Further Reading on Intellectual Property

Knight HJ. Patent Strategy for Researchers and Research Managers. Chichester Wiley, 1996. A description of basic 

Maynard J, Peters H. Understanding Chemical Patents. 2nd ed. American Chemical Society, 1991. Principles of patent law and practice directed primarily to U.S. chemical patents. The 3rd edition is scheduled for publication in 2005. 

Simmons ES. Patents. Armstrong CJ, Large JA, eds. Manual of Online Search Strategies. Vol. 2. 3rd ed. Aldershot, U.K. Gower, 2001 23-140. A summary of patent law, patent document types, and online patent databases, indicating the differences in content and data structure in the various databases available online and over the Internet, as of 2000. 

Simmons ES, Kaback SM. Patents (Literature). Kirk-Oth-mer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Vol. 18. 4th ed. New York Wiley, 1996 102-156. An overview of patent law, the structure and timing of patent document publications, data fields in patents and patent databases, and databases available online as of 1995.  

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