Patent Forum Summer 2002
- What's New in IP (manual
and presentation
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While it has been over a year since new US patent law regarding published applications were implemented, new database content and search techniques will be discussed to maximize the use of this information. Content and search features of additional files including coverage of reaction chemistry in the patent literature, enhanced indexing of US provisional application numbers, enhanced FULLTEXT patent files will also be discussed. - Case Study: Prior Art in Engineering (manual
and presentation
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A wealth of unique engineering information is also available on STN. Content and techniques for a comprehensive multifile search in this subject area including STN system tools such as online thesauri, analysis techniques to identify relevant search terms, and organizing results will be presented. The techniques taught may apply to many other subject areas as well. - The World of Sequences on STN (STN on the Web) (manual
and presentation
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Certainly an area of extreme interest and importance to the IP professional in today's R&D climate. On STN the most significant enhancement is most likely the addition of BLAST similarity search capability in both the CAS Registry File and Derwent DGENE file. Content and search techniques, including the use of Search Assistants in STN on the Web and reporting results will be explored. - Case Study: Prior Art in Markush Chemical Structures (manual
and presentation
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Any structure based prior art search would be remiss in not searching for the desired structures incorporated into a generically described Markush structure claim, indexed in the MARPAT File. The challenges encompassing searching a generic query against a generic answer will focus on just what level of "match" is desired, and how to use MARPAT Match Level and Element Count to accomplish this.