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IFICLS

Description:

Producer:  FI CLAIMS®  Patent Services, U.S.A.
Coverage:   1980 to the present
File Size: More than 1.700.861 records (12/2006)
Updates: Reloaded annually 
Reassigned patents updated bimonthly
Other patents updated weekly
File Type:  Bibliographic
Content: U.S. patents
Language: English

The IFICLS File (IFI Current Patent Legal Status Database) provides information on the current legal status of U.S. patents. The database includes reassigned patents (when the ownership of a patent is transferred from the original assignee to another company or individual), reexamined patents (patents that have undergone a review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) due to substantial new questions regarding the patentability of the patent's claims), patents extended beyond their normal 17-year term, expired patents, and reinstated patents. In addition, the file includes records on adverse decision in interference, disclaimer/dedication information, reexamination request, reissue request, reissued patents, and certificate of correction.

Reassignment records include the patent number, former assignee, new assignee, reassignment type, e.g., full interest, date of reassignment, and reel and frame number of the USPTO microfilm record.

Reexamination records include the patent number, patent assignee, name and location of the party requesting reexamination, reexamination request number and date, and reexamination certificate number and date. Also included is the text from the reexamination certificate describing the results of the reexamination.

Extension, expiration, and reinstatement records include the patent number, patent assignee, expiration, extension, or reinstatement date, and the publication date of the Official Gazette of the USPTO containing the announcement of action.

Reexamination request records include patent assignee, patent information, and reexamination request information. Adverse decision records include patent asssignee, patent information, and adverse decision information. Disclaimer/dedication records include patent assignee, patent information, and disclaimer information. Reissue request records include patent assignee, patent information, reissue request information, and reissue patent numbers. Records for certificate of correction include patent assignee, patent information, and correction date.

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IFICLS is a member of the following file cluster:
ALLBIB.

Producer:

IFI CLAIMS(R) Patent Services
3202 Kirkwood Highway, Suite 203
Wilmington, DE 19808
Phone:   (+1 302) 998-0478
(in USA: (800) 331 4955)
Fax:       (+1 302) 998 0733
E-mail: info@ificlaims.com

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