Availability of patent databases and patent document delivery services on the Internet.

• Main Author: Gopalakrishnan, Gopika.
• Other Authors: Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Digital libraries and information portals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1459
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study reviews five free patent databases and eight patent document delivery services on the Internet and discusses their impact on patent libraries with special reference to the National Patent Information Centre (NPIC). The free patent databases covered were the United States Patent and Tradem...