Patents and Regulatory Information

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
  
  
• European Patent Office
  
  
• Japanese Patent Office
  
  
• Trilateral Web Site
• Pulls together patent information from the USPTO, EPO, and the JPO. There are interesting comparative statistics and reports availasble on this site.
  


• World Intellectual Property Organization
• The WIPO is a United Nations agency. Via the WIPO, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) has been crafted and supported by 116 member countries. The PCT provides, on the basis of a single “international” application in one language, for an international search which will be effective in any of the countries which are party to the treaty.


• Delphion Patent Service
• Delphion provides comprehensive searching and printing of U.S. and international patents, as well as other advanced features. Delphion requires a user name and password in addition to IP access requirements. Each user in the OLIN IP ranges can register him or herself for a user name and password.

The Way Things Work or The Science Behind the Product

  Databases and Tools:
  (Olin Collection)

• Engineering Village 2
  Within EV2 you will find:
  • Compendex: The top general engineering database available. Full text is available for articles appearing in Elsevier publications.
  • INSPEC: This is an electrical engineering database, and has partial full text.
  • CRC ENGnetBASE: Engineering handbooks from CRC are available full text in this database.
    
• Knovel
  The Olin Library subscribes to this product. The full text of a wide range of engineering and technical handbooks is available here. In addition to a search engine, Knovel provides a subject breakdown and publisher area.

  Publicly available tools

• Scirus
  Scirus is a science specific search engine that allows you to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. The advanced searching capability is an excellent path to scientists and companies in your field of interest.

  E-Journals
  (Olin Collection)

• ACM Digital Library
  Full text of journals from the Association of Computing Machinery.



• IEEE ASPP subscription
  The full text to all IEEE’s publications are available here going back several years.



• Scientific American

  Publicly available e-journals

• Design News + Product Design and Development
  Must register; then publication and e-newsletters available, as well as access to several years of back issues.

Product Development Process

• Center for Innovation in Product Development
  CIPD is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. The <Documents> area is a goldmine of information – check out “Working Papers,” “Theses,” and “Publications & Archives.” The <Education> link has three virtual workshops available: Sketch modeling, Introduction to Machine Shop, and Visual Modeling.



• Product Development – Managing a Dispersed Process
  By Ely Dahan and John R. Hauser, November 2001
  This paper is available on the CIPD site listed above. The content is outstanding, and warranted its own mention.

Manufacturing and Materials

• Grainger’s Catalog
  Industrial and commercial equipment and supplies.
  Check out their resources section for safety information, emergency preparedness, and testing information.



• Thomas Register
  This is another site where you can find project/product components and parts. Many company catalogs are available here, as well as some CAD drawings. This resource has traditionally been available in enormous green books in libraries and companies. The migration to a web site has been enormously useful.



• Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS’s) on the Internet