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

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36.1 INPADOCDB
36.1.1 Example 1
codes and six companies. The search shall be limited to the countries DE, EP and WO and first publications. (Since
there are no problems with these countries with the EDP update field this can be used effectively to monitor first
publications.) We want publications from May 19, 2007. This example can use either automatic (SDI) or manual
monitoring. The latter is shown here:
36.1.1.1 Creating a command file for STN Express
\* SDI INLINE SKATES, INPADOCDB
=> FIL INPADOCDB
\* IPC
\* Using the thesaurus to search for the IPC code
\* and all its sub-codes.
=> S A63C0017-04+NT/IPC\> _IPC
\* COMPANY NAMES
=> S (NORDICA )/PA,PAS\> _NAME1
=> S (BENETTON (S) SPORT?)/PA,PAS\> _NAME2
=> S (DEKA(S)PROD?)/PA,PAS\> _NAME3
=> S (SALOMON)/PA,PAS\> _NAME4
=> S (MGM (S)(SPA))/PA,PAS\> _NAME5
=> S (SKIS (S) ROSSIGNOL)/PA,PAS\> _NAME6
=> S _NAME1-_NAME6\> _NAME
\* INTERMEDIATE RESULT
=> S _IPC OR _NAME\> _RESULT1
\* LINKING OF THE 1ST INTERMEDIATE RESULT WITH THE DESIRED PUBLICATION COUNTRIES
=> S _RESULT1 AND (DE OR EP OR WO)/PC\> _RESULT2
\* LINKING OF THE 2ND INTERMEDIATE RESULT WITH UPDATE F
\* (FIRST ENTRY)
=> S _RESULT2 AND EDP>=20070519\> _RESULT3
\* DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS
=> D 1- ALL
36.1.1.2 Search
=> D HIS
FILE 'INPADOCDB' ENTERED
L1 4749 S A63C0017-04+NT/IPC
L2 1916 S (NORDICA )/PA,PAS
L3 184 S (BENETTON (S) SPORT?)/PA,PAS
L4 734 S (DEKA(S)PROD?)/PA,PAS
L5 7860 S (SALOMON)/PA,PAS
L6 46 S (MGM (S)(SPA))/PA,PAS
L7 1482 S (SKIS (S) ROSSIGNOL)/PA,PAS
L8 12190 S L2-L7
L9 16402 S L1 OR L8
L10 5193 S L9 AND (DE OR EP OR WO)/PC
L11 53 S L10 AND EDP>=20070519
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