Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau

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Guide to STN Patent Databases
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28.8.4 Monitoring patent families in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB Family SDI
In INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB it is possible to monitor patent families (manually or automatically). The fields for this
see in the table above. Any event occurring to the patent family can be found this way, from the first entry of a
family member to changes to the legal status. Here are some notes on the update fields:
If certain update fields are set the same date will automatically be entered in other update fields (INPADOCDB):
EDF UPFD, UPFP, UPFB, UPFE, UPFA
UPFD UPFP, UPFB, UPFE, UPFA
UPFP UPFB, UPFE, UPFA
UPFB UPFA
Using DISPLAY UPALL the table of updates can be displayed for every document.
Thanks to the database structure of INPAFAMDB it is easy to monitor patent families in this database. All update
codes in this database relate to the patent family.
In INPADOCDB both record-based and family-based monitoring can be done. The following table shows the
relevant fields:
Record (INPADOCDB) Family (INPADOCDB
New family (new family number FN) - EDF
Merged or split families - UPFC
New record (member) EDP UPFD
New document ED UPFP
Update of BIB + IND UP UPFB
Update of BIB UPBB UPBB
Update of IND UPCC UPCC
Update of the legal status (LS) UPLS UPFL
New document or LS EDLS UPFE
All updates / changes UPM UPFA
formats, i.e. you will be charged only for data that actually appear in the display.
FFAMUP All BIB and/or LSUP of family members updated with the current update, weekly SDI
FFAMUP4 All BIB and/or LSUP of family members updated with the current update, monthly SDI
FFAMUP.PC Country specific FFAMUP, e.g. FFAMUP.EP
(only for these countries:
PC=AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB GR IE IL IT JP HU NL NO SE US WO)
FFAMED New publications and/or LSUP of a patent family, weekly SDI
FFAMED4 New publications and/or LSUP of a patent family, monthly SDI
FFAMED.PC Country specific FFAMED, e.g. FFAMED.US
(only for these countries:
PC=AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB GR IE IL IT JP HU NL NO SE US WO)
LFAMUP PI (Publication Information) and LSUP (legal status changed) of the current update week of a patent family,
weekly SDI
LFAMUP4 PI (Publication Information) and LSUP (legal status changed) of the current update week of a patent family,
monthly SDI
LFAMUP.PC Country specific LFAMUP, e.g. LFAMUP.FR
(only for these countries:
PC= AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB NL NO SE US WO)
UPALL Table of update dates
The update fields needed for a Family SDI are available if any update has occurred to the patent family since the
introduction of this feature (9/2004). (This may be important in a retrospective search if you wish to use any of the
UP fields.)
=> D BIB UPALL
AN 53039753 INPADOCDB ED 20070505 EW 200718 UP 20070505 UW 200718