SDI - FIZ Karlsruhe

Setting up alerts on STN – part 2 

Robert Austin – FIZ Karlsruhe

Agenda 

• SDI basics 

• Specific features for major STN patent files 

(Choosing the right update code) 

– WPINDEX 

–CAplus 

– INPADOCDB 

• Multifile patent family & legal status SDI 

To download slides for the previous Part 1 e-Seminar, visit: 

http://www.stn-international.com/archive/e_sem/setting_up_alerts_part1.pdf 

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Reasons to setup SDIs 

• Stay up-to-date with research & development 

trends and news, especially from patents 

• Monitor competitor patenting activities, new 

technologies and/or new geographical markets 

• Survey patent families and legal status for expiry, 

grant, lapse and expansion to new countries 

• Keep a look out for potential infringement of your 

employer’s intellectual property rights 

Current awareness search = alert = profile = Selective Dissemination of 

Information (SDI) 

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Planning an SDI involves multiple steps... 

• File selection 

• Search strategy 

– Upload query or run backfile search 

• Manual or automatic SDI 

• STN mail ID required (for automatic SDI) 

– File STNMAIL, SET MAILID 

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Planning an SDI involves multiple steps... 

• Update codes 

– ED, UP and more 

• SDI run frequency 

(cont.) 

– Daily, weekly, monthly; dependent on database 

• Duplicate removal 

– Consider the need 

• Result delivery 

– Online, e-mail, offline 

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• Reviewing SDIs 

– D SAVED/S 

– D NAME/S FULL 

Processing SDIs 

• Editing SDIs (most convenient with STN Express 

Discover Wizard) 

– Changing delivery options (e.g. e-mail address) 

– Changing display formats 

– Modifying query 

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• Single file SDI 

• Multifile SDI 

– One query for all files 

Types of SDIs 

– Separate query for each file 

– SDI MFILE command 

• SDI package 

– Multifile SDI with specific delivery options 

– Monthly delivery of one package of results 

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Comparison SDI PACKAGE / MFILE SDI 

SDI Package 

� All SDI results are 

delivered at the same time 

but monthly 

� E-mail SDI => one e-mail 

with one link for all results 

(HTML, RTF, PDF, ASCII) 

� DUP REM => File 

preference can be set 

� SDI results are less timely 

� One display format for all 

files 

Multifile SDI 

� All SDI results are delivered 

in predetermined, individual 

frequency 

� E-mail SDI => each update 

in each file creates a 

separate e-mail 

� DUP REM => No file 

preference can be set 

� High timeliness 

� Different display formats per 

file available 

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Agenda 




– WPINDEX 

–CAplus 

– INPADOCDB 


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Update Requirements of Patent Files 

• Patent records are often dynamic documents 

– Sophisticated data structure 

• Different types of data 

• Various indexing + classification systems 

– Updated, corrected and amended frequently in 

different parts 

– Relevant parts get distinct update codes 

• For an SDI it often matters which part of the 

document is being updated 

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There are a variety of database specific 

• WPINDEX 

SDI features available 

– Linked SDIs and linked update codes 

– Extending existing WPINDEX SDIs to WPIFV 

• CAplus 

– SMARTracker chemical structure SDI 

• INPADOCDB 

– Legal Status and Patent Family SDIs 

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Which DWPI update code? 

Use... When searching for. . . 

/ED New records = new basic patents 

/UPEQ Records with new equivalent patents 

/UPP New records and/or new equivalent patents 

/UP Any updates, changes or corrections 

UPP can be linked with search terms using the (P)-operator. 

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Which DWPI update code? (cont.) 

Use… When searching for . . . 

/UPAB Documents with new or updated abstracts 

/UPTI Documents with new or updated enhanced title 

/UPIT Documents with new or updated DCR indexing 

/UPB Documents with new or updated subscriber 

chemical indexing (fragmentation codes) 

/UPA Documents with new or updated subscriber 

polymer indexing 

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Which DWPI update code? (cont.) 

Use… When searching for . . . 

/UPAA Documents with new or updated original abstract 

/UPAT Documents with new or updated author title 

/UPCL Documents with new or updated claims 

Update Codes for the DWPI Member (publication) Level. 

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Example: WPINDEX update codes 

=> D TI PA ED UP UPP UPAB UPIT UPB 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2008 THOMSON REUTERS on STN 

TI Use of alpha-2-delta ligands or their diastereomeric or enantiomeric 

isomer or salt or solvate, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compound 

or its salt or solvate, in manufacture Date of of medicament databaseto entry treat * pain or 

inflammation in, e.g. cats 

Update date of bibliographic part 

PA (PFIZ-C) PFIZER LTD 

ED 20070219 

UP 20080318 

PI WO 2006123247 A2 20061123 (200712)* EN 47[1] 20070219 

JP 2006328067 A 20061207 (200712) JA 32 20070219 

AU 2006248645 A1 20061123 (200810) EN 20080208 

NO 2007006463 A 20080211 (200819) NO 20080318 

UPAB 20070219 

UPIT 20070219 

UPB 20070219 

Update date of abstract 

Update date of the IT-field (DCR) 

Update date of chemical coding 

Update 

date of 

patent 

family *. 

( * Except for /UPP, which was completely copied over to the new version of DWPI from the previous version, all entry 

and update dates represent the 2005/2006 DWPI reload update dates, and are only useful from 20060209 onwards. 

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WPINDEX supports linked SDIs 

• Provides enhanced precision for SDI searching 

• Search terms are linked to the updates with (P) 

• Answers retrieved only if the hit search term is in 

a portion of a record which has been updated 

– Use Update code /LAST in your SDI query 

• Especially used for patent information data 

– Patent Information: PI (/UPP) 

– UPP/LAST 

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Patent family linked SDIs 

• Patent family SDIs for tracking any document type 

additions can be set-up using UPP 

• Alternatively specific document type additions to 

families can be tracked using linked SDIs 

=> QUERY terms of interest (P) UPP/LAST 

Example: QUE EPB# /PK (P) UPP/LAST 

=> SDI 

• Update code: UPP 

• Eliminate previously seen answers: NO 

Note: the former UPS code is no longer needed for linked SDIs. 

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Example: Patent family linked SDIs 

Search request: Monitor SONY patents which 

have recently been granted in Europe. 

Step 1: Search for SONY as a patent assignee. 

Step 2: Search for EP patents. 

Step 3: Set-up an automatic SDI using 

appropriate linked DWPI update codes. 

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Example: set up an SDI to monitor 

EP patents being granted to Sony 

=> QUE SONY/PACO AND EPB#/PK (P) UPP/LAST 

L1 QUE SONY-C/PACO AND EPB#/PK (P) UPP/LAST 


ENTER QUERY L# FOR SDI REQUEST OR (END):L1 

ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UPP 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA001/S), OR END: SONY/S 

ENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE: LEGAL 

ENTER TITLE (NONE): SONY EP GRANTED 

ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL: EMAIL 

ENTER EMAIL ID (4494K): A.SMITH@FIZ-KARLSRUHE.DE 

A.SMITH@FIZ-KARLSRUHE.DE 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):N 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?: BIB 

HIGHLIGHT HIT TERMS? (Y)/N:. 

ENTER MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS TO BE PRINTED PER RUN (100):. 

. . . . 

Important!! 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - WEEKLY, (EVERYUPDATE), MONTHLY, OR ?:WEEKLY 

ENTER SDI EXPIRATION DATE 'YYYYMMDD' OR (NONE):. 

QUERY L3 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST ‘SONY/S' 

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Example: set up an SDI to monitor EP 

patents being granted to Sony (cont.) 

L22 ANSWER 2 OF 6 WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2008 THOMSON REUTERS on STN 

AN 2006-081595 [09] WPINDEX 

DNN N2006-070712 [09] 

TI Electronic camera e.g. digital camera, has motion control section that 

In the latest SDI run 6 Sony 

families have been updated 

generates scanning control signal in order to correspond center timing 

of light exposure … 

DC P81; P82; W04 

with an EP patent 

IN SATOSHI T; TAKEMOTO S 

PA (SONY-C) SONY CORP; (TAKE-I) TAKEMOTO S 

CYC 40 

PI EP 1613062 A1 20060104 (200609)* EN 26[12] 

US 20060001763 A1 20060105 (200609) EN 

JP 2006047954 A 20060216 (200614) JA 19 

CN 1716083 A 20060104 (200638) ZH 

KR 2006048595 A 20060518 (200673) KO 

EP 1613062 B1 20080604 (200839) EN 

ADT EP 1613062 A1 EP 2005-254154 20050701; JP 2006047954 A JP 2004-368320 

20041220; KR 2006048595 A KR 2005-56137 20050628; patent CN 1716083 was added A CN in 

In this example an EP 

the most recent DWPI 

2005-10080452 20050701; US 20060001763 A1 US 2005-171299 20050701 

PRAI JP 2004-368320 20041220 

update (DW 200839). 

JP 2004-197194 20040702 

IPCI G02B0007-28 [I,A]; G02B0007-28 [I,C]; G02B0007-36 [I,A]; G02B0007-36 

[I,C]; G03B0013-36 [I,A]; G03B0013-36 [I,C]; G03B0019-02 [I,A]; 

G03B0019-02 [I,C]; H04N0005-232 [I,A]; H04N0005-232 [I,A]; H04N0005-232 

[I,C]; H04N0005-232 [I,C] 

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The linked SDI gives more precise answers 

Query linked SDI: 

S Sony/PACO and EB#/PK (P) UPP/LAST 

SDI update code: UPP 

SDI results for run 39: 

6 answer sets 

Query normal SDI: 

S Sony/PACO and EB#/PK 

SDI update code: UPP 

SDI results for run 39: 

21 answer sets 

ANSWER 2 OF 6 WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2008 THOMSON REUTERS on STN 

PI EP 1613062 A1 20060104 (200609)* EN 26[12] 

EP 1613062 B1 20080604 (200839) EN 20080620

Extending existing DWPI SDIs to include 

DWPI First View (WPIFV) 

• DWPI First View is a fast-updating patent-based 

rolling preview file for DWPI 

• DWPI + WPIFV = complete coverage 

• WPIFV can be included in a multifile patent SDI 

with WPINDEX (or any other patent file) 

• It is also possible to convert an existing single 

file SDI into a multifile SDI to incorporate WPIFV 

• Due to the rolling nature of WPIFV, historical deduplication 

with WPINDEX does not work 

Note: WPIFV single-file SDIs should always 

be run using the “everyupdate” option. 

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WPINDEX/WPIFV search example 

Search request: Extend an exisiting WPINDEX 

SDI for rollerblades to incorporate the latest 

basic patent records from WPIFV. 

Step 1: Identify the existing WPINDEX SDI. 

Step 2: Prepare a suitable WPIFV strategy. 

Step 3: Combine the WPIFV and WPINDEX 

strategies into a new multifile SDI. 

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WPINDEX/WPIFV search example (cont.) 

=> FILE WPINDEX 

=> D SAVED/S 

NAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE 

-------------- ----------- ------------------------------------ 

SKATE1/S 08 MAY 2007 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE WPINDEX 

INLINE SKATES DWPI 

=> D SKATE1/S FULL 

NAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE 

Review the existing 

WPINDEX SDI. 

Displaying SDI names 

with FULL generates a 

search QUERY L-number. 

-------------- ----------- ------------------------------------ 

SKATE1/S 08 MAY 2007 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE WPINDEX 

INLINE SKATES DWPI 

The QUERY (L1) can be 

used directly in WPIFV. 

COST CENTER NONE 

UPDATE QUALIFIER UP 

. . . 

L1 QUE ABB=ON (A63C0017-04 OR A63C0017-06 OR A63C0017-08 OR 

A63C0017-14)/IPC OR INLINE SKATE# OR INLINESKATE# OR 

IN LINE SKATE# OR ROLLERBLADE# OR ROLLER BLADE# 

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=> FILE WPIFV 

=> QUE L1 AND B/PT 

L2 QUE L1 AND AND B/PT 

=> FILE WPINDEX WPIFV 

=> SDI MFILE 

MULTIFILE SDI GENERAL PARAMETERS 

-------------------------------- 

ENTER MULTIFILE SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA003/S'), OR END:SKATE/S 

ENTER TITLE (NONE):INLINE SKATES DWPI/WPIFV 

ENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE:. 

ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL:EMAIL 

ENTER EMAIL ID (4494K): A.SMITH@FIZ-KARLSRUHE.DE 

A.SMITH@FIZ-KARLSRUHE.DE 

RECEIVE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION? (Y)/N:N 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):Y 


SEND SDI WITH NO ANSWERS? (Y)/N:. 


The QUERY (L1) can be further 

refined for use in WPIFV by limiting 

to basic patent records (B/PT). 

General parameters for 

the SDI are set first . 

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MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: WPINDEX 

------- 

ENTER COMPONENT SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA003/S') OR END: SKATE1/S 

'SKATE1/S' IN USE AS A SINGLE FILE SDI 

MOVE 'SKATE1/S' TO THIS MULTIFILE SDI? (Y)/N:Y 

CHANGE FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS? (N)/Y:N 

----------------------------------------------- 

MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: WPIFV 

----- 

ENTER COMPONENT SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA003/S') OR END:SKATE2/S 

ENTER QUERY L# FOR MULTIFILE SDI REQUEST OR END:L2 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?:IALL 

. . . 

The old WPINDEX singlefile 

SDI moves over to the 

new SDI MFILE. 

QUERY (L2) becomes the WPIFV 

part of the new SDI MFILE. 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - WEEKLY, (EVERYUPDATE), MONTHLY, OR ?:. 

MULTIFILE SDI HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'SKATE/S' 

QUERY SKATE1/S HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'SKATE1/S' FOR FILE WPINDEX 

QUERY L2 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'SKATE2/S' FOR FILE WPIFV 

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Agenda 




– WPINDEX 

–CAplus 

– INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 


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Which CAplus update code? 

Use … When searching for … 

/ED New documents (patents + non-patents) 

/UP New and updated documents (except UPP) 

/UPI CA Abstract Number (DN) and Indexing 

/UPP New basics and/or equivalent patents 

/UPM New and all updated documents (UP+UPP) 

SDI frequency : daily, weekly, biweekly 

Note: CAplus does not support automatic linked SDIs. 

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SMARTracker is a substance based SDI 

which delivers bibliographic results 

• SMART command initiates SMARTracker SDI 

set up in CAplus (or HCAplus) 

• SDI frequency 

– Weekly, biweekly 

• Basic query is prepared in the REGISTRY file 

• SMARTracker can be set up 

– with text-based REGISTRY queries, e.g., a 

molecular formula 

– with structure-based queries 

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SMARTracker is a substance based SDI 

which delivers bibliographic results (cont.) 

• SMARTracker queries can be refined in CAplus 

– with bibliographic terms 

– with roles 

– with document type 

• SMARTracker retrieves new bibliographic 

references 

– of new substances 

– of known substances 

See also Mastering STN commands: 

http://www.stn-international.de/training_center/rl/training/smartracker.html 

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Example: CAplus SMARTracker 

Search request: Using chemical structure based 

methodology, review and continue to monitor 

patents describing Taxol and derivatives. 

Step 1: Run the structure query in REGISTRY. 

Step 2: Retrieve the most recent patent 

references in the CAplus database. 

Step 3: Use SMARTracker chemical structure 

SDI to continue to monitor new patent 

publications. 

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First find patent references for a specific 

=> FILE REGISTRY 

=> STR 33069-62-4 

:END 

L1 STRUCTURE CREATED 

structure query 

=> S L1 SSS FULL 

L2 2516 SEA SSS FUL L1 

=> FILE HCAPLUS 

=> S L2 AND P/DT 

L3 4192 L2 AND P/DT 

=> S L3 AND ED > May 2008 

L4 26 L3 AND ED > MAY 2008 

Create structure query in REGISTRY, e.g. 

from a known REGISTRY number. 

Run the full structure search. 

Crossover results into CAplus. 

Isolate the latest documents using ED (= new records). 

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Hit structures may be displayed in context 

using the CAplus HITSTR format 

=> D L4 ED BIB HITSTR 

L4 ANSWER 1 OF 26 HCAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2008 ACS on STN 

ED Entered STN: 20 Jun 2008 

AN 2008:738577 HCAPLUS 

TI Coating of fast absorption or dissolution 

… 

PATENT NO. KIND DATE APPLICATION NO. DATE 

--------------- ---- -------- -------------------- -------- 

PI US 20080145393 A1 20080619 US 2006-638780 20061213 

WO 2008076731 A2 20080626 WO 2007-US87151 20071212 

… 

PRAI US 2006-638780 A 20061213 

IT 33069-62-4, Paclitaxel 

RL: THU (Therapeutic use); BIOL (Biological study); USES (Uses) 

(coating of fast absorption or dissoln.) 

RN 33069-62-4 HCAPLUS 

CN Benzenepropanoic acid, .beta.-(benzoylamino)-.alpha.-hydroxy- . . . . 

Absolute stereochemistry. Rotation (-). 

Ph 

AcO O OH 

O 

H 

N S 

Ph 

OH 

R 

O 

O 

Me 

S Me 

S 

R S 

Me 

R 

S H 

S 

Me 

R 

S 

O 

OH 

O AcO 

Ph 

H 

O 

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Continue to monitor updates by initiating 

=> SMART 

SMARTracker INITIATED 

a SMARTracker 


ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UP 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA001/S), OR END:SMARTEXAMPLE/S 

ENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE:. 

ENTER TYPE OF SEARCH (SSS), CSS, FAMILY, OR EXACT:SSS 

ENTER TITLE (NONE):SMARTRACKER EXAMPLE 

. . . 

Choose the query L-number and 

CAplus database update code. 

Choose type of 

structure search. 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):Y 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB) OR ?:BIB ABS HITSTR 

. . . 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - (WEEKLY), BIWEEKLY, OR ?:. 


QUERY L3 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'SMARTEXAMPLE/S‘ 

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Agenda 




– WPINDEX 

–CAplus 

– INPADOCDB 


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Common SDI’s in INPADOCDB 

• New published documents 

– from competitors 

– in a technology area 

• New family members of known patents 

• Changes in legal status of known patents 

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INPADOCDB delivers clear, uncluttered SDIs 

• Record-based update codes can be used to 

track changes of individual records 

• Family-based update codes can be used to track 

changes of all family members 

• Linked SDIs use (L) operator 

– (L) update code / LAST 

• SDI frequencies 

– Weekly (= every update) 

– Monthly 

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INPADOCDB offers sophisticated update 

codes 

Record Family 

New family ("basic") - EDF 

New record (MEMBER) EDP UPFD 

New document (publication) ED UPFP 

Update to bibliography UP UPFB 

Update to legal status UPLS UPFL 

New document or LS EDLS UPFE 

All updates (any changes) UPM UPFA 

Use Record update codes to track changes to individual documents. 

Use Family update codes to track changes to all patent family members. 

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Linked SDIs for monitoring legal status 

information 

Search request: Monitor legal status of 

Unilever publications for opposition filing 

and reexaminations 

Step 1: prepare search query, use legal status 

categories 

Step 2: modify query with appropriate „linked SDI“ 

parameter 

Step 3: set up SDI 

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Monitor Unilever publications for opposition 

filing 

=> QUE UNILEVER/PA,PAS AND ORE/LSC2 (L) UPLS/LAST 

L1 QUE UNILEVER/PA,PAS AND ORE/LSC2(L)UPLS/LAST 

Search or query legal status category ORE for Unilever publications 



ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?: UPLS 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA014/S), OR END:UNILEVER/S 

o o o 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N): N 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB.M) OR ?: BIB LS 


ARCHIVE ANSWERS? Y/(N):. 

REDISTRIBUTE ANSWERS? Y/(N):. 


o o o 

UPLS/LAST linked to ORE/LSC2 leads 

selectively to records with current 

opposition or reexamination entries 

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SDI results for oppositions against Unilever 

AN 53749445 INPADOCDB ED 20071025 EW 200743 UP 20071025 UW 200743 

FN 9243745 

TI GELFOeRMIGES TEXTILWASCH- UND/ODER VORBEHANDELUNGSMITTEL, DAS SICH 

NACH… 

TL German 

IN HSU, FENG-LUNG GORDON; ZHU, YUN-PENG; BOUDOU, AGNES; VOGEL, RONALD 

FREDERICK; EBERT, CHARLES; LEE, KWANG HO … 

PA UNILEVER N.V. 

PAS UNILEVER NV, NL 

DT Patent 

PI DE 60314646 T2 20071025 

PIT DET2 TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT 

STA GRANTED 

AI DE 2003-60314646 A 20030822 

AIT DEA Patent application 

PRAI US 2002-251458 A 20020920 (USA, 20070628) 

WO 2003-EP9386 W 20030822 (WOWW, 20070628) 

PRAIT USA Patent application 

WOWW Additional PCT application 

Opposition has been filed against 

DE 60314646 . 

Opposition entry in the current 

legal status update 20080626 

LEGAL STATUS 

AN 53749445 INPADOCDB 

20080626 DE8363 - OPPOSITION AGAINST THE PATENT 

ORE Opposition, Reexamination 

200826.................................20080626 

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INPADOCDB offers customized display 

formats for family SDIs 

• Weekly family displays 

• Monthly family displays 

• Customized display format only shows current 

data since the last SDI run 

• Display formats can be restricted to individual 

country information (weekly SDI) 

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INPADOCDBs weekly and monthly family 

display formats 

FFAMED* BIB and/or LSUP for family members with new 

publications or changes to Legal Status 

FFAMED.PC FFAMED for a specific country, e.g., FFAMED.US 

FFAMUP* BIB and/or LSUP for any changes to family members 

FFAMUP.PC FFAMUP for a specific authority, e.g., FFAMUP.EP 

LFAMUP* PI LSUP for family members with updated 

Legal Status 

LFAMUP.PC LFAMUP for a specific country, e.g., LFAMUP.DE 

* Note: for monthly SDIs add “4” to these display formats, e.g. FFAMED4. 

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Example: INPADOCDB Family and Legal 

status SDI 

Search request: Monitor key Pfizer 

patent applications for new family members 

or legal status changes. 

Step 1: Retrieve the family members in 

INPADOCDB 

Step 2: Set-up an automatic SDI to track future 

updates to the patent family and legal 

status 

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Monitor key Pfizer patent applications for 

new family members or legal status changes 

=> S (WO2005067620 OR WO2005080313 OR WO2003102130 OR 

WO2007042883 OR WO2005009965 OR WO2005089728...)/PN 

L1 10 (WO2005067620 OR WO2005080313 OR WO2003102130 OR .... 

Search or query the patent numbers, and use the SDI command. 



ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?: UPFE 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA007/S), OR END:PFIZER/S 

o o o 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N): N 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB.M) OR ?: CFAM FFAMED 


The combination of UPFE update code 

and FFAMED display format provides 

any new records, new publications, or 

new Legal Status for each SDI run. 

ARCHIVE ANSWERS? Y/(N):. 

REDISTRIBUTE ANSWERS? Y/(N):. 


o o o 

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Monitor key Pfizer patent applications for 

new family members or legal status changes 

PATENT FAMILY INFORMATION 


+--------------PI--------------+ 

AU 2006300926 A1 20070419 

EP 1934220 A1 20080625 

NL 2000255 A1 20070411 

US 20070099915 A1 20070503 

UY 29843 A1 20070531 

WO 2007042883 A1 20070419 

7 priorities, 6 applications, 6 publications 

----------- 

MEMBER 2 

----------- 

AN 56589196 INPADOCDB ED 20080626 EW 200826 UP 20080626 UW 200826 

FN 35450582 

PI EP 1934220 A1 20080625 

LEGAL STATUS CURRENT UPDATE 


… 

20080625 EP17P + REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED 

20080507 

EXA Examination, Search Report 

200826.................................20080626 

7 priorities, 6 applications, 6 publications 

This SDI regularly delivers a simple 

list of publication numbers (CFAM), 

and details of new publications, 

and/or legal status changes from the 

latest database update (FFAMED). 

For EP 1934220 being an 

equivalent of WO2007042883 

we retrieve new legal status 

information in the latest 

database update (20080626). 

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Agenda 




– WPINDEX 

–CAplus 

– INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 


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Case study: family & legal status SDI 

Search request: Setup an international patent family 

and legal status current awareness alert (SDI) for a list of 

key US patents issued to Philips Electronics. 

Step 1: Identify the STN patent databases of interest. 

Step 2: Convert PNs into a script and upload to STN. 

Step 3: Search the PNs in INPADOCDB and FSEARCH. 

Step 4: SELECT and QUERY relevant PNs and PRNs. 

Step 5: Set up a multifile SDI using the PN/PRN queries. 

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Case study: family & legal status SDI 

• Step 1: Selecting databases 

– Patent families: INPADOCDB, DWPI, CAplus 

– Legal Status: INPADOCDB, FRANCEPAT, EPFULL 

– Legal Status (U.S.): IFICLS, LITALERT 

• Step 2: Convert a list of PNs into a script 

– STN Express has a special tool for that! 

• Steps 3-5: Re-use techniques described earlier 

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Create a command file from patent numbers 

An STN script file of patent numbers is created. This can be 

used with the Run Command File function of STN Express. 

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Run the patent number command (script) file 

Run the command 

(script) file in 

INPADOCDB using 

the STN Express 

Run Command File 

function. 

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Case study: family & legal status SDI (cont.) 

=> QUE (US6691086 OR US6373537 OR US6503644 OR . . .)/PN 

L1 QUE (US6691086 OR US6373537 OR US6503644 OR . . . )/PN 

=> QUE (US6404244 OR US6662261 OR US6720809 OR . . .)/PN 

L2 QUE (US6404244 OR US6662261 OR US6720809 OR . . .)/PN 

=> S L1 OR L2 

L3 20 L1 OR L2 

=> FSEARCH L3 

. . . 

L6 173 FSO L5 

The command file runs automatically to 

retrieve 20 patent records in INPADOCDB. 

FSEARCH retrieves 173 records in 

INPADOCDB from 20 patent families. 

20 Multi-record Families Answers 1-173 

Family 1 Answers 1-65 

. . . 

Family 20 Answers 170-173 

0 Individual Records 

0 Non-patent Records 

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=> SEL L6 PN; SEL L6 APPS 

E1 THROUGH E204 ASSIGNED 

E205 THROUGH E390 ASSIGNED 

=> QUE E1-E390 

L7 QUE (EP1052536/PN OR EP599824/PN 

L7 

OR 

is the 

EP599825/PN 

SDI query for 

OR 

WPINDEX. 

EP660540/PN . . . OR US1994-190807/APPS OR YU1990-1071/APPS) 

=> D SEL 

. . . 

E83 1 FR2764468/PN 

. . . 

=> QUE E205-E390 OR E83-E90 

L8 QUE (NL1989-1402/APPS OR NL1990-338/APPS L8 is the SDI query OR for KR1997-14278/APPS 

FRANCEPAT. 

. . . OR FR2802034/PN OR FR2807255/PN) 

=> QUE E169-E202 

There are 204 publication numbers and 

185 priority/application numbers present in 

the 173 INPADOCDB records (L6). 

Display SELECT to identify the FR 

and US publication E-numbers. 

L9 is the SDI query for IFICLS/LITALERT. 

L9 QUE (US5323396/PN OR US5530655/PN OR US5539829/PN OR 

. . . OR US5777992/PN OR US5835139/PN OR US6763246/PN) 

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=> FILE INPADOCDB WPINDEX FRANCEPAT IFICLS LITALERT 

=> SDI MFILE 

General parameters for the SDI are set 

first, followed by file specific parameters. 

MULTIFILE SDI GENERAL PARAMETERS 

-------------------------------- 

ENTER MULTIFILE SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA001/S'), OR END:PHILIPS/S 

ENTER TITLE (NONE):PHILIPS FAMILY/LEGAL STATUS 

ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL:EMAIL 

. . . 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):N 

. . . 

----------------------------------------------- 

MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: INPADOCDB 

--------- 

ENTER COMPONENT SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA001/S') OR END:PHILIPS1/S 


ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UPFE 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB.M) OR ?:CFAM FFAMED 

. . . 

INPADOCDB: use UPFE code and CFAM FFAMED format. 

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----------------------------------------------- 

MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: WPINDEX 

------- 



ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UPP 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?:BIB 

. . . 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - WEEKLY, (EVERYUPDATE), MONTHLY, OR ?: WEEKLY 

----------------------------------------------- 

MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: FRANCEPAT 

--------- 




ENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?:BIB LS 

. . . 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - (WEEKLY), MONTHLY, OR ?: WEEKLY 

WPINDEX: use UPP 

code and BIB format. 

FRANCEPAT: use UP code and BIB LS format. 

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----------------------------------------------- 

MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: IFICLS 

------ 




ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB) OR ?:IALL 

IFICLS: use UP code and IALL format. 

. . . 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - MONTHLY, (WEEKLY), BIMONTHLY, OR ?: WEEKLY 

----------------------------------------------- 

MULTIFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: LITALERT 

-------- 




ENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?:IALL 

. . . 

ENTER SDI RUN FREQUENCY - (WEEKLY), MONTHLY, OR ?: WEEKLY 

LITALERT: use UP code IALL format. 

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MULTIFILE SDI HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'PHILIPS/S' 

QUERY L3 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'PHILIPS1/S' FOR FILE INPADOCDB 

QUERY L7 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'PHILIPS2/S' FOR FILE WPINDEX 

QUERY L8 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'PHILIPS3/S' FOR FILE FRANCEPAT 

QUERY L9 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'PHILIPS4/S' FOR FILE IFICLS 

QUERY L9 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'PHILIPS5/S' FOR FILE LITALERT 

=> 

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Summary 



– WPINDEX 

• Linked SDIs 

• Multifile with WPIFV 

– CAplus / REGISTRY 

• SMARTracker 

– INPADOCDB 

• Linked SDIs for legal status monitoring 

• Family SDIs 


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Setting up alerts on STN – part 2 

www.stn-international.com 

FIZ Karlsruhe 

helpdesk@FIZ-Karlsruhe.de

SDI - FIZ Karlsruhe

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