Search options available in STN databases - FIZ Karlsruhe

34.1.3.1 1st Example
Search examples
The European publication number, EP 1 491 511, is to be monitored with regard to grant and changes of the legal
status. Second the whole patent family is to be monitored.
=> FIL INPADOCDB
FILE 'INPADOCDB' ENTERED AT
COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 European Patent Office / FIZ Karlsruhe
The search is done for the current update week. The update field
used is /EDLS.
=> S EP 1915043 /PN AND EDLS>20080424
L6 0 EP 1915043 /PN AND EDLS>20080424
The result is zero. This means no grant was published and there
was no legal status change for this application.
Now the /UPFE field is used, i.e., the whole family is monitored
for grants or legal status changes.
=> S EP 1915043 /PN AND UPFE>20080424
L7 1 EP 1915043 /PN AND UPFE>20080424
=> D BROWSE
:FFAMED
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MEMBER 2
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There is one hit.
FFAMED is used to display the result, i.e., only the changes to the
patent family are shown. This format only includes the current
update week. It can be thus be used only if monitoring weekly
(either manually or by SDI command).
We can see that one US publication was added.
AN 56241766 INPADOCDB ED 20080430 EW 200818 UP 20080430 UW 200818
FN 36675482
TI Circuit component locating apparatus.
TL English
IN KERR GEOFFREY H.
INS KERR GEOFFREY H, NU
PAS KERR GEOFFREY H
DT Patent
PI US 20080086867 A1 20080417 English
PIT USA1 FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS]
DAV 20080417 unexamined-printed-without-grant
STA PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION
AI US 2007-906919 A 20071004
AIT USA Patent application
PRAI EP 2006-122447 A 20061017 (EPA)
PRAIT EPA Patent application
IPCI B23P0019-00 [I,A ]; B23P0019-00 [I,C*]
NCL X361679; 295921; X 29739
EPC H05K0007-12
FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; ED; EPC; EW; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; LA; NCL; PAS; PI;
PIT; PRAI; TI
1 priority, 2 applications, 2 publications
:CFAM
This CFAM display would not be strictly necessary. This is just to
show the complete patent family.
L7 ANSWER 1 OF 1 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA on STN
PATENT FAMILY INFORMATION
AN 56204031 INPADOCDB
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