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Patent Law: Identifying Prior Art

updated Oct., 2020

Treatises & Monographs

Stephen R. Adams, Information Sources in Patents (2d ed., 2006).  Print: KSL Stacks 3rd Floor T210 .I53 2006. 

Ivor P. Cooper, Biotechnology & the Law (2011 - date). Ebook: Westlaw. Online CWRU Law Users Only.

Current Challenges in Patent Information Retrieval (Mihai Lupu et al., 2d ed., 2017).  Ebook: SpringerLink.  Online CWRU Users Only.

Irah H. Donner, Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure (2019). Print: Law Library Stacks KF 3120.D66 2019 (3 vols.) (Antedating Prior Art References, in vol. 1)

Thomas T. Gordon et al., Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers (3d ed., 2012).  Print: KSL Stacks 3rd Floor T339 .G67 2012.

David Hitchcock, Patent Searching Made Easy: How to Do Patent Searches on the Internet and In the Library (7th ed., 2017).  Ebook:  Online CWRU Users Only.

Patent Searching Tools and Techniques (David Hunt, et al., eds.,  2007).  Print: Law Library Stacks T210 .H86 2007. 

Matthew Y. Ma, Fundamentals of Patenting and Licensing for Scientists and Engineers (2d ed., 2015). Print: Law Library Stacks T339 .M255 2015. 

Edward D. Manzo et al., Claim Construction in the Federal Circuit (2006-date). Ebook: Westlaw. Online CWRU Law Users Only.

Jeffrey G. Sheldon, How to Write a Patent Application (3d ed., 2019).  Ebook: PLI PLUS. Online.  Online CWRU Law Users Only.

Steven H. Voldman, From Invention to Patent: A Scientist's and Engineer's Guide (2018). Print: Law Library Stacks KF3114.V65 2018  Ebook: Wiley Online Library.  Online CWRU Users Only.

World Health Organization, How to Conduct Patent Searches for Medicines: A Step-by-Step Guide (2011).  Print: Law Library Stacks T210 .H69 2011.