Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau
Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau
Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau
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8 IFIPAT<br />
8.1 Typical queries<br />
<strong>Patent</strong> databases on <strong>STN</strong> International<br />
Search for current US publications using text, names, international or national (US) classification, e.g.:<br />
Have there been new publications (up <strong>to</strong> last week) by American Cyanamid Co.?<br />
What has the US <strong>Patent</strong> & Trademark Office up <strong>to</strong> date on the subject of removing alcohol from<br />
alcoholic beverages <strong>to</strong> produce non-alcoholic ones?<br />
What patents have been published in the USA in the field of spectral analysis (classes within the US<br />
classification system: 324/076.190, 324/076.210, 324/076.220)?<br />
Searches using numbers or other formal data, e.g.:<br />
What are the claims for patent US 5,749,087?<br />
Display of the bibliographical details with all claims<br />
SDI for US publications<br />
Using the full-text <strong>to</strong> find material for an opposition<br />
Multi-File searches with other national and regional patent databases<br />
8.2 Brief description<br />
Producer: IFI <strong>Patent</strong> Intelligence, a Wolters Kluwer Company, Wilming<strong>to</strong>n, DE, USA<br />
Period covered: Since 1950<br />
Size: Approx. 8.7 million records (May 2012)<br />
Updated: Twice per week<br />
Language: English<br />
8.3 Contents<br />
Extracts from the US <strong>Patent</strong>s granted by the US <strong>Patent</strong> and Trademark Office (USPTO), as published in the<br />
Official Gazette (including Utility <strong>Patent</strong>s, Defensive Publications, Design <strong>Patent</strong>s and Reissue <strong>Patent</strong>s, Statu<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Invention registrations, Plant <strong>Patent</strong>s) from 1963 onwards, and in the field of chemistry from 1950 onwards<br />
Published applications since 15 March, 2001<br />
Bibliographical details (title, publication number and date, number and date of application, applicant,<br />
inven<strong>to</strong>r)<br />
Abstract (AB), Exemplary Claim, all Claims (CLM) since 1971<br />
U.S. Classification codes (the current one in the NCL field (NCLM, NCLS), that at the time of publication in<br />
the INCL field); made accessible through the IFIREF database<br />
International <strong>Patent</strong> Classification, IPC1 8, online thesaurus, range searching is possible, currently no<br />
re-classification of the backfile<br />
CAS Registry Number (RN) and references <strong>to</strong> the CAPLUS database for chemical patents<br />
Details of the examination: References (REN, REP) (EXNAM)<br />
(EXF)<br />
Further details: legal representative (Agent: AG, LREP)<br />
Expiration Date (XPD), Disclaimer Date (DCD) for patents, Term of <strong>Patent</strong> (PTERM) for Design <strong>Patent</strong>s<br />
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