TIPS & TRICKS FOR PATENT SEARCHING – TABLE OF CONTENTS

TIPS & TRICKS FOR PATENT SEARCHING – TABLE OF CONTENTS
As easy as it is to search patents online these days, there are nuances to the process. Over the past year or so, we at the Desulfurization Blog (http://desulf.blogspot.com) have posted tips and tricks that can help you improve your effectiveness in a patent search.

For your convenience, we have compiled a TOC-Table of Contents of these posts.

TIP: Click http://desulf.blogspot.com/search/label/TIPPATENT to visit ALL the patent searching tips that have appeared (and will continue to appear) in the Desulfurization Blog.

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TIPS & TRICKS FOR PATENT SEARCHING – TABLE OF CONTENTS
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What Price Patents?
Theoretically, anyone can do a patent search. How hard can it be? I am here to tell you that, from personal experience, it can be really, really hard. Plus, even if you are aware of all the ins and outs of the patent searching process, it can be tedious and time consuming. Enter the professional patent searcher. Because of their experience in patent searching, they can be worth the price you pay them to do it for you.
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-price-patents.html
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Patent Information Users Group, Inc.
Patents … they are so useful … and they are so frustrating. PIUG – Patent Information Users Group is a resource that may help sort through the nuances of patent research. Three examples of stuff nonmembers have access to …
Vendor list, offering links to businesses specializing in various aspects of patent research.
Discussion forum, where patent researchers offer questions and answers to specific problems
Links to official patent Web sites like USPTO and its global equivalents
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/10/patent-information-users-group-inc.html
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Carbon Dioxide: ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum
Energy Factor, an ExxonMobil promotional newsletter, describes a partnership with Global Thermostat to remove CO2 emissions from the atmosphere.
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/09/carbon-dioxide-exxonmobil-chevron-and.html
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Patento Mysterioso: QUESTION: Why can’t I find this Patent Application in the USPTO database?
I discovered a recent ExxonMobil patent application on CATALYTIC DEWAXING OF HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS, thanks to one of the Google® Scholar alerts I have set up to follow various topics [see the post on setting up Google Alerts].
The Google® Scholar alert highlighted the patent application identified by a service known as freepatentsonline (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/). Although the service offers free access to the full patent application, I wanted to find the application on the originating source, i.e., the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) I could not find this particular patent application on the USPTO site using the Application Number: 16/709205, which is shown in the patent application shown below. What’s up with that?
TIP: When a Google® search results in a patent application of interest, the quickest way to search for it on the USPTO database is to do an Application Number search using the number listed as United States Patent Application, i.e. the Document Number, (e.g., 20200199468) rather than the number listed as the actual Application Number (e.g., 16/709205)
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/07/patento-mysterioso-question-why-cant-i.html
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Google® Scholar & Google® Patents
Change is the one constant we can count on. Google is no exception. It used to be easy to find a link to Google® Scholar & Google® Patents. These days, not so much. I use both Google® Scholar & Google® Patents in my work every day, so I have links to both. Here they are …
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-google-scholar.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 6 of a series): Reviewing Patents
Searching for patents is iterative. You type in some keywords. Results reveal more keywords. You type in those keywords. And repeat.
This can be really tedious, irksome even. Sometimes it is hard to figure out whether a given patent is even relevant to your needs.
Fortunately, a number of experts have offered tips to make it easier to read a patent quickly.
TIP: Google® how to read a patent for more tips on efficient ways to review a patent
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-6-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 7 of a series): Patents and Run On Sentences
Per USPO rules, the Claims in a patent must be stated in a single sentence. In many cases, the “single sentence” can be, thanks to colons, commas, semicolons, et al., several hundred words long. But remember that, as difficult as it may be to wrap your head around any given claim, it still is faster than reading the whole patent.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-7-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 8 of a series): Mining Patents for Keywords
Mining patents for useful information can be tedious. One thing you can do is to look for keywords to use in Google® searches. For example, in a previous post I listed a Breakthrough Technologies LLC patent with the following claim …
Read full post at: https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-8-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 12 of a series): Patent Prior Art Search
Experienced patent searchers understand the nuances of prior art searches. However, if you are new to the concept, here is an article that can get you up to speed.
TIP: Google® how to search prior art for more useful information on this topic.
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/starting-down-startup-path-part-12-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 13 of a series) Dibenzothiophene Patents 2020
What’s the quickest way to determine if a patent is of interest to you? Depends on your purpose. This tip sheet may help you decide which section of a patent to focus on.
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/05/starting-down-startup-path-part-13-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 14 of a series)-Google Patents Find Prior Art Link
Patent research is important in any area of research you are engaged in ... especially if you are a startup, or are considering investing in a startup.
Prior art is an important concept in patent research.
In this regard, Google® Patents Prior Art Link is useful. When you find a patent of interest, in the upper right of the screen you will find a link labeled Prior Art.
Read full post at:
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/05/starting-down-startup-path-part-14-of.html
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Everybody Googles. But does everybody know HOW to Google®? No, they don’t.
Which is the whole point of the Desulfurization Blog (www.desulf.blogspot.com) So here is a very short tutorial on how to make the immense resources that Google® offers work for you.
Here are the steps in this search …
Search Google® Patents
Refine your search string
On the results page, click the download link
Open the downloaded file in Excel
Use Google® Translate (https://translate.google.com/) where necessary
Sort the downloaded Excel file to purpose
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/12/whats-it-all-about-google.html
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Google® Better!
Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Services, Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

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