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CA/CAplus patent coverage enhanced
The following patent coverage enhancements have been implemented in CA/CAplus:
- More than 1250 chemistry-relevant records for U.S. patents issued from 1808-1859 have been added. In total, CA/CAplus now includes more than 1.8 million records for U.S. patents, spanning 200 years.
- Kind codes for Chinese granted patents from 1993-present have been changed from B to C to match kind codes of the State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples Republic of China (SIPO). More than 50,000 records have been updated.
For additional information about CA/CAplus, refer to the STN Database Summary Sheets.
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EPFULL enhanced with additional legal status information from the epoline Register
European Patents Full Text (EPFULL) has been enhanced with legal status information from the daily updated epoline Register of the European Patent Office (EPO). The information is supplemental to existing legal status information published in the European Patent Bulletin (EP Bulletin) and includes applicant communications, event lists, and details of the examination procedure.
epoline Register information is available in a new EPFULL Legal Status European Patent Register (LSEPR) display field. This new field includes EPFULL Legal Status with History (LSEP.M) and a hyperlink to additional epoline Register data in PDF. There is no extra fee for the additional epoline Register information.
The hyperlink may be clicked in the session transcript multiple times at no additional charge for 90 days. However, information in the PDF is not updated during this time and reflects epoline Register information at the time the LSEPR command was initiated.
For additional information about EPFULL, refer to the STN Database Summary Sheet.
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IFICDB, IFIPAT, and IFIUDB reloaded with enhancements
IFI Comprehensive Database (IFICDB), IFI Patent Database (IFIPAT), and IFI Uniterm Database (IFIUDB) have been reloaded with enhancements, including:
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reclassifications as of January 2008
- International Patent Classification (IPC) reclassifications as of November 2006
The following fields are now searchable and selectable:
- IPC, Initial (IPCI)
- IPC, Reclassified (IPCR)
In addition, IFICDB, IFIPAT, and IFIUDB now include 11 character patent numbers for U.S. applications. The 11 character format is consistent with that used by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and other key STN patent resources, including Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI), INPADOCDB, CA/CAplus, CASREACT, USPATFULL, and USPAT2.
Database crossover is not affected by the update. There is no need to edit current-awareness alerts (SDIs) that included 10 character patent numbers for U.S applications. In addition, searches using a 10 or 11 character number will retrieve the same record:
=> S US2008069838/PN
=> S US20080069838/PN
For additional information about IFICDB, IFIPAT, and IFIUDB, refer to the STN Database Summary Sheets.
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Updated 7/28/2008 11:09:06 AM
