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

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Guide to STN Patent Databases
3.6 Files with patent classifications and references
All databases with IPC. The International Patent Classification (IPC) can be searched using the thesaurus in
the /IPC field. Range searching is also possible.
Databases
Classification
ECLA
European
Classification
USCL
US Classification
FTERMS
Japan
Other
AUPATFULL
CANPATFULL
ECLA /EPC,
ICO /ICO,
IDT /IDT
CAPLUS DWPI INPADOCDB
INPAFAMDB
From 1993
ECLA /EPC,
ECLA /EPC,
/ECLA
ICO /ICO
ICO /ICO,
IDT /IDT
with thesaurus with thesaurus with thesaurus
/NCL
/NCL
/NCL
with thesaurus with thesaurus with thesaurus
From 2004
From 1966: From 1966:
/FTERM
FI Class /FCL, FI Class /FCL,
FTERMS /FTERM FTERMS /FTERM
with thesaurus with thesaurus with thesaurus
DWPI Class /DC Locarno Cl. /LCL
for US Design
Patents from 2005;
Other nat. Cl. /OCL
IFIREF. This database gives access to the US Classification and IFIClaims Uniterms.
USPATFULL
/NCL
with thesaurus