Chemical Literature (Chem 184/284)

Lecture 8: Types of Primary Literature, Part II:
Patents, Technical Reports,Dissertations, and Private Communications
Quiz Questions

Question 1: Which of the following might be patentable under US law?

1. _____ A new theory of quantum gravity.
   
2. _____ The formula for a new calorie-free sweetener.
   
3. _____ The process for manufacturing the new sweetener.
   
4. _____ Chuck Huber's lecture notes for Chem 184.
   
5. _____ The Grignard reaction.
   
6. _____ A genetically modified cotton plant resistant to herbicides.
   

Question 2: Which of the following are likely to be useful in searching for the patent(s) on a particular drug?

1. _____ The name of the company that manufactures it.
   
2. _____ The trade name of the drug.
   
3. _____ The CAS Registry Number of the drug.
   
4. _____ The international and/or US patent classification codes for that category of drug.
   
5. _____ The structure diagram of the drug.
   

Question 3: Which of the following are true about patents on an international level?

1. _____ An invention must be patented separately in each country in which one wishes to have patent protection.
   
2. _____ Most countries now publish patent applications before the patent itself is granted.
   
3. _____ I can patent an invention in the US even though someone else has patented it overseas first, so long as they haven't applied for a patent here yet.
   
4. _____ Nowadays, all patents are published in English as well as the local language.
   
5. _____ I can patent an invention in the US if there's no US patent and all the foreign patents on it have expired.
   

1. _____ Most technical reports are published by the university where the work was done.
   
2. _____ Technical reports can contain unique information not reported in te journal literature.
   
3. _____ Each funding agency has a rigid standardized format for what their technical reports will contain and how they are organized.
   
4. _____ All technical reports are available free of charge from NTIS.
   
5. _____ Technical reports are not peer-reviewed publications.
   

1. _____ All information in a dissertation appears there before it appears in journal articles.
   
2. _____ All information in a dissertation appears in journal articles before the dissertation is published.
   
3. _____ Chemical Abstracts Service collects copies of every US chemistry and chemical engineering dissertation for indexing.
   
4. _____ ProQuest Dissertations & Theses allows you to search for dissertations by the name of the thesis advisor.
   
5. _____ ProQuest Dissertations & Theses allows you to search for dissertations by the co-author of the dissertation.
   

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