Relevant links from the patent database analysis – crash course!

Relevant and important scientific information resides in public patent-databases. LU Bio held a crash-course in how to find strategic scientific information in patent-databases. The course gave a brief overview and hands-on experience on how to find relevant patents and how to read these.

Links from the Patent database analysis – crash course:

USPTO: http://www.uspto.gov

Espacenet: http://se.espacenet.com

Patentlens: http://www.patentlens.net

SciFinder: http://elin.lub.lu.se·

Agenda from the day

Steve Smith, European Patent Attorney, Potter-Clarkson, Nottingham, UK - brief introduction to patents and how to read them.

Anki Malmborg, Investment Director, Lund University Bioscience AB – brief introduction on patent databases and how to search them

Hands on workshop – bring your laptop