Intellectual Property in Chemistry

This book provides detailed instructions for reading and writing a patent. The book presents useful instructions for undergraduate, graduate students, post-doctoral students, researchers, and professors. Written from a practical point of view it answers the simple and often asked question: how should I read and write a patent?

1. Introduction 2. Patent profile 3. How to use databases in patent search 4. Practical exercises in patent search 5. Use of advanced patent search 6. Practical exercises by the advanced patent search 7. How to read a patent 8. How to write a patent: basic information 9. Final conclusions and perspectives