BOOK REVIEWS recent monograph edited by Dr. Harold Zeiss ("Organometallic Chemistry," Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1960). It should be pointed nut that the latter monograph presents comprehensive and critical discussions on a number of important topics in orgsnometallic chemistry, and in this way differs markedly from the systematic, descriptive nature of Professor Coate's book. This monograph can serve equally well aa a source of many topies that can profitably be included in advanced courses in organic and inorganic chemistry. Finally, because of the timeliness of its material, the excellence of its preparation and orgmiaation, and its relatively low cost, it should rate a "must" for even those few persons who are not yet acquainted with this remarkable branch of chemistry.
MARVIN D. RAUSCK University of Kansas Laurence. Kansas
A Patent Manual for Scientists and Engineers
Gemge M. Naimark, Burdick and Becker, Inc., New York. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1961. 108 pp. 16 X 23.5 cm. $5.50. xv
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A judge once stated, "We think it is a matter of common knowledge t h a t . research scientists are patent-wise; if they are not, they should be." This small book was designed to make scientists and engineers (and students of science and engineering) a t least partially patentwise. By presenting the basic concepts of the substantive side of thelaw of oatents. it attempts to answer for prospective patentees questions such as, "What must I know?" and "What should I do?" The short, compact chapters comprise clear and effective statements on patents, designs, copyrights, and trademarks. Subjects covered are basic principles, issuance and invalidation, rights and obligations of employers and employees, infringements, legally acceptable invention records, patents as technical literature, and advice to one having a. possible invention. Two appendixes include a bibliography of 117 selected references and spatent lexicon of 202 words and expressions used in connection with pt~tents. For many years chemical patents have constituted a large percentage of every volume of Chemical Abstracts. Because of their great industrial importance, both teachers and students of chemistry should understand them. Graduate students should not respond with only a blank look when asked what is patentable in their Ph.D. dissertation. This book is s. concise introduction to patents and their significance.
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M. G. MELLON Purdue Univemity Lafayette, Indiana (Continued on page A228)
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