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38.5.2 Conclusion
Surveys
Japan was early considered a relevant market by the database producers:
Intellectual indexing in chemistry from 1963 in DWPI, from 1916 in CAplus
Value-added data created for all fields of technology since 1996
Utility models from 2006/8 with English titles and abstracts
Machine translation of main claims in DWPI from 2006
Japanese patent classes in CAplus (F-Terms from 2004) and DWPI (from 1966, FI & F-Terms)
Good timeliness in CAplus (translated abstracts and full indexing)
38.6 Summary: Korean Patent Documents
KR-A
unexamined patent
applications
KR-B/B1
examined patent
applications/Patents
KR-U/Y1/Y2
utility model applications/utility
models
Notes:
CAPLUS INPAFAMDB DWPI** KOREAPAT
BIB 2000- 1978-1983
2000-
1997- 2000-
Abstracts 2000- 1979-1983
2001-
2001- 2000-
Images Chem. Draw. - 2001- 2000-
BIB 2007- 1984- 1986- 1979-*
Abstracts 2007- 1984-1997
2001-
1986-** 1979-*
Images Chem. Draw. - 1986-** 1979-*
BIB 2006- 1978-2000 2008- -
Abstracts 2006- - 2008-** -
Images Chem. Draw. - 2008-** -
* From 2000 KR-B documents are only entered if no KR-A document is available.
** In WPI, abstracts are only available in the CPI (chemistry) and EPI (electrical engineering) file segments
38.6.1 KOREAPAT
KOREAPAT covers unexamined KR patent applications and examined patents with their bibliographical details, a
figure and an English title and abstract since 1979. The titles and abstracts are high quality, being translated by
specialists. New documents are entered with a delay of approx. 3 months.
38.6.2 Conclusion
Very current and extensive coverage in the value-added databases:
Bibliographical details and abstracts from 1979
Abstracts for chemical and electrical patents from 1986
Utility models with titles and abstracts from 2006/8
Machine translation of all claims in DWPI (from 2008)
Good timeliness in CAplus (translated abstracts and full indexing)
Many abstracts added to INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB
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