INPAFAMDB – the International Patent Family Database – is a bibliographic patent family database, covering the full spectrum of patent technologies for 95 issuing authorities, dating from the early 1800s. The database features a one-record-per-patent-family file design to provide maximum multi-file prior-art synergy with CAplus^SM and the Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPI^SM) on STN®.

Easy access to accurate patent families

• Quickly find a comprehensive patent family, from just a single patent number
• Benefit from more accurate Patent Families, via FIZ Karlsruhe’s Quality Control and editorial corrections

Simplified Legal Status searching

• Determine whether a patent is still active around the world, via FIZ Karlsruhe’s convenient Legal Status Categories (LSC2)

Comprehensive citation searching

• Enhance your prior-art patent search with the definitive INPAFAMDB collection of global cited patents and cited references

Streamlined Alerts (SDIs)

• Set up straightforward family and legal status Alerts using a single patent number
• Obtain only what you need via extensive and readily customizable update and display options

INPAFAMDB for prior-art technology searching

• Access the full spectrum of global technologies from patents including chemistry, life-science and engineering
• Comprehensive text searching of applicant titles and abstracts for 95 patent authorities, dating back to the 1800s
• The complete and up-to-date archive of all European ECLA and International IPC patent classifications, providing for optimum recall and precision
• One-record-per-patent-family file design provides maximum multi-file prior-art search synergy with DWPI and CAplus

INPAFAMDB for inventor and assignee searching

• Standardized inventor and patent assignee searching for 95 patent authorities, dating back to the early 1800s
• Seamless search options which incorporate vital corrections and reassignments from the latest INPADOC Legal Status data

A sample record explained
INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB User Guide
User Documentation on the International Patent Family Database
A list of the patent kind codes is available
Priority application information type
IPC Reform

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB News:

• Adding Value to INPADOC on STN, Quality Assurance by FIZ Karlsruhe Editorial
• INPADOC News 2012/02: Enhancements to Classification Searching and Coverage in INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB
• INPADOC News 2011/06: Enhancements to Classification Searching and Coverage in INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB
• INPADOC News 2010/10: Enhancements to the US National Patent Classification in INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB
• INPADOC News 2010/07: Enhanced Coverage of Citation Information in INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB