Intellectual property, patents - Luc Quoniam
Intellectual property, patents - Luc Quoniam
Intellectual property, patents - Luc Quoniam
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Patents: most efficient source in several technical fields<br />
Accessibility: universal format for the bibliographic data.<br />
More than 50 different bibliographic fields (technical or strategic information).<br />
Content: to be valid, should enable a person skilled in that particular area to<br />
Patents are classified according to internationally agreed systems (IPC), divides<br />
reproduce the invention.<br />
technical domains into more than 100,000 subdivisions.<br />
Concentration:<br />
This strict requirement<br />
Full patent<br />
explains<br />
collections<br />
why 70%<br />
are often<br />
of the<br />
present<br />
information<br />
in national<br />
contained<br />
Patent<br />
in<br />
Office<br />
Patents<br />
archives.<br />
is not available elsewhere. When a catalogue or an article describes a product in<br />
From<br />
a few<br />
a<br />
lines,<br />
relevant<br />
the<br />
list<br />
corresponding<br />
of patent documents<br />
Patent often<br />
you<br />
consists<br />
will need<br />
of 20<br />
one<br />
pages.<br />
or two<br />
About<br />
hours in<br />
350<br />
a<br />
patent<br />
million<br />
library<br />
of A4<br />
to<br />
pages<br />
collect<br />
containing<br />
all the data.<br />
very relevant<br />
When you<br />
technical<br />
need several<br />
information.<br />
weeks to order and<br />
receive the references quoted in a thesis.<br />
7 <strong>Luc</strong> <strong>Quoniam</strong><br />
17:45
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