Porter, 'Patent Workshops', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v19n04 (February 1992)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 19 no. 4
February 1992
Porter, Jean
"Patent Workshops"


Two patent-related topics are explored in workshops offered 
by the NCSU Libraries' Documents Department.  Registration 
for individual sessions for both patent workshops is limited.  
People interested in registering should call the Documents 
Department at ext. 5-3280.  For further information, please 
call Jean Porter at the same number.  All classes will be held 
in the Information Technologies Teaching Center (ITTC) on the 
second floor of the East Wing in the D. H. Hill Library.  The 
patent workshops are discussed below.

Introduction to Patent Classification

Introduces users to the U.S. Patent Classification System.  
Attendees will learn how to use the _Index to the 
Classification_, the _Manual of Classification_, the CASSIS 
CD-ROM, and other patent resources to locate patent literature 
organized according to patent classification.  The workshop is 
open to anyone interested in gaining an expanded, in-depth 
knowledge of the organization of U.S. patents.

Introductory two-hour classes will be held on the following 
dates:

Wednesday           March 11, 1992           3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday           April 8, 1992              3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to APS

A workshop on the use of the Automated Patent System (APS), 
available through a pilot project from the U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, will be held three times this spring.  The 
APS provides access to a full-text online database of U.S. 
patents from 1971 through the present.  The workshop will 
focus on search techniques for retrieving information from the 
database.  This workshop is open to anyone interested in 
learning how to use the APS.

The introductory two-hour workshop will be held on the 
following dates:

Wednesday           February 26, 1992         3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday           March 25, 1992              3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday           April 22, 1992               3:00 to 5:00 p.m.