[PIUG List] Announcement from the British Library re UK unpublished application card index

Dear all
 
This is to announce that from the end of May the British Library's
annual cumulative card index of British patent applications announced in
the official journal, arranged by applicant, will no longer be updated.
This is because the new Searchable Patents Journal online at
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-journal/p-pj allows searching of UK
application announcements by applicant or title over the entire period
since the commencement of the Searchable Journal (beginning of this
year).
 
The current card index for the last five years will remain available to
readers here but will no longer be updated.

(Note for those unaware of the subject: in the UK brief title and
applicant details for patent applications are announced in the official
journal within five weeks of the application being filed, regardless of
whether it is likely to be actually published as a full A spec. This is
sometimes referred to as an A0 publication)

Regards

Philip Eagle
 
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Philip Eagle The British Library
Information Specialist St Pancras
Business & IP Centre 96 Euston Road
                                                        London
                                                        NW1 2DB
T: +44 (0)20 7412 7923
philip.eagle_at_bl.uk www.bl.uk

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Received on Wed Apr 30 2008 - 15:11:55