Patents and patent searching -- Understanding patent databases -- Patent searching at the PTO website -- Advanced search techniques -- Patent searching at the EPO website -- Patent searching at the Google website -- Additional sources of prior art -- Hitting the books -- Using CASSIS -- EAST meets WEST.
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