EDOC is the usual method I use for searching ECLA codes. Note however that
updates for EDOC were suspended last November in preperation for the
"Inpadoc Plus" file, which as I understand it is a synthetic file on Q-O
that will merge Inpadoc, EDOC, and some other stuff. At this point, the
Inpadoc Plus file is not yet available. Maybe someone from Questel-Orbit can
comment on the status of this new file, which we were expecting a few months
ago.
What other methods are available to search ECLA codes? Are they on
Esp@cenet?
Andy Berks
> ----------
> From: Michael O'Hara[SMTP:mpo22@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 10:22 AM
> To: pk@graffinity.com; PIUG List
> Subject: Re: ECLA for patent-applications
>
> Peter,
>
> Check the EDOC file on Questel-Orbit. As the EPO defines new ECLA
> classes,
> they also re-classify the existing documents in their database with the
> new
> ECLA code. These documents with the updated ECLA code are listed in the
> EDOC file. Many times this will give the newer code by the time the A
> document is listed. This is an on-going process. The ECLATX file also on
> Questel-Orbit gives the ECLA code and notes if there is a reclassification
> currently being done with a code. In this case, you need to search both
> old
> and new code.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mike
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Koenig <pk@graffinity.com>
> To: <piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:30 AM
> Subject: ECLA for patent-applications
>
>
> > Dear searchers,
> > when I browsed the European patent CLAssification I found that
> > it includes some very interesting class-definitions for our
> > purposes which could simplify our search-profiles. Unfortunally
> > I have had to realize, that this classification of new disclo-
> > sures takes a long, long time. So the usage of this classifi-
> > cation is very limited because you would not find the latest
> > applications. Does anyone know, if there are any plans to get
> > this patent-classification up to date?
> >
> > Yours,
> > Peter
> >
> >
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