Patent Forum Summer 2003
- What's New in Patents? (What's New in Patents
and What's new in IFI patent files
)
Several new patent databases and many new patent-related features have been added to STN in recent months! Learn about the content in, and how to search, STN's new patent-related databases, including PATDPAFULL, PCTGEN, and RDISCLOSURE. In addition, this session covers the expansion of patent authority coverage in CAPLUS. - Diving for Treasures - Searching Full-Text Patent Files on STN (Presentation
and Workshop Manual
)
Full-text patent files on STN offer "hidden treasures," and they are an essential source for prior art searching. Learn how to use search, sort, and display techniques to obtain meaningful results and browse and review the documents retrieved. Utilizing enhanced and new FULLTEXT files on STN, a method for eliminating duplicates between FULLTEXT files will be suggested. - Unlock Technology Secrets by Analyzing Patent Information on STN
Analyze trends, profile specific patenting activity, forecast growth opportunities, and discover knowledge. This session covers advanced STN analysis commands in the Derwent World Patents IndexR and Derwent Patents Citation IndexR, and also features basic analysis of Derwent WPI output from STN, using "Derwent Analytics" powered by VantagePoint. - Who Owns It, and Is It Valid? Checking Ownership and Legal Status for US Patents in IFICLS on STN
The status and scope of legal protection offered by a patent is constantly subject to change. Transfer of ownership also occurs frequently for patents, as patent rights are bought, sold, licensed, and offered as collateral for loans. Learn how to find and interpret the latest information on USPTO post-issuance activity affecting the status and ownership of US patents, using the IFICLS file and the associated IFIPAT files on STN. - Global Perspectives - Effective Use of Patent Family Databases on STN (Presentation
and Workbook
)
Patent applications and granted patents describing the global protection sought for a single invention are often referred to as a patent family. Frequently it is important to use more than one database, since complex relationships between publications may exist and database producers may have slightly different definitions of a family. This session describes the unique features of the major patent family databases on STN - CAPLUS, WPINDEX and INPADOC. In addition, learn how to use various STN multifile patent family search, sort, and display tools, and the unique extended family DISPLAY options available in CAPLUS and INPADOC.