Non-patent literature search is of great importance in the IP domain. Patentability search of any new invention is very crucial and can be achieved by both patent s and non-patent literature search. As far as, my knowledge the patents database is only domain set which is highly organized and easy to access either through free databases or commercial databases. But, the non-patent information such as journals, research publication and disclosures, thesis, etc. are scattered all over the web. There are few databases and vendors which have a good collection of this information and have tried to organize them in easy to access manner. But there are still big whit spaces for further improvements.
Thus for a patent professional, non-patent information search is not an easy task. They have to use various data sources such as PubMed, Science direct, SCIRUS, etc. Most of the well organized data sources are paid, thus not accessible to smaller firms.
As someone said that "Need is the origin of innovation", people have developed various small tools to aid in there targeting relevant document form the scattered and huge information present on the web.
Some of the tools, which I came across are:
GoldMedTexMed
HubMed
I have found HubMed as an ultimate tool to target relevant information. The various function such as clustering, similar words, export, etc. are very useful and might reduce at least some of the valuable time. There are many other similar tools and software which are freely available, along with some paid, which can be very useful for a patent professional in location relevant document and save their valuable time.
Vinod Kumar Singh
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