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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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