Further Reading on Patent Searching

Adams SR. Searching the PCT Patent Files Another Instance of Faux Full Text. Online 2002 26(2) 33-36. A discussion of problems in the content and searchability of databases containing the text of Patent Cooperation Treaty applications (WO documents). It includes the source of scanned text for the various databases and the completeness of coverage in each. 

Adams SR. Design Searching the Forgotten Corner of Intellectual Property. Online 2001 54-58. Information on searching for registered designs, which are far less accessible than patents and trademarks and are overlooked in the intellectual 

Adams SR. Information Sources on Postgrant Actions to Pharmaceutical Patents. World Patent Inf. 2001 42 467-472. Where to find information about patent term adjustments, supplementary protection certificates, and other modifications to U.S., Emopean, and other pharmaceutical patents. 

Barnard JM. Substructure Searching Methods Old and New. J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 1993 33 532-538. An overview of the chemical structure search methods used in modem databases and in databases created before the development of computers powerful enough for topological stmcture searching. 

Berks AH. Current State of the Art of Markush Topological Search Systems. World Patent Inf. 2001 23(19) 5-13. A review of the databases offering topological searching of chemical structures from patents, the indexing, coverage, and searchability of the Markush structures. 

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