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

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Guide to STN Patent Databases
2 priorities, 7 applications, 14 publications
Display formats: The family formats from INPADOCDB are also available in INPAFAMDB.
De-duplicated formats: These exist to allow a quick survey of the patent family. Every content that appears
repeatedly in the patent family is displayed only once. The default format in the database is the de-duplicated
format BRIEF. This format displays the de-duplicated bibliographical details, a selected abstract and the family
information (PI, AI, PRAI).
All display fields (TI, PA, IN, etc.) and the display formats (BIB, ALL, etc.) in INPAFAMDB relate to the patent family and
have de-duplicated contents. More formats are described in chapter Family search .
9.8 When to use which database
INPADOCDB INPAFAMDB
Subject search, search for bibliographical details
– Search by application/publication – Technology survey
(contents of all applications in a patent family is
combined in one document, allows to search across all
these applications)
Legal status search
– Search for/display of legal status of individual
applications
–
SDI search
Overview of legal status of a patent family
– Monitoring applications – Overview by company/inventor
– Search for new inventions/patent families
Family search
– Family formats
– FSEARCH/FSORT to group a search result by patent
family
– Family formats
– FSEARCH/FSORT is not necessary!
Patent statistics
– Search and statistics by country – Based on invention
(1 invention = 1 document)
Miscellaneous
– De-duplication in format BRIEF (Default) and other
display fields
– Multi-file Family SDI in combination with CAPLUS and
WPI
– Easy identification of the family in full-text searches