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Introduction to Patent Searching

Practical Experience and Requirements for Searching the Patent Space

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Current Challenges in Patent Information Retrieval

Part of the book series: The Information Retrieval Series ((INRE,volume 29))

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Abstract

This chapter introduces patent searching in a way that should be accessible and useful to both researchers in information retrieval and other areas of computer science and professionals seeking to broaden their knowledge of patent searching. It gives an overview of the process of patent searching, including the different forms of patent searching. It goes on to describe the differences among different domains of patent search (engineering, chemicals, gene sequences and so on) and the tools currently used by searchers in the each domain. It concludes with an overview of open issues.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Theravance Inc., 901 Gateway Blvd., South San Francisco, CA, USA

    Doreen Alberts

  2. Patent Information Users Group (PIUG), 505 Amberleigh Drive, Pennington, NJ, USA

    Cynthia Barcelon Yang

  3. Camarillo, CA, USA

    Denise Fobare-DePonio

  4. Koubek Information Consulting Services LLC, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Ken Koubek

  5. Patent Information Services, Inc., Westborough, MA, USA

    Suzanne Robins

  6. Landon IP, Alexandria, VA, USA

    Matthew Rodgers

  7. Simmons Patent Information Service, LLC, Mason, OH, USA

    Edlyn Simmons

  8. DeMarco Intellectual Property, LLC, 1111 16th Street, South Arlington, VA, USA

    Dominic DeMarco

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  1. Information Retrieval Facility, Donau-City Straße 1, Vienna, 1220, Austria

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  3. Information Retrieval Facility, Donau-City Straße 1, Vienna, 1220, Austria

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Alberts, D. et al. (2011). Introduction to Patent Searching. In: Lupu, M., Mayer, K., Tait, J., Trippe, A. (eds) Current Challenges in Patent Information Retrieval. The Information Retrieval Series, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19231-9_1

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