Description:

Visit the V-Lab Learning Path for suggested prerequisite.

Learn to:

• Find related patent publications in different databases
• Locate immediate and extended family information
• Find English language equivalents for foreign patent publications
• List legal status
• Monitor equivalent additions and legal status activities using an alert

 

Skill Level:  Advanced

 

Prerequisites:

 

• STN Basics Parts 1-3 and STN Multifile and Thesauri searching
• STN Basic Patent Search Techniques

or

• Equivalent experience