RE: Patent Information in NTIS

Allison, Kenneth [PRI] (KALLISON@prius.jnj.com)
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:22:32 -0400

C&E News (August 23, 1999; p.30) reports that NTIS is being considered for
closure next year by the Department of Commerce.

Kenneth J. Allison
PRI Information Delivery
Information Management and Technology
R.W. Johnson PRI - Raritan NJ
Tel: (908) 704-4079 Fax: (908) 704-9058
kallison@prius.jnj.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sara_K_Davis@sbphrd.com [SMTP:Sara_K_Davis@sbphrd.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 1:12 PM
> To: piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk
> Subject: Patent Information in NTIS
>
> I would second Andy Berks' comment that patent information is no longer
> appearing in NTIS. I too have been monitoring government
> patents/applications available for licensing, and after well over a year
> with no new information in NTIS, dropped the database from my profile.
> This type of information appears regularly in the Federal Register.
>
> Sara Davis, SmithKline Beecham-US
>
>