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Derwent World Patents Index First View^SM (File 331): Your New, Early Look at Published Patent Documents

Dialog users can now get an early look at published patent documents with Derwent World Patents Index First View (DWPI First View^SM)—the new, fast-alerting companion file to Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPI®).

User feedback has highlighted the importance of both early identification of key patent documents and completeness of coverage in Derwent World Patents Index® (Files 350, 351, 352), even before the documents have been fully indexed and made available online.

To address this need, Thomson Scientific and Dialog have launched a new rolling companion file — Derwent World Patents Index First View (File 331). Accessing this file gives you alerting access to bibliographic, selected text and author data from new patent documents within days of publication by 40 major patent-issuing authorities. Once the value-added Derwent patent abstract has been created for that document and the complete DWPI record released, the corresponding DWPI First View record is removed.

Figure 1. Relationship Between DWPI and DWPI First View

Features

Each record in DWPI First View is uniquely enhanced to help you easily locate and understand the information. Each record in DWPI First View:

• Contains enhanced bibliographic data for all patent documents
  
  
• Differentiates between new inventions (basic patents) and the latest additions to existing patent families (equivalent patents)
  
  
• Provides original titles, abstracts and technical drawing images for major patent-issuing authorities
  
  
• Offers English-language abstracts for patents from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Russia
  
  

By searching DWPI First View in combination with Derwent World Patents Index, you can maximize your retrieval of important patent information and ensure that you get the complete picture of worldwide patenting activity. Use the files together to monitor emerging technologies, identify leading inventors, carry out due diligence, and protect your R&D investment.

Look at the Dialog Bluesheet at library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0331.html to find out more about DWPI First View and check the Thomson Derwent Web site at www.thomsonderwent.com/dwpifv.

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