Patent sources

Patent background information

Patent tutorial

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/engin/patent/uspat.html

U S Patent Classification

http://www.uspto.gov/

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Searching for patents and document delivery

USPTO

http://www.uspto.gov/

SciFinder

Delphion

http://www.delphion.com

Other:

Bountyquest: http://www.bountyquest.com

Patent Information User’s Group: http://www.piug.org

Franklin Pierce Law Center IP Mall: http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/

Cornell Law School. Legal Information Institute

http://lii.law.cornell.edu/

35 USC 102 (Novelty)

Sec. 102. Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent

A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -

(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or

(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, or

(c) he has abandoned the invention, or …