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Michael White

Michael White

Phone: (613) 533-6785
Queen's University, Room 520 - Douglas Library, 99 University Avenue Kingston Ontario 0 Canada

About

Areas of Expertise

* Patents * Patent Classification Systems * Intellectual Property Information * Chemical Information * Scientific Publishing

Professional Experience

* Librarian - Research Services, Engineering and Science Library, Queen's University (Present)

Education

* MLIS, University of Michigan (1994) * BA, Boston University (1989)

Recent Articles

Great Canadian Inventions Profiled in Globe and Mail

Michael White
March 20, 2012 14:29

The Globe and Mail has launched a new monthly feature profiling great Canadian inventions and inventors. The first inventor profiled is Al Gross (1918-2000) who pioneered the development of two-way radio systems (walkie-talkie) in the 1930s. Mr. Gross, who was also known as Irving J. Gross,...

PatentScope Adds PCT Licensing Information

Michael White
March 19, 2012 16:04

PatentScope now includes licensing information for PCT applications. PCT applicants who wish to make their applications available for licensing may request so by filing the appropriate forms. (See the December 2011 PCT Newsletter.) As of March 19, only a handful of published applications have...

Divine Inspiration

Michael White
January 25, 2012 01:50

Today's Globe and Mail carried a death notice for a Lawrence Abello SJ, a Jesuit priest who passed away on January 22 at the age of 80. According to his obit, Abello earned a PhD in physics from Wayne State University and was an inventor. In 1975 he obtained US and Canadian patents for a device for...

Changes to US Patent Law - New Rules for Prior Art

Michael White
January 18, 2012 01:47

There's a nice summary of the recent changes in U.S. patent law in the Jan. issue of Physics Today, and their relevance to academic scientists and engineers. The American Invents Act moves the U.S. from a first-to-invent system to a (modified) first-to-file system. Under the pure first-to-file...

Wikipedia References in US Patents Increase in 2011

Michael White
January 04, 2012 17:58

Wikipedia continues to be a favorite source of prior art references for inventors filing patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The number of issued U.S. patents that cite Wikipedia articles increased by 26.3 percent in 2011, reaching an all-time high of 2,425. This is...