Comments and questions on information from INPADOC and PCT

Johnson, Judith (JOHNS04@wolf.research.aa.wl.com)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:35:29 -0500

In response to Stu's letter on Japanese B2 documents - I understand that
EDOC (Questel) also tracks Japanese patent status but I do not know if
it depends on the same information that is sent to INAPDOC - does anyone
know?

INPADOC seems to get sporadic information. I wanted to know how many
patents were assigned to a certain company in INDIA and found only a
few listed in INPADOC. A patent agent found in India found many more.
Who is responsible for supplying the patent information from each
country to INPADOC?

I am dismayed as everyone else about the removal of the drawings and
abstracts from the PCT Gazette and having it online would be a good
substitute only if the structures were provided. Also, sometimes I find
relevant patents in the oddest sections in the Gazette - with an
assigned IC that I would not have expected. So that means I might miss
something when I run a search on the CD by IC codes.

Judy Johnson Philipsen
Warner Lambert