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| Your Legal Companion | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Patents and Patent Searching | |
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| What Is a Patent and What Does It Do for Me? | |
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| What Is Prior Art? | |
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| What Is the PTO Patent Database? | |
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| Patent Searching and Patent Eligibility | |
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| The Easy Part: Statutory Subject Matter and Usefulness | |
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| Novelty: Is Your Invention New? | |
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| Nonobviousness: Is Your Invention Obvious? | |
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| The Patent Document | |
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| Understanding Patent Databases | |
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| How Information Is Entered Into the Database | |
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| Understanding Keyword Searching | |
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| What You Need to Search Patent Databases | |
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| Simple and Advanced Searching | |
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| Patent Searching at the PTO Website | |
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| Simple Keyword Searches at the PTO's Website | |
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| Searching the Manual of Classification | |
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| Search by Patent Number | |
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| Working With Patent Images | |
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| An Effective Strategy for Basic Patent Searches | |
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| Advanced Search Techniques | |
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| How to Accomplish an Advanced Patent Search at the PTO Website | |
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| Searching Published Patent Applications at the PTO's Website | |
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| Patent Searching at the EPO Website | |
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| Patent Searching at the EPO | |
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| Other Patent Search Websites | |
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| Google Patent Search | |
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| Fee-Based Patent-Searching Websites | |
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| Additional Sources of Prior Art | |
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| Google | |
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| The Thomas Register | |
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| Government Websites | |
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| Usenet Newsgroups | |
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| Trade Magazines, Books, and Stores | |
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| Resources | |
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| Hitting the Books | |
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| Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System | |
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| Manual of Classification | |
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| Classification Definitions | |
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| Using CASSIS | |
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| The CASSIS DVD Database | |
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| Welcome to CASSIS2 | |
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| Additional CASSIS Features | |
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| East Meets West | |
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| Web-based Examiner Search Tool (WEST) | |
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| Examiner Automated Search Tool (EAST) | |
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| Additional EAST/ WEST Features | |
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| G Glossary | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Reference Collection of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers | |
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| Forms | |
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| Index | |