Patents in Sci-Tech BI
Patents in Sci-Tech BI. Donna Hopkins Senior Research Librarian Champion Technologies. Why Patents?. Primary Source Material Intellectual Property is important in the “real world” Corporate or academic research Entrepreneurs “Intrapreneurs”. Primary Source.
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Patents in Sci-Tech BI Donna Hopkins Senior Research Librarian Champion Technologies American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008
Why Patents? • Primary Source Material • Intellectual Property is important in the “real world” • Corporate or academic research • Entrepreneurs • “Intrapreneurs” American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008
Primary Source • Of the sci-tech research disclosed in patents: • Only 10% of is fully disclosed elsewhere • Another 10% is only partially disclosed American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008
Patents are “better” • Faculty impressed by quality of information gathered • Focus is different – more “real world” and more specific • Hands-on technical information • Better (and more) illustrations • Cited/citing References American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008
My BI Approach • Overview of IP • Hershey’s Kisses • Use interesting local examples • Faculty • Subject • Parts of a Patent Document • How to Search • And search some more… • Hands-on if time allows American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008
Important Sections • INID Numbers • Bibliographic • Title, #, Dates, Inventor, Assignee, Classification • References • Abstract • Drawings • Background • Summary/Description • Preferred Embodiments • Claims American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008