Search options available in STN databases - FIZ Karlsruhe
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Guide to <strong>STN</strong> Patent Databases<br />
6 Derwent World Patents Index (WPINDEX, WPIDS, WPIX)<br />
6.1 Typical queries<br />
<strong>Search</strong>es for the state of the art / searches for <strong>in</strong>formation / searches <strong>in</strong> respect of novelty (text,<br />
classification, and <strong>in</strong>dex<strong>in</strong>g), e.g.:<br />
What is the state of the art world-wide for Brakes for <strong>in</strong>l<strong>in</strong>e skates?<br />
Name searches (<strong>in</strong>ventor, applicant), e.g.:<br />
What patents does a certa<strong>in</strong> B. Cl<strong>in</strong>ton have on the Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?<br />
What patents does FIAT own on Airbags?<br />
<strong>Search</strong>es us<strong>in</strong>g formal data (numbers: publication number, application number), e.g.:<br />
What is conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the US patent numbered 645532 (patent or application number)?<br />
What is the content of the exam<strong>in</strong>ed Japanese application, JP 2738976?<br />
Family searches:<br />
Is there an equivalent to NEC CORP's Japanese application, JP 2710608, <strong>in</strong> English?<br />
In what countries have Philips applied for patent rights on the priority number NL 83-1445?<br />
SDI searches<br />
6.2 Brief description<br />
Producer: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Ltd, London, UK<br />
Period covered: S<strong>in</strong>ce 1963<br />
Size: Approx. 20.9 million records for patents,<br />
approx. 1.48 million records for utility models,<br />
approx. 13.2 million patent draw<strong>in</strong>gs (June 2011)<br />
Updated: Several times per week (82 updates per year)<br />
Languages: English, French, German, (Spanish)<br />
6.3 Contents<br />
Extracts from the patents documents of 41+ patent organisations, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g EP and WIPO<br />
Research Disclosure (RD),<br />
(International Technical Disclosure (TP) up to 11/1993)<br />
(Defensive Publications can now be published and searched on http://www.ip.com/)<br />
Documents consist of an Invention Level and a Publication Level, both levels can be searched and displayed<br />
separately<br />
Invention Level:<br />
Bibliographical details of the family, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g language <strong>in</strong>formation for each family member<br />
A newly formulated, enhanced title<br />
Structured abstracts (AB),<br />
750 000 Documentation Abstracts (ABDT, from the years 1995-1999), Extension Abstracts <strong>in</strong> WPIX (<strong>in</strong><br />
CPI file segment) from 1999<br />
Names of <strong>in</strong>ventors and patent assignees; additional patent assignee code (with onl<strong>in</strong>e dictionary)<br />
Graphics (patent draw<strong>in</strong>gs, chemical structures)
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