Donna Hopkins Senior Research Librarian Champion Technologies Patents in Sci-Tech BI Donna Hopkins Senior Research Librarian Champion Technologies American Library Association Annual Conference June 28, 2008

American Library Association Annual Conference 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

American Library Association Annual Conference 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

American Library Association Annual Conference 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

American Library Association Annual Conference 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

American Library Association Annual Conference 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