Research Guides: Intellectual Property Research: Patents

Patent Law Treatises

BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal
Call Number: KF3093.4 .B22x (Available online see below)
Publication Date: Updated periodically
Available online via Bloomberg Law (U of M Law faculty, students, and staff only).
Chisum on Patents: A Treatise on the Law of Patentability, Validity and Infringement by Donald S. Chisum
Call Number: E-book access via Lexis Digital Library
Publication Date: 1978- (Updated periodically)
Also available online via Lexis (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Print copy available on Reserve KF3114 .C47
Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting by Robert C. Faber
Call Number: KF3125.C5 F334x
ISBN: 9781402424267
Publication Date: 7th ed., 2015 (Updated periodically)
How to Write a Patent Application by Jeffrey G. Sheldon
Call Number: Reserve KF3125.C5 S473x
ISBN: 9781402425608
Publication Date: 3rd ed., 2015
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure by U.S. PTO
Call Number: KF3120 .M36x (Available online see below)
Publication Date: 2015 (Updated periodically)
Also available online via Westlaw (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Moy’s Walker on Patents by R. Carl Moy
Call Number: KF3114 .W1771 (Available online see below)
Publication Date: 2003 (Updated annually)
Also available online via Westlaw (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Patent Claim Drafting Practice by Howard A. Skaist
Call Number: KF3155 .S53 2023
ISBN: 9781639052431
Publication Date: 2023
Patent Infringement Remedies by Lawrence M. Sung
Call Number: KF3155 .S86 2004 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 1570183805
Publication Date: 2004 (Updated periodically)
Also available online via Bloomberg Law (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Patent Law: A Practitioner's Guide by Ronald B. Hildreth
Call Number: KF3114 .H552x
ISBN: 0872241130
Publication Date: 3rd ed., 1998
Patent Law Fundamentals by John Gladstone Mills, III, Robert Clare Highley, et al.
Call Number: KF3114 .R653x (Available online see below)
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 2004 (Updated periodically)
Also available online via Westlaw (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Patent Litigation Strategies by Gary M. Hoffman, William P. Atkins, et al.
Call Number: Reserve KF3155 .P37 2015 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 1617466492
Publication Date: 4th ed., 2015 (Updated periodically)
Also available online via Bloomberg Law (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law by Arnold & Porter
Call Number: KF3133.B56 S36x 2022 (Reserve)
ISBN: 9781402436000
Publication Date: 2022
Rules of Patent Drafting by Joseph E. Root
Call Number: KF3125.C5 R66 2011 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9780199734924
Publication Date: 2011
Also available online via Lexis (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
Schwartz's Patent Law and Practice by Robert J. Goldman
Call Number: KF3120 .S38 2019 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 1617467553
Publication Date: 9th ed., 2019
Also available online via Bloomberg Law (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
World Patent Law and Practice by J.W Baxter
Call Number: K1504.15.W67x
ISBN: 0421123206
Publication Date: 1968–2013