QPAT version V6.1 released

The recent release includes a number of new features:
-        PatFamily – a graphical display of INPADOC (extended) patent families
-        PatCitation – graphical display of cited and citing patents
-        Unfolded hitlist display by default (in the user preferences)
-        Timeout extended to 24 hours

PatFamily
The PatFamily graph link is available after running a “Family (extended)” search and generates a PDF file graphing the patent family publications by year as well as showing links from the publications to priority numbers.
Sample of a PatFamily graph and a PatFamily report

PatCitation
PatCitation links are included for all displays containing cited references (for example the MAX and COMPLETE displays).  These links are included in family, citation searches, and the Citation Report.
Citation coverage includes: EP, WO, US, JP B, DE, GB, FR, AU, BE, CH, NL, TR.
Sample of a PatCitation graph and a PatCitation report

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Questel release PatLegal Monitor

This easy-to-use alerting service automatically notifies users of any changes made in patent families, legal status and file histories from various patent offices.  Types of actions monitored include legal actions related to published patent applications and granted patents during their prosecution and opposition.

Office coverage
-        The EPO for monitoring patent families, legal status
-        The EPO’s epoline service for EP and Euro/PCTs
-        The USPTO’s Patent Application Information Retrieval service (PAIR)
-        The German Patent Office, for monitoring all changes in official actions

Alerts
Alerts can be setup to automatically run every week, 2-4 weeks, or every 8th week.  You also have the option to not receive a report if there are no changes in legal status.  Subaccount information may be included as well to better keep track of the alerts.

Reports
PatLegal Monitor’s reports are color coded to highlight any new, modified, or deleted actions making them easy-to-read, and administrators also receive the legal status reports, a summary report, and a report listing all the reports generated.

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DesignFinder: A brand new way of accessing the service is available

It is now possible for anyone to order online a DesignFinder subscription for one day, for a week or for a bundle of days in a year. Additional options to save searches or to set Alerts are also available.
Using the system can start immediately as the payment can be made online with a credit card or with a PayPal account.
This new possibility was highly requested by those users who do not need DesignFinder on a regular basis.
DesignFinder is a very powerful information management system aimed at federating, retrieving and watching registered industrial design information.
Today, it covers World registrations at WIPO, the European Union as well as five Countries: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.
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Fall 2007 e-communiqué

• QPAT version 6.0
• CaTaMaran Plus Japanese Database
• DesignFinder WO database extended back to 1979
• EPat & EMark Newsletters summary

Since August 16th, you can search the complete World database in DesignFinder. It features:

1. An extended back file of complete text records back to 1979.
2. Improved image coverage from 1985 onwards.
3. Improved and more complete legal status record.
4. 1 Record per design and not 1 record per application making it consistent with all other databases.

We hope to soon be add more images prior to 1985.
DesignFinder continue to provide the only comprehensive coverage of Industrial Designs information.

Please contact your sales representative for more information.

Questel system upgrade

On July 1st we launched the latest version of Questel which is more robust and performs 10 times faster than the previous version.
This extensive two-year project to migrate our Questel service from mainframe to UNIX not only results in a faster and more dynamic system for you, but also will allow us to update databases faster and gives us an excellent platform to offer the latest in search, analysis, and visualization technology in the future.
All of the databases with the exception of those listed below will all be available on the new system.
On June 30th, 2007, the following databases are not available on Questel:
- FRANCIS
- SW
- *WODESIGN
- *FRDESIGN
- ITALPAT
- RAPRA
- IALINE
- FSTA
- JANSSEN
* Content available in our Industrial Designs service, DesignFinder
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Wistract® Now Available for Worldwide Distribution

Wistract® is a state-of-the-art information management solution designed for researchers, patent attorneys, and information professionals, to extract business-related knowledge from a vast pool of available information and combining them into an easy-to-scan, read, and analyze format.

Besides being able to import patent data from Questel via our Qweb and QPAT services, Wistract® imports data from many other sources, including STN®, CAS SciFinder®, and MicroPatent®. Once imported into Wistract®, the data can then be distributed throughout the management and researching teams; enabling collaboration, communication, and efficiency.

For additional information including examples, screen shots, and comprehensive list of data which can be imported, please see www.wistract.com

A free trial version is also available at www.wistract.com so you can see what Wistract® can do for you.

Now Two Wistract® Versions are Available:

There are two version of the Wistract® software:  Standard and Lite. The Lite version contains all the features of the Standard version with the exception of:

• Link to CAS® Numbers
• Commenting
• Local repository
• Specialized patent analysis features like patent classification, patent similarity
• Life Science and Chemistry specific filters:
• GenBank®, SwissProt®, Beilstein® files, MDL® files, CAS SciFinder®, PubMed®

Note: Chemistry and Life Science data sources from STN® will still be included

Workfiles (PatentExaminer) V2.0

• New clearer workfiles display, more powerful, increased performance
           – Addition of record number
           – Addition of a summary
           – Addition of an image
           – Addition of optional fields
           – Paging
• Directory / Workfile Sorting using a personalized "sort key"
• Enhanced document view
            – Display of record number
            – Optional display of the workfile
• Attaching files to workfiles and families
• Managing attached files
• Searching
            – Biblio and Fulltext
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QPAT v4.3 released
We are pleased to announce the release of QPAT v4.3 which includes a number of new features - all requested by customers.  Enhancements include:
• Session saving capability - Your session is automatically saved and can be resumed within 2 hours.
• Independent claims searching feature - You can now directly search this value-added FamPat Plus content.
• Printer friendly hit-list - Our hit-list now comes with a printer-friendly version which allows you to either print or cut and paste it properly.
• Quick access to the mosaic - The drawing mosaic is now available when clicking the displayed clipped image within the hit-list or within other display formats. Please note that you can choose to zoom or to display the mosaic in your "User Settings".
• Export now includes links to the original patent copies in PDF - This option is available in your "User Settings"