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Trade Names in RAPRA: Rubber and Plastics

When you need information about a trade name used in the plastics, rubber or adhesive industries, RAPRA: Rubber & Plastics (File 323) can often provide you with answers. The database contains approximately 100,000 trade name records and more than 700,000 records with abstracts, many of which are indexed with trade names.

A trade name record provides information about one particular trade name. It gives you the name of the company marketing a product or service under that trade name and provides a brief abstract describing the product or service. This information is usually taken from The Official Gazette: Trademarks from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Trademark Journal of the U.K. Patent Office, or from company brochures.

An abstract record provides information about a document, for instance, a journal article or a conference paper. If trade names are mentioned in the document, those trade names are indexed in the trade name field for that record, and similarly, companies mentioned are indexed in the company name field for that record. The abstract is a summary for the document and is not specific to the trade names mentioned in the document.

Thus, a company brochure may result in one abstract record and one or more trade name records. For more information about the RAPRA: Rubber & Plastics database or for assistance with searching, contact the Dialog Knowledge Center.

Search Tip...

Searching for a Trade Name Record

There are several ways to use RAPRA to find trade names:

• Search for the trade name, limit results to trade name records only, and view the record.
  

       ?S TN=AMINA T 100
       ?S S1 AND SF=TRADENAME

• If there is no trade name record for the trade name you are looking for, check an abstract record. You can then order the document online.
  
  
• You can also use File 323 to find contact details for the company connected with the trade name. Simply search for an address record for the company name.
  

       ?S CREAVIS/CO AND SF=ADDRESS
                17  CREAVIS/CO
             12368  SF=ADDRESS
                 2  CREAVIS/CO AND SF=ADDRESS
  

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