The article comprises a survey of Japanese-language patent periodicals with a view to identifying those which included substantial articles on developments in the dissemination of patent information, its use, classification, etc. The starting point of the survey was the list of periodicals on...

The British Library acts as the national patent library in the UK. The patent library moved into a new, purpose-built building in London in 1999, to join other parts of the national library. A market research study was commissioned to study the changes in use of the patent library brought about...

A review of some important, and a few entertaining, inventions for which patents were applied for, published or granted in 1979 (the year that this journal started to be published) is presented. Examples include the personal computer, the drugs Cisplatin, lovastatin and Omeprazole, the dual...

After explaining the status and function of the British Library, the author characterises the types of people who make use of patent collections in the library and the UK Patents Information Network. The current facilities for using CD-ROM products within the library are described and the author...