Data Bytes – Using Patents to Enhance Your Research (Zoom)

One of the major functions of the patent system is the dissemination of technical information. “Patent information is a valuable and comprehensive source of technical, commercial and legal information that can be used directly for scientific and experimental purposes…” Patents are primary source documents and can supplement the traditional literature searches in your disciplines: they can be used to discover new areas of research, for ideas to improve existing research, or to see if a product has already been developed

Learn about

• Patents as intellectual property
• How to determine the classifications or technology areas that correspond to your research
• How to search patents and patent applications
• Using patents as information sources
• A comparison of patents in subject databases: Scopus, SciFinder, IEEE Explore, PubChem, Google Scholar, and JSTOR
• Using patents as information sources for research

Presented by Clarke Iakovakis, Scholarly Services Librarian, and Suzanne Reinman, Government Information and Patents Librarian.