IFIPAT/IFIUDB/IFICDB reloaded with new data and search fields
21. January 2004
IFIPAT/IFIUDB/IFICDB have been reloaded on STN. A number of enhancements have been implemented that make the content in IFIPAT/IFIUDB/IFICDB more complete and easier to search. The enhancements include:
- One new search and display field, Patent Assignee (Probable) (/PPA), has been added. PPA appears in patent applications only, and is updated with patent assignee information from the granted patent or other source.
- One new search field, Number of Patents Citing this Patent (/PNC.G), has been added. The value in the "cited in xxx later patents" phrase is numerically searchable in this field.
- The granted patent number or the patent application number now appears in the Family Information (FI) field for the patent application or the granted patent record, respectively.
- An expanded title for business methods patents is searchable and displayable in the Title (TI) field.
- Specialized indexing for business methods patents is searchable and displayable in the Controlled Term (CT) field in IFIUDB and IFICDB only.
Unless otherwise noted, the above enhancements are applicable to all three databases.
See HELP RLOAD in the databases for additional details.
The revised Database Summary Sheets are available on the WEB on our Database List.