Searching Foreign Patents

Abstract

Technology accessible in foreign patent publications is important to the scientist, patent liaison person, patent attorney, and patent examiner. The increasing number of foreign patents and published applications due to normal growth and new patent laws has caused both industry and Patent Offices to seek better ways of dealing with this information. The problem and solutions that have been effected are reviewed.The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of following and searching technology in foreign patent publications, to cite occurrences which have made the job increasingly difficult, and to review cooperative actions taken by industries and by Patent Offices toward coping with the vast amount of foreign patent art.

Keywords vs Index Terms (Reply to Dr. Russell J. Rowlett,Jr.)

“…Of these, 39% remained untouched by the Cumulative Index. 4. If an author uses terminology that is not in his immediate area of expertise, he may manipulate it differently from one whose area of expertise it is.…”

Meeting the Challenges of the Changing Patent Literature

“…Of these, 39% remained untouched by the Cumulative Index. 4. If an author uses terminology that is not in his immediate area of expertise, he may manipulate it differently from one whose area of expertise it is.…”