Successful Patents and Patenting for Engineers and Scientists

This beginner's patent manual is designed for engineers and scientists and covers both US and international concerns in 40 articles on aspects of the field such as basic protection mechanisms, intellectual property laws, patent searching using the US Patent Classification System and commercial databases, preparing US patent applications, and differences between intellectual property laws in the US and other countries. The articles are written in patent style, which is somewhat reader unfriendly. Includes a glossary. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.