Finding U.S. Patents (screencast tutorial)
VCU Libraries is a Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL). This screencast tutorial provides a brief introduction (3 minutes 21 seconds, with audio) to some methods for beginning a search for U.S. patents. Topics covered include:
- Navigating to online patent resources
- Searching using a patent number
- Searching using an inventor name
- Searching using class/subclass numbers and the manual of patent classification
- Finding patent search templates
