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Dialog Files Upgraded with New Functionality
CLAIMS®/Reference (File 124) has been upgraded
to include the KWIC (Key Word In Context) and HILIGHT
features for the SET command.
Creating a Comprehensive List of Patents Owned
by a Company
To
find all U.S. patents owned by a company, it is
not enough to simply do a PA= search in the U.S.
patent files. CLAIMS®/U.S. Patents (File 340) and U.S. Patents Fulltext (Files 654,652) have specialized
prefix searches to help include in the search results
all companies that are affected by legal status changes
recorded at the USPTO.
 The RA= field searches for all patents where
the company searched has had the patent rights
assigned to them.
The RG= field searches for all patents where
the company searched has assigned their patent
rights to another person or company.
As an example, if you were looking for all patents
assigned to Dialog, you would expand on the PA=,
RA= and RG= fields. The expansions will result
in sets 1 (PA=), 2 (RA=), and 3 (RG=). By simply
ORing sets 1 and 2 together and NOTing set 3 (s s1:s2
not s3), you will have a comprehensive list of the
patents owned by a company.
Jeannie Wainwright
Knowledge Center
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Dear
Colleague
 We hope you enjoyed Issue 1 of the Dialog
Patents News. Issue 2 brings you the latest
changes to Dialog patent databases, search tips
and a story on patent infringement we think you
will find interesting. Don’t forget to send
us your suggestions for articles you would like
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New on Dialog, Competitive Intelligence, Pharma/Biotech and Chemistry at www.dialog.com/enewsletters.
Ron
Kaminecki,
Director
Intellectual Property Applications
 New
File Enabled for Chemical Structure Searching
Since
the launch of chemical structure searching in March
2005, Dialog has made additional files “structure
searchable.” The newest
file to be added to Dialog’s service is IMS
World Patent Focus (Files 447, 947).
IMS Patent Focus details drug names (brand names),
therapeutic class codes, CAS® Registry Numbers
by record, all linked to patent data, including estimated
expiration date, priority details, originator, originating
country and specific country comments. Chemical Structure
Searching is available using DialogLink 5.
 Improved Display Formats for INPADOC
Users have been asking for greater flexibility
in viewing portions of families in INPADOC (File
345). Up to now the choices were to view the
whole family (Format 39) or a single country family
by its country code. Now it is possible to
request output for only those countries that are
of interest. Simply enter the country codes
for the desired countries (e.g., TYPE S1/US,WO/ALL).
Another alternative is to request the patent table,
Format 3, in conjunction with the detail of specific
country families (e.g., TYPE S1/3,US,WO,MX,BR/ALL).
Output pricing has been modified somewhat to support
these changes.
Refer
to the Rates section of the substantially revised Bluesheet for more
information.
 File Order List for IDPAT Command on Dialog Expanded
The IDPAT (Identify Patent Duplicates) command, Dialog’s
proprietary duplicate detection system for patents,
has been enhanced to expand the preferred file processing
order list. The list now includes CLAIMS®/U.S.
Patents (File 340), Derwent
World Patents Index Extension (DWPIX) (File 350) and Derwent
World Patents Index First View (File 331). These additional files will
be used for matching similar technologies, and searchers
can define which patent collection they prefer to
view when a duplicate patent record is detected.
The purpose of the order list is to ensure that files
containing fewer countries or patents per record
are processed against files containing larger families.
 Enhanced coverage of Taiwan in Derwent World Patents
Index
Derwent
World Patents Index® (DWPI) has covered
Taiwan (TW) examined pre-opposition patents since
1993. In August coverage was extended to include
unexamined applications. TW pre-grant publication
coverage in DWPI starts with the first unexamined
applications published by the Intellectual Property
Office on May 1, 2003. The coverage will be ongoing
until it is concurrent with the present examined
data.
The following number standards will be used in
DWPI:
TW Unexamined Patents
- Derwent patent number format: TW-YYYYNNNNN-A (TW200308195)
- Derwent application number format: YYYYTWNNNNNN
(2002TW134379)
Old law TW patent records in DWPI presently have
kind code A assigned to them, and this should be
noted when searching. There is no overlap with the
patent number series for existing TW A records in
DWPI. All TW pre-grant publications will have a Derwent
week of 200553 or later.
 Japanese
Measures Against IP Infringement in China,
South Korea and Taiwan
Japan has a long history of amicable trade
with its immediate neighbors, especially
China. However, in recent years this trading
has soured, with Japanese companies showing
increasing concern about IP infringement
not only by China, but also by South Korea
and Taiwan. A recent report in the International
Herald Leader through the Xinhua news agency
warned that corporate Japan is organizing
a patents-armed campaign against Chinese
electronic products. To read this article
by Professor Ruth Taplin, click here.
—From Thomson Scientific KnowledgeLink
Newsletter, August/September 2005
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