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Articles/book chapters by Stephen Adams (sole author unless noted otherwise).

  1. "Hidden" legal status: information sources on extra-territorial extension of patent rights. World Patent Information 76, 102264 (February 2024).
  2. “Nothing new under the sun”; do we need new searching protocols to establish the patentability of industry 4.0 inventions?  World Patent Information 72, 102170 (March 2023).
  3. Introduction to agrochemical patent term extensions in Europe in Navigating Legal Challenges in the Agrochemical Industry. A. Coates; R. Bennett; J.M. van Emon (eds.) ACS Symposium Series 1362. American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2020 (Chapter 8, pp.111-119). ISBN 978-0-8412-9874-3.
  4. Artificial Intelligence - can it deliver improved patent search? JAPIO Year Book 2019, 80-91.
  5. Is the full text the full answer? – considerations of database quality. World Patent Information 54, Supplement, s66-s71 (2018).
  6. Patents Information in British Librarianship and Information Work 2011-2015. (Ed. J.H. Bowman). London: www.lulu.com , 2017 (Chapter 19, pp.363-377). ISBN 978-1-326-82027-3.
  7. Improving the efficiency of patent search; the role of inter-personal communication. JAPIO Year Book 2016, 100-107.
  8. Lost in translation? – a review of the post-grant requirements for translation of patent specifications in Europe. World Patent Information 44, 34-45 (2016).
  9. Improving the efficiency of searching in patents; the role of education and the human factor in an age of electronic information. JAPIO Year Book 2015, 184-193.
  10. Centenary patent 2014: Judson, Sundback and the zip fastener. World Patent Information 39, 79-84 (2014).
  11. Survey of PCT search reports and the importance of the internet as a source of non-patent literature.  World Patent Information 34(2), 112-123 (2012).
  12. Centenary patent: US 1,000,000, 1911. World Patent Information 33(3), 269-274 (2011).
  13. Patents in British Librarianship and Information Work 2006-2010. (Ed. J.H. Bowman). London: www.lulu.com , 2012 (Chapter 20, pp.323-337). ISBN 978-1-4716-8352-7.
  14. Patent information: fair play needed in the ‘patent game’. Gazette (European Patent Office staff magazine), January 2011, 10-11.
  15. Patents in the realm of independent information professionals (co-authored with T.E. Wolff). Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST Bulletin) 37(1), 17-20 (Oct/Nov 2010).
  16. Centenary patent: sleeve-valve engines, 1910. World Patent Information 32(4), 320-325 (2010).
  17. The text, the full text and nothing but the text: Part 2 – The main specification, searching challenges and survey of availability. World Patent Information 32(2), 120-128 (2010).
  18. The text, the full text and nothing but the text: Part 1 – Standards for creating textual information in patent documents and general search implications. World Patent Information 32(1), 22-29 (2010).
  19. Centenary patent: the catalytic converter, 1909. World Patent Information 31(4), 323-326 (2009).
  20. English-language support tools for the use of Japanese F-term patent subject searching online. World Patent Information 30(1), 5-20 (2008).
  21. Centenary of the enactment of the United Kingdom’s Patents and Designs Act 1907. World Patent Information 29(4), 363-368 (2007). [republished in Chartered Institute of Patent Agents' Journal (CIPA Journal), 36(12), 678-683, (Dec. 2007)]
  22. Patents in British Librarianship and Information Work 2001-2005. (Ed. J.H. Bowman). Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007 (Chapter 19, pp.299-311). ISBN 978-0-7546-4778-2.
  23. Patents in British Librarianship and Information Work 1991-2000. (Ed. J.H. Bowman). Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2006 (Chapter 18, pp. 310-325). ISBN 0-7546-4779-X.
  24. Electronic non-text material in patent applications – some questions for patent offices, applicants and searchers. World Patent Information 27(2), 99-103, (2005).
  25. Patent term, expiries and extensions. BioProcess International 2(6), 26-30 (June 2004).
  26. Certification of the patent searching profession – a personal view. World Patent Information 26(1), 79-82, (2004).
  27. Networked patent information – a review of developments from paper to web.  New Review of Information Networking 9, 81-95, (2003).
  28. Information quality, liability, and corrections. Online, 27(5), 16-22, (September/October 2003).
  29. Patent information has arrived; the message from the EPIDOS Annual Conference. Online, 27(2), 18-20, (March/April 2003).
  30. Patent searching without words – why do it, how to do it?  Freepint Newsletter No. 130, 7-8 (6th February  2003).
  31. Pharmacia Corp.: analysis of patenting 1998-2002. Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Patents 13(2), 223-231 (2003)
  32. A comparison of early publication practices in the United States and Europe. World Patent Information 25(2), 117-122 (2003)
  33. Regional patent systems – a challenge for the international searcher.  Science & Technology Libraries 22(1-2) 89-99, (2001) – printed 2004.
  34. Regional patent systems – a challenge for the international searcher in Patent and Trademark Information – uses and perspectives. (Ed. V.A. Baldwin). pp. 89-99. New  York: Haworth Information Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7890-0425-9 (hbk.), 0-7890-0440-2 (pbk.)
  35. Patents: exploitation and protection in Staying Legal - a guide to issues and practice affecting the library, information and publishing sectors, 2nd edn. (Eds. C.J. Armstrong; L.W. Bebbington) London: Facet Publishing, 2003 (Chapter 5, pp. 77-97). ISBN 1-85604-438-6.
  36. Defensive Publishing: a strategy for maintaining intellectual property as public goods. (co-authored with V. Henson-Apollonio). ISNAR Briefing Paper No. 53. The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research. (September 2002). ISSN 1021-2310. Awarded “Publication of the Year” by ISNAR management for 2002.
  37. A short examination of the timeliness and accuracy of United Kingdom patent legal status data sources. World Patent Information 24(3), 203-209 (2002)
  38. Searching the PCT Patent Files: Another Instance of Faux Full Text. Online, 26(2), 33-36 (March/April 2002).
  39. Information sources on post-grant actions to pharmaceutical patents. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 42(3), 467-472, (2002). 
  40. Translations of European Patents under Article 65 of the European Patent Convention. IP Journal of the Patent and Trademark Depositary Library Association (PTDLA), 1(1/2), 33-38 (June/December 2001).
  41. Design searching – the forgotten corner of intellectual property. Online, 25(3), 54-58 (May/June 2001).
  42. Using technical databases with minority patent coverage to enhance retrieval. World Patent Information, 23(2), 137-148 (2001).
  43. Comparing the IPC and the US classification systems for the patent searcher. World Patent Information, 23(1), 15-23, (2001).
  44. Skills for patent searching – a personal view. E-Content, 23(5), 39-43, (October/November 2000).
  45. Patent information. (Chapter 11, pp.200-224) in The Business and Economy Internet Resource Handbook (ed. P. Bradley). London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-85604-351-7. 
  46. Using the International Patent Classification in an online environment. World Patent Information, 22(4), 291-300, (2000).
  47. EPIDOS products and services: a user’s point of view. in Proc. 9th. EPIDOS Annual Conference, 20-22 October 1999, Halkidiki, Greece, pp.187-209. Vienna: European Patent Office, 2000.
  48. The Beilstein Handbook as a source of pre-1960 chemical patent literature. World Patent Information, 21(2), 75-81, (1999).
  49. Developments in patents documentation in Europe during the last decade. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 39(3), 423-431, (1999). 
  50. SmithKline Beecham: analysis of patenting 1995-1998. Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Patents, 9(9), 1173-1183, (1999).
  51. American Home Products Corp.: analysis of patenting 1995-1998. Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Patents, 9(4), 447-460, (1999).
  52. Pfizer: analysis of patenting 1995-1998. Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Patents, 8(11), 1405-1414, (1998).
  53. Survey of patent documentation from the Pacific Rim countries. World Patent Information, 17(1), 48-61, (1995).
  54. Use of FSTA in a government department (co-authored with D.D.Singer, H. Lee). in Proc. 2nd. International Conference on Food Science and Technology Information, Berlin, 19-22 May 1987. Reading: International Food Information Service/FSTA, 1988.
  55. Examination under the Patents Act 1977 (co-authored with T.S. Eisenschitz). Chartered Institute of PatentAgents' Journal (CIPA Journal), 13(3), 70-86 (Dec. 1983). [corrigenda 13(5), 163 (Feb. 1984)].

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