Searching U.S. patents: Core collection and suggestions for service
Abstract
Few areas of reference services seem to be as shrouded in fearful mystery as those of patent searching. For many librarians, the very word “patent” conjures up images of strange individuals with equally strange ideas. Some think of endless tedium in selecting from among incomprehensible classifications leading to huge lists of meaningless numbers. Still others are repelled by the notion that many inventors and patent searchers are seeking assistance with what may be expensive legal matters.
Citation
Harwell, K.R. (1993), "Searching U.S. patents: Core collection and suggestions for service", Reference Services Review, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049194
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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