Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
Hardly a week goes by without a phone call, an e-mail message, or a visit from a patron who is looking for a patent issued to a family member. Often, the patron does not have complete information, and sometimes has nothing more than a name and a notion that Grandpa once invented something. This article describes some strategies that can be used by Librarians to assist patrons in historical patent research. It, additionally, includes a list of sources and highlights special materials that are available at Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries.
Recommended Citation
Comfort, Jan. 2001. "Finding Grandpa's Patent: Using Patent Information for Historical or Genealogical Research". Science & Technology Libraries. 22 (1/2): 39-56.
Comments
This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in Science & Technology Libraries, v.22:no. 1 / 2, 2001, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J122v22n01_04."