DocumentCode
1539652
Title
Patents: Incentive to innovate and communicate — An introduction
Author
Joenk, R.J.
Author_Institution
IBM Corp., Boulder, CO, USA
Issue
2
fYear
1979
fDate
6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
59
Abstract
This paper describes in non-legal language the requirements for patentability of an invention, the process of patenting, the contents of a patent document, and how to obtain or retrieve patents for use as sources of technical information; and it provides a selected bibliography of 170 items on creative and business aspects of invention, general and specific aspects of patenting, and retrieval and use of patent information.
Keywords
industrial property; invention; patenting; retrieval;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPC.1979.6500279
Filename
6500279
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