The Software Engineering Institute's digital library is yet another great resource for finding non-patent prior art. | |
We can search the library by following the 'Search the Library' link. | |
We have a few search options, let's start with a keyword search for 'touch screen camera'. | |
And 'Select All' to include all SEI's content. | |
Not only did I get few results they're aren't even that relevant. We'll have to refine our search. | |
I can easily return to the search by following the link above the results. | |
Instead we'll search for just 'touch screen'. | |
36 results, that's better. Let's take a look at the article Emerging Technologies for Software-Reliant Systems of Systems by Grace Lewis. | |
Here we have some bibliographic and abstract information. | |
But we can download the entire report for free by following the 'Download Report' link in the middle of the page. | |
Now that I have the article though, it's not very relevant to my search for prior art related to touch screens. | |
But let's make sure and search for touch screen anyways. | |
There's only one result but it cites an article that may be interesting. | |
We'll check the references by scrolling down and looking for Voyles 1999. | |
It does look like a relevant article in my search, let's see if we can't find it using Google. | |
Since I use the Chrome web browser I can enter my search for the author and title in the address bar. | |
Perfect, looks like Prof. Voyles, like many academics, keeps a website with access to his papers. | |
Well perhaps the article isn't as relevant as I'd like. | |
But if I scroll down far enough... | |
I find a link to download the entire paper for free. Back to Patent-Ed's Visual Guides to finding prior art >> |
August 22, 2011
Visual Guide for finding non-patent prior art with SEI
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