Librarian
Books on Patents
You can find more information about Patents in our collections by searching the Library Catalogue. Choose an Advanced Search, select "Subject" from the drop down menu, and type "patents".
Here are a few books on patents available at McMaster University Library:
Patents Handbook by ISBN: 9780786443215Publication Date: 2009Location: Thode Library
Call No. T 339 .C347 2009
Patent Searching by Call Number: T 210 .H86 2007ISBN: 9780471783794Publication Date: 2007-02-02Whether you're a patent examiner, patent attorney, commercial patent searcher, patent liaison, IP librarian, law professor, or competitive intelligence analyst, you'll find Patent Searching: Tools and Techniques to be just the guide you have been waiting for, with a range of approaches to patent searching that will be useful to you regardless of your technical expertise or role in the intellectual property community.
The Canadian business guide to patents for inventions and new products by Publication Date: 1990Location: Thode Library
Call No. T 226 .Z1 R67 1990
A Patent System for the 21st Century by Publication Date: 2004Location: Thode Library
Call No. T 211 .P384 2004
Also available online (McMaster only)
The Inventor's Bible by Publication Date: 2010Location: Mills Library Storage
Call No. HF 5415.153 .D63 2010
