Guides
- The 7-Step Strategy
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/ptdl/step7.htm
This Seven Step Strategy from the USPTO provides a traditional guide to searching patents.
- Patent Searching Tutorial
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/engin/patent-tutorial/index.htm
This excellent tutorial available from the University of Texas at Austin is recommended prior to attempting a web based patent search.
- Preliminary Patent Searching on the Web
http://www.library.okstate.edu/patents/websrch.htm
For good searching strategy and assessment of websites see "IN A NUTSHELL" in this excellent website from Oklahoma State University.
- Patent Search Tutorial
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/business/Patents/index.html
A tutorial from Penn State University Libraries to help you understand the process and procedure in searching patents.
- Technology Protection: Searching U.S. Patent Resources
http://www.wvnet.edu/conference/proceedings/searching_patents/
searching_patent_resources.htm
This paper was presented at the West Virginia Statewide Conference in Charleston, WV on August 4, 2004 by Marian G. Armour-Gemmen. Includes links to patent resources.
- How to Conduct Patent Searches
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ptdl/patents/searching.html
This guide from North Carolina State University provides tools, a multi-step process, and a comparison of CASSIS search with the USPTO website search.