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What's New in Patent Information on
STN? 
Learn about the newest additions and enhancements to the patent file content
on STN, including enhanced patent coverage in CAPLUS,
new files such as RDISCLOSURE,
PCTGEN,
and PATDPAFULL,
and enhancements to STN features.
See Also: Whats
New in Patents?
(Patent Forum Spring 2003)
Searching Full-Text Patent Files
Full-text
patent files are an essential source for prior art searching. Learn
about the content and features of each of the full-text
patent files on STN, and how best to search, sort, browse, and review
the documents retrieved in a multifile search environment. Utilizing new
and enhanced full-text
patent files, and standard STN search and display techniques, a case
study will be used to explain how to eliminate patent family duplication
between the full-text
patent files.
See also: A Guide to Full-Text
Patent databases
(Patent Forum Spring 2003)
What's in a Claim? Strategies for Searching
Patent Claims
Whether your organization is filing patent applications, assessing freedom
to operate, monitoring competitors, or looking for potential licensors,
it must be legally determined whether an invention is new, useful, and unobvious.
Because patentability and patent validity determinations are based on the
claims in a patent document, it is important to understand how the interpretation
of patent claims affect you search strategy. This session will focus on
identifying types of patent claims, ascertaining the scope of patent claims, developing search
strategies based on claim type and scope, and improving retrieval of references
that show whether the invention in a claim is new, useful, or unobvious.
The Virtual File on STN
The single best patent file on STN is the one created virtually, using STN's
search and display features, to meet your specific needs. Learn techniques
that allow content from many files to be merged together. An example will
merge content from value-added indexed patent files, such as REGISTRY,
CAPLUS,
or Derwent
WPI, with claims text from the full-text
patent files, and legal status information from IFICLS
or INPADOC.
The Custom Report tool in STN Express with Discover! will then be used to
create the final merged report.
Are You Sure? (Using Patent Family
Databases on STN)
The global protection sought for an invention is typically determined from
its patent family data, yet the complex relationships between patent publications
may lead to differing representations of the patent family in various files.
Learn the unique features of the patent family files on STN - CAPLUS,
Derwent
WPI, and INPADOC
- as well as multifile patent family search and display techniques. The
strategies covered in this session will increase your confidence in your
patent family search results.
See also: Global
Perspectives - Effective use of Patent Family Databases
(Patent Forum Spring 2003)