The data display is tricky. When requesting a display, you are greeted with an "invalid request" message, but in the window showing this message, there are some buttons along the top. For a recent US patent, they have buttons for Biblio data, Description, Claims, 1st page image, and Drawing.
-The biblio data has the abstract and it also has an equivalents field that purports to show patent family data, but as Stephen Adams pointed out, it doesn't seem to be working right and known equivalents are not listed.
-The description and claims buttons are full text displays.
-The first page is a pdf image of the first page. Contrary to comments by Richard Kurt and others, I do not think they have the pdf images of additional pages.
-Most patents I use don't have a drawing, so I don't know what that button does.
This site is still rough around the edges, and not quite ready for prime time. I might consider giving this database to some of my end users if the problems are fixed.
Andy Berks
Wyeth Ayerst Research
Pearl River NY
>>> <Sara_K_Davis@sbphrd.com> 2/18/99 5:24:20 PM >>>
I tried viewing the full text of an EPO application on Espacenet and had
all sorts of problems. Adobe Acrobat, which I have in the proper version
and which works with other sites, did not come up. The whole screen
blinked wildly, and when I tried to send a comment via the form provided,
the submitting action produced some sort of Java error message which was
not meaningful, but I gather my message was not sent.
Has anyone else been able to view full text documents from this site?
Sara Davis, SmithKline Beecham-US