Check Yourself — Lesson 4

Answers to Exercise 4

Create search strategies for the following searches, and then conduct the searches in the ONTAP databases indicated.

1. What patents have been assigned to Porsche? (Use ONTAP Derwent World Patents Index, File 280).
   
   b 280
   e pa=porsche
   select appropriate E numbers
   t s1/3/all
   
   
2. Locate patents where William Adams is the inventor. (Use ONTAP CLAIMS, File 279).
   
   b 279
   e au=adams w
   s (appropriate E numbers)
   t s1/3/all
   
   
3. How many patents were issued to Abbott Labs during 1993 and 1994. (Use ONTAP Derwent World Patents Index, File 280).
   
   b 280
   e pa=abbott
   s E numbers
   s s1 and py=(1993:1994)
   t s2/3/all

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