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Lab Notebook: A lab notebook is a primary record of research. Researchers use a lab notebook to document their hypotheses, experiments and initial analysis or interpretation of these experiments. The notebook serves as an organizational tool, a memory aid, and can also have a role in protecting any intellectual property that comes from the research. Click to read more...research.htmlresearch.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_notebookshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1
Inventor’s Notebook: An inventor's notebook is used by inventors, scientists and engineers to record their ideas, invention process, experimental tests and results and observations. It is not a legal document but is valuable, if properly organized and maintained, since it can help establish dates of conception and reduction to practice. The information can improve the outcome of a patent or a patent contestation. Click to read more... Linus Pauling’s Notebooks: As with many scientists, Linus Pauling utilized bound notebooks to keep track of the details of his research as it unfolded. A testament to the remarkable length and diversity of Dr. Pauling's career, the Pauling Papers holdings include forty-six research notebooks spanning the years of 1922 to 1994 and covering any number of the scientific fields in which Dr. Pauling involved himself. In this regard, the notebooks contain many of Pauling's laboratory calculations and experimental data, as well as scientific conclusions, ideas for further research and numerous autobiographical musings. Click to read more... Dartmouth College, How to Keep a Lab Notebook: Notebooks, or other formally kept records, are an essential tool in many careers, ranging from that of the research scientist to that of the practicing physician. The effort invested in developing good habits of notebook use will be amply repaid for students who pursue a future in the basic or applied sciences. Click to read more... Stanford University, Suggestions: A U.S. patent is granted to the inventor who was the first to conceive the inventions. Hence, a properly maintained inventor's laboratory notebook is often the first evidence of conception. Click to read more...