If you haven't returned to the Dialog How Do I...? series for your intellectual property search needs, then you are missing the latest Patent applications. The How Do I...? series supplies concise, step-by-step instructions on how to find the most-requested information on Dialog. Now 14 additional patent solutions have joined the approximately 45 solutions for patents research.

The latest solutions will help you:

• Find atypical patents such as those for designs, plants, reissues and more
• Sort out patent application, publication and patent number confusion
• Eliminate duplicate patent records

Some of the new examples will even show you how to use the business files on Dialog for your patent research, for example, finding statistics about patents or locating licensing and litigation information.

These examples and other applications are in both DialogClassic and DialogLink 5. Visit the Web site to find answers to your patent search needs from the experts.

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