FYI

rkratz@micropat.com
Tue, 17 Sep 96 16:15:53 EST




Dear Mr. Bill Mercier:

Regarding your question for the legal status of European patent
documents, a CD-ROM product called Espace Legal is available from
MicroPatent.

Espace Legal contains;
Board of Appeal Decisions, Examination guidlines, Treaties, and Forms.
Legal carries text of ALL published decisions of the Boards of Appeal
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ALL are fully searchable.

Legal CD-ROM contain the data from 1978 - current (2 issues per year),
and is available from MicroPatent for approximately $800.00/yr (USD).

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me at
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With best regards,

Ronald W. Kratz
V.P. Marketing & Sales
MicroPatent
800-648-6787 (USA)
203-466-5055
E-Mail: kratz@micropat.com