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13.1 Typical queries
Patent databases on STN International
Searches for the state of the art in PCT publications (text and classification), e.g.:
What PCT applications are there on ski poles?
Name searches (inventor, applicant), e.g.:
What PCT applications of HALLIBURTON have been published during the past year?
What PCT applications are there of Mr Bertram Pitt?
Searches using formal data (e.g. numbers), e.g.:
What is contained in the PCT application numbered WO 2004/112552?
We are looking for the full-text of an application of the company Sartorius of 11 June, 2004.
Full-text display of PCT patents:
What are the claims made in the WO publication numbered 2001/010152?
Display of legal status data
Monitoring PCT applications
Using the full-text to find material for an opposition
Multi-file searches in combination with other national or regional patent databases
13.2 Brief description
Producer: LexisNexis Univentio B.V., Rijnsburg, Netherlands
Period covered: Since 1978
Size: Approx. 1.9 million records on patents,
approx. 1.3 million patent images (June 2011)
Updated: Weekly
Languages: English, German, French, Spanish
13.3 Contents
Full-text of published PCT applications published by the WIPO
Bibliographical details
Title in English and French, for documents in German or Spanish a title in the respective language is
provided
International Patent Classification, IPC1 8, IPC thesaurus, range searching is possible, re-classification of the
back-file
The international (W) and regional (RW) designations are shown in the Designated States DS field. The
designating institutions are listed for regional (RW) designations:
EPO: European Patent Office
ARIPO: African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation
EAPO: Eurasian Patent Convention
OAPI: African Organization of Intellectual Property
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