The updated version of this Guide captures the mechanics of patent searching with many examples and case studies for today’s dynamic IP community. Companies of any size, IP Professionals working in companies, law firms or research institutes can use this book to learn the art of patent searching. The book focuses on real-world patent search projects, case studies and practical examples on how a patent search process can be mapped to organizational objectives and decision making process.

Highlights of the second edition include addition of a set of practical exercises. The exercises will allow the users to test their learning against each chapter and they can also compare their answers with the solutions given. This edition also includes latest additions and enhancement made to PatSeer’s patent research platform.

Who’s it for? 

• Patent Searcher / IPR attorney / Patent agents / Legal Advisors, Consultants etc.

• Professionals from Industries, Research & Development and Scientists etc.

• Professors, Lecturers, Research scholars, Ph.D. etc.

• Professionals in IPR cell, KPO / LPO professionals, etc.

What’s updated content? / Highlights of the Second Edition:

• Interactive Exercises

• Patent Types

• Patent families

• Patent citations

• Free Databases available for searching

• Non patent literature search

• Non latin search

• Create and apply thesaurus

• Search recall

• User preferences

• Full text annotation – highlights and comments on any full text portion of record

• Charts overview

• Clone a project

• Import records/ metadata from other projects

• Support for non-patent literature/ journals /external records in projects

• Support for non-patent literature/ journals /external records in projects

How is the book being used?  

• Patent Searchers use it for Practical Case studies

• Universities / colleges / Institutes use it to train on basics of patent searching activities and train students

• Business users use it for strategic planning and corporate IP management