Bibliography - Top Publications by Edlyn Simmons

These patent information bibliography pages were originally created on the PIUG wiki in ca. 2008 and augmented subsequently. Further suggestions for improvement are welcome by the PIUG webmaster, webmaster@piug.org.

1. "The Paradox of Patentability Searching"
Edlyn S. Simmons
J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci., 1985, Vol. 25 (4), pp. 379-386

2. "What's in a Claim?"
Edlyn S. Simmons
Proceedings of the Montreux International Chemical Information Conference
H. Collier (Ed.)
Springer Verlag: Heidelberg, 1989, pp. 93-104

3. "The Grammar of Markush Structure Searching: Vocabulary vs. Syntax"
Edlyn S. Simmons
J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci., 1991, Vol. 31 (1), pp. 45-53

4. "Patent Statistics: Comparing Grapes and Watermelons"
Edlyn S. Simmons & Nancy Lambert
Proceedings of the 1991 Montreux International Chemical Information Conference & Exhibition, H. Collier, Ed. , 1992, pp. 33-78.
Republished in parts as "Comparing Grapes and Watermelons" in Chem Tech , 1993 Vol. 23(6), pp 51-59.

5. "Competitive Intelligence from Patents - Volatile: Handle With Care"
Edlyn S. Simmons
Proceedings of the 1995 International Chemical Information Conference, Nimes, France, Oct. 23-25, 1995, H. Collier, Ed., pp. 89-100.
Republished in Journal of Association for Global Strategic Information, Nov. 1995, Vol. 4(3), pp. 124-133.

6. "Black Sheep" in the Patent Family"
Edlyn S. Simmons
World Patent Information 31(1), 11-18 (2009).

7. "Patents (Literature)"
Edlyn S. Simmons
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 5th Edition, Vol. 18, John Wiley & Sons: New York., pp. 197-276 (2006).

8. "Relevance Ranking in Patent Databases--Is it Relevant?"
Edlyn S. Simmons
J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci., 1999, Vol. 39, pp. 453-462

Note: "The databases have changed, but the conclusions still stand." - Edlyn S. Simmons

9. "Chapter 10 Intellectual Property," in Using the Pharmaceutical Literature, Sharon Srodin, Ed., pp. 197-231, Routledge. (2006)

10. "Patents"
Edlyn S. Simmons
Manual of Online Search Strategies, 3rd Ed., C. J. Armstrong & J.A. Large, Eds.
Gower, Aldershot, UK, 2001, Vol. 2, pp. 23-140.

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