Search options available in STN databases - FIZ Karlsruhe

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Guide to STN Patent Databases
14.5 Updating ............................................................................................................................................. 82
14.6 Document from RDISCLOSURE ......................................................................................................... 82
15 USPATFULL / USPAT2 84
15.1 Typical queries ................................................................................................................................... 84
15.2 Brief description ................................................................................................................................. 84
15.3 Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 84
15.4 Dynamics ............................................................................................................................................ 85
15.5 Updating ............................................................................................................................................. 85
15.6 Document from USPATFULL ............................................................................................................. 85
15.7 Document from USPAT2 .................................................................................................................... 87
Types of search 89
16 Search by subject 90
16.1 Notes on subject searches in DWPI ................................................................................................... 90
17 Search by text 91
17.1 Search fields ....................................................................................................................................... 91
17.2 Contents of the Basic Index ............................................................................................................... 92
17.3 Notes on all databases ....................................................................................................................... 92
17.4 Using proximity operators with searches in text fields ................................................................... 96
17.5 Notes on individual databases .......................................................................................................... 99
18 Search by patent classification 103
18.1 Classification fields .......................................................................................................................... 103
18.2 Principles underlying a patent classification system .................................................................... 104
18.3 Searching the International Patent Classification (IPC) ................................................................ 105
18.4 Searching classifications of the European Patent Office ............................................................... 111
18.5 Searching the Derwent Classifikation (/DC) and Manual Codes ................................................... 114
19 Search by name 116
19.1 Important fields for a name search ................................................................................................. 116
19.2 Index types in name fields ............................................................................................................... 116
19.3 Notes for all databases .................................................................................................................... 117
19.4 Notes on individual countries ......................................................................................................... 117
19.5 Derwent databases: DWPI, DPCI, DGENE ....................................................................................... 119
19.6 INPADOCDB, INPAFAMDB, PATDPA, EPFULL ................................................................................. 121
19.7 Chemical Abstracts, IFIPAT, USPATFULL, USPAT2, JAPIO ............................................................. 124
19.8 PATDPAFULL, PCTFULL ................................................................................................................... 127
19.9 RDISCLOSURE ................................................................................................................................... 127
20 Search by formal data (Publication and application data) 128
20.1 Search fields ..................................................................................................................................... 128
20.2 Search by country ............................................................................................................................ 129
20.3 Search by date .................................................................................................................................. 130
20.4 Search by priority and application numbers .................................................................................. 130
20.5 Search by document number .......................................................................................................... 133
20.6 Search by patent kind code ............................................................................................................. 136
21 Family search 139
21.1 Typical family searches .................................................................................................................... 139
21.2 International patent families .......................................................................................................... 139
21.3 Family information in STN patent databases ................................................................................. 140
21.4 The patent family definitions of the database producers ............................................................. 143