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-- Alan Engel ISTA, Inc. ConvertedKokai(tm) machine translations of Japanese patents http://www.intlscience.com
Drew Patty wrote:
> I am wondering if any of you can answer a question about the > espacenet database entitled "world patents" or "worldwide documents", > accessible at http://dips-2.dips.org/dips/ep/en/dips-epd.htm. As I > read the help file on this database (which file is accessible at > http://www.european-patent-office.org/espacenet/help/world/data1.htm), > it seems to say that the full text of certain patents, including EPO, > are accessible. Yet, when you try to conduct a search on the "world > patents" database, the searchable fields do not include a fulltext > field. The field coming closest is the abstracts and title field. > How does one access the fulltext for searching purposes? I also note > from the "worldwide documents" help file that it seems to indicate > fulltext data of US patents is included back to 1968. However, the > file is unclear in this regard. In particular, the help file might > alternatively mean that only bibliographic coverage (as opposed to > fulltext coverage) goes back to 1968, but the table in the file is not > clear. If this is true (fulltext to 1968 or bibliographic data to > 1968), and one can access the data via the www, then this database is > *more* comprehensive than the respective fulltext or bibliographic www > database offered by the USPTO (at www.uspto.gov)! Can anyone clarify > this for me? Many thanks, > Drew Patty > John F. Sieberth & Associates > 2924 Brakley Drive, Suite A-1 > Baton Rouge, LA 70816 > Phone: 225-291-4600 > Fax: 225-291-4606 > Email: rap@patentcounsel.com > Web Site: http://www.patentcounsel.com/