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Mechanical Engineering

A guide to finding resources in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

ME 491 - Patents

Categories of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights

Overview of the Patent System

Patentability and Eligibility Overview

Novelty

Anatomy of a Patent

ME 490B - Prior Art Evaluation

How to Search Lens.org

  1. Access the Structured Search Patent Tool - https://www.lens.org/lens/search/patent/structured 
  2. Draft keywords & Search String
    1. Boolean operators: “&,” “OR, “ and “NOT”
    2. Truncation operators: “*”
  3. Apply Filters
    1. Jurisdictions: U.S. & WIPO
    2. Document Type: Patent Application & Granted Patent

ME 491 - Prior Art Evaluation Worksheet

The STEM Librarian, Jenny Wong-Welch, has created a worksheet to guide you through a prior art search which is the starting place of understanding if your idea is novel and patentable.  

For this assignment, you will conduct a prior art search in lens.org to identify possible related patents to your senior design project. You will draft a search string to search with and review the results as they relate to your project idea. 

To get started with this assignment,

Subjects: Engineering