The growing business handbook : inspiration and advice ... - Sparkler

56 Ideas and innovation
a market strategy, would be to know your market, the patents that control it, the
companies that own them and the patent applications that control it now or may
control it in the future.
Useful links
Free Patent and Research Databases:
Espacenet
http://ep.espacenet.com/
Software for Intellectual Property (SIP)
www.patentfamily.de
US Patent Office search facility
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
GoogleScholar
http://scholar.google.com/
Commercial Patent Databases:
PatBase covers full-text on GB, EP, WO, DE, FR and US documents and covers more than 75
countries
www.patbase.com
Delphion covers full-text on WO, EP, DE and US documents and covers INPADOC
www.delphion.com
Dialog provides extensive worldwide information on patents and research papers
www.dialog.com
Classification information:
http://ep.espacenet.com/
http://www.wipo.int/classifications/fulltext/new_ipc/ipc7/eindex.htm
Dean Parry (BSc, MSc, MIMA, MIEEE) is Technical Director of Patent Seekers Ltd.
He is an expert patent analyst and gives advice on technical research to small
businesses and companies worldwide. He has helped build technical defences for
high-profile patent disputes in both Europe and the US. This chapter relates to some
of the important patent advice he gives to small and large businesses looking to
source new products and gain valuable patent information about markets and
competitors.