What's New in Patents? (What's New in Patents
and What's new
in IFI patent files)
Several new patent databases and many new patent-related features have been
added to STN in recent months! Learn about the content in, and how to search,
STN's new patent-related databases, including PATDPAFULL,
PCTGEN,
and RDISCLOSURE.
In addition, this session covers the expansion of patent authority coverage
in CAPLUS.
Diving for Treasures - Searching Full-Text Patent Files on STN
(Presentation
and Workshop Manual)
Full-text patent files on STN offer "hidden treasures," and they
are an essential source for prior art searching. Learn how to use search,
sort, and display techniques to obtain meaningful results and browse and review
the documents retrieved. Utilizing enhanced and new FULLTEXT files on STN,
a method for eliminating duplicates between FULLTEXT files will be suggested.
Unlock Technology Secrets
by Analyzing Patent Information on STN
Analyze trends, profile specific patenting activity, forecast growth opportunities,
and discover knowledge. This session covers advanced STN analysis commands
in the Derwent World Patents IndexR and Derwent Patents Citation IndexR, and
also features basic analysis of Derwent WPI output from STN, using "Derwent
Analytics" powered by VantagePoint.
Who Owns It, and Is It Valid? Checking
Ownership and Legal Status for US Patents in IFICLS on STN
The status and scope of legal protection offered by a patent is constantly
subject to change. Transfer of ownership also occurs frequently for patents,
as patent rights are bought, sold, licensed, and offered as collateral for
loans. Learn how to find and interpret the latest information on USPTO post-issuance
activity affecting the status and ownership of US patents, using the IFICLS
file and the associated IFIPAT
files on STN.
Global Perspectives - Effective Use of Patent Family Databases on STN
(Presentation
and Workbook)
Patent applications and granted patents describing the global protection sought
for a single invention are often referred to as a patent family. Frequently
it is important to use more than one database, since complex relationships
between publications may exist and database producers may have slightly different
definitions of a family. This session describes the unique features of the
major patent family databases on STN - CAPLUS,
WPINDEX
and INPADOC.
In addition, learn how to use various STN multifile patent family search,
sort, and display tools, and the unique extended family DISPLAY options available
in CAPLUS
and INPADOC.
STN Easy 
and What's new
in IFI patent files