotalPatentOne
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1790 to present
Westlaw - U. S. Patents Full Text
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1790 to present
Google Patents
Full text, machine translated patents from 17 patent offices. Choose advanced search on bottom of page to limit by country, date, assignee, etc.

Online Sources

Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office-Patents
This weekly publications lists the patents issued each week and serves as the official notification of U.S. patent issuance (latest 52 weeks online).
Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System
Manual of U.S. Patent Classification System

Google Patent Search

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