| Services 2008 |
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| Mars |
QPAT Enhancements
1. Database content:
- US backfile full-text: covering 1920 to 1973,
- CH, BE and AT full-text (coming in the next few weeks)
2. Features:
- Machine translated titles and abstracts for:
- DE and FR patents (from 2007)
- JP, KR, and CN patents: Fast-track updating within 2-3 weeks after publication (from 2008
- Natural and Multi-lingual search via our partnership with Lingway for PatentXL
- Comprehensive JP legal status via our partnership with PATOLIS Corp.
- More stats in the analysis module via our partnership with Intellixir
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| January |
New Module in PatentExaminer: Analyze, map, and create stats
Developed by Intellixir, Questel new module in PatentExaminer is an IP management and analysis platform to map and create stats by date, country, priority country, inventor, assignee, IPC, etc.
It also enables you to stat the evolution by appearance/disappearance/growing speed, inventors, assignee, and IPC class.
Find out more... |
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| 2007 |
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| December |
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
Login to QPAT
More about QPAT... |
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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.
Login to PatLegal
Read the press release...
More about PatLegal... |
| November |
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.
Read the communiqué... |
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QPAT: Group up to 5000 records
Since November 8th, it is possible to group up to 5000 records ( in search results) in QPat after a full text cluster search. |
| September |
Release of QPAT v6
This new version of our increasingly popular patent search service includes a number of new features to increase usability, navigation, user-friendliness, and sharing capability. Enhancements include:
Searching
- Introduction of a Quick Search page allowing novice patent searchers the ability to perform a basic patent search
- Ability to permanently store, edit, and run a search strategy
- Multi-page index search for assignees and inventors allowing you to quickly see and choose the possible differences in spellings and indexing
- Easy number search allowing you to search and retrieve variations in patent numbers – for example US 5,000,000 or US5000000
Navigating
- Links to classification definitions have been expanded to include IPC Reform
- Links to EPOLINE for the EP register
- On-the-fly translations to and from German, Spanish and English
- Significantly enhanced multi-color key word highlighting at both the search and hitlist screens
- PDF ordering available from the hitlist for either the hitlist displayed patent or all the family members
- Users can now select which patent in the family will be displayed in the hitlist, from the earliest, most recent, or preferred country preference family member
Exporting
- Printer-friendly screens
- Faster exports in all available formats
- Record export significantly expanded to 2,500
- Links to drawing mosaic and original patent facsimile in PDF available in PDF and RTF exports
- Standard XML export format for all displays – XML Lite
- Enhanced extended family table export |
| August |
Industrial
Designs: DesignFinder WO database extended back to 1979
Since August 16th, you can search the complete World
database in DesignFinder.
It features:
- An extended back file of complete text records
back to 1979.
- Improved image coverage from 1985 onwards.
- Improved and more complete legal status record.
- 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.
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| July |
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
http://www.questel.com/en/prodsandservices/designfinder.htm
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| June |
Article:
Questel
pour DesignMuster […] lauréats des prix
i-expo 2007 (FR)
Communiqué : La Dépêche de GFII
(876)(prix i-expo 2007) – 14/06/2007
www.gfii.asso.fr |
| May |
Release
of QPAT v5
This is not just a step better than the previous version,
but represents a significant enhancement which incorporates
our new search engine which is over 10x faster than
the previous versions of QPAT. Also included in QPAT
v5 is the introduction of a Japanese language version.
More...
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April
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Disponible
depuis le 10 Avril, CaTaMaran Plus propose la fonction
de combinaison de requêtes
Cette fonction est réservée à la
recherche Standards. En cliquant sur l'option
<<
Combiner >> disponible dans le menu de gauche,
l'utilisateur affiche la liste des requêtes exécutées
pendant sa session en cours.
Il peut ainsi effectuer :
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Une combinaison simple en sélectionnant les questions
et en choisissant UN
opérateur
parmi les opérateurs ET, OU, PAS.
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Une combinaison plus complexe en utilisant la ligne
de commande et en tapant
lui
même la question. Dans ce cas, il est possible
d'entrer plusieurs
opérateurs avec les parenthèses.
L'utilisateur peut également :
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Afficher les documents y compris ceux d'une question
précédente
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Demander la vue pour impression du tableau de combinaison.
More... |
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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 |
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PatentExaminer
V2.0
• New clearer workfiles display, more powerful,
increased performance
–
Addition of record number
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Addition of a summary
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Addition of an image
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Addition of optional fields
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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
More
about PatentExaminer |
| January |
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" |
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PatCitation,
a new patent citation feature available in Qweb 2
Developed by our partner INCOM IPS, PatCitation includes:
• Patent number search page
• Comprehensive report containing links to:
• Patent number searched
• Cited and Citing Patents
• Citation graphic showing cited and citing
patents by year
• Extended patent family (INPADOC)
• CSV download
The cited/citing content includes: US, JP B, DE, AU,
GB, FR, EP, WO, AU, BE, CH, CY, DK, ES, FI, GR, IT,
LU, NL, SG, TR.
An example of a PatCitation report can be found here:
www.patware.com/patwww/upload/Questel/pco-REL1-EP_00297778.html
The new PatCitation feature is available within our
Qweb product (our web interface to all Questel online
services) and the cost of a report is 11 Euros / $14.00. |
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| 2006 |
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| December |
DesignFinder
Now Available
Questel is pleased to announce the release of DesignFinder,
our much anticipated system for searching Registered
Industrial Designs. This product is administered within
the new division of Questel Design, which aims to provide
services to those companies and industries that make
strong use of the Designs system as well as the law
and design firms that support them.
Key features include:
• Cross-search Designs from 7 authorities; European
Union, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, US and
WIPO
• Updated within 24 hours of Designs Publication
according to authority
• Watching/alert/SDI functions as well as reports
and exports
• Advanced workflow features such as annotations
and tags
• One record per design rather than one record
per application makes multi-design applications, both
single and multiclass, easy to search for and review.
• Multilingual interface
• Annual Fixed Fee subscription
Databases coming soon include
: Benelux, Japan, China, Korea
DesignFinder is the perfect complement to Questel's
existing range of products that cover Trademarks and
Patents, all are available through your local Questel
representative or help@questel.orbit.com.
Ask for your free trial of DesignFinder today. |
| September |
QPAT
v4.2 released
QPAT v4.2 includes significant enhancements requested
by our users:
• Exports:
Better formats and Increased Downloading Speed
• Read/Unread Hit-list
Display Feature
• Star Feature
• Detachable Tabs
• Improved Session Management
• Enhanced support of
Back / Forward Browser Buttons |
| May |
TransPerfect
Translations and Questel•Orbit, Inc.: Partner
to Provide Customers with Comprehensive Translation
Services and Patent Searches |
| March |
Questel
Adds SDI Feature to the Merged Markush Service (MMS)
Questel MMS customers can now set up and receive SDIs
(selective disseminations of information also known
as Alerts) for new chemical structures added to the
latest updates in the Merged Markush Service. These
SDIs will extract new compound number (CN) results
from updates of MMS that match an SDI query. SDI results
can in particular include both generic and specific
Derwent Compound Registry (DCR) compound numbers.
Customers then have a choice of recalling these CN
results in either MMS or in the The Thomson Corporation
Derwent World Patents Index bibliographic databases
DWPI and DWPX.
View
the FactSheet
Upcoming
Features and Better Coverage in CaTaMaran® Plus
View
the User Manual
Contact
Edital |
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| 2005 |
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| December |
Questel
Releases Redesigned and Enhanced QPAT
The new QPAT
design enhances user-friendliness and navigation while
adding additional searching power and features to search
Questel’s exclusive FamPat and PlusPat databases
as well as its extensive full text patent collection.
Enhancements include:
• Redesigned
search screen
• Enhanced
hit-list display
• Flexible
displays with enhanced links
QPAT v3 will be maintained through the end of January
2006, and a link to it is included on the QPAT
v4 login page. |
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| 2004 |
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| September |
Questel
Releases PatReader: Linguistic Tool Improving Full-Text
Patent Reading Efficiency (PDF) |
| July |
Questel
Releases PatentExaminer (PDF) |
| June |
QPAT
Reinvented: A New Patent Information Management Tool
for the Entire Organization (PDF) |
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| 2002 |
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| December |
Questel Releases
Breakthrough in Market and Industry Surveillance
(PDF) |
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| Interfaces |
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| 2005 |
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| April |
Imagination
Version 3.5a
This new
version includes the new Markush
viewer and allows access but the Internet to the images
recently loaded in the databases:
• FIMARK,
Finnish trademarks
• FRDESIGN,
French designs (1 image per design)
It also allows display in FRTM of images available in
color for French trademarks filed in color and published
from BOPI 2005-06.
To update your version, open Imagination, then from
the Help menu, select "Check for updates”
and follow the instructions. |
| February |
Imagination
Version 3.5
You can now search our new database FamPat
with Imagination. |
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| 2004 |
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| December |
TrademarkExplorer
Version 6.0 Released
The new version of TrademarkExplorer enables a more
convenient and user-friendly web interface on Trademark
search. Improvements specifically concern the navigation
in the display and the documents selection and exporting.
Imagination
Version 3.3a
Includes search masks for the five new trademark
databases, CZMARK
(Czech trademarks), HUMARK
(Hungarian trademarks), LTMARK
(Lithuanian trademarks), PLMARK
(Polish trademarks) and SKMARK
(Slovak trademarks).
To update your verssion, open Imagination, then from
the Help menu, select "Check for updates"
and follow the instructions.
Imagination
Version 3.3
MARKUSH: Imagination ensures that your search
sessions on the new Markush Software are encrypted
and compatible with all users'PCs.
Find out more about MMS
here or read through our Press Release here.
WINDOWS XP: Imagination is now available and compatible
with Windows XP Service pack 2. |
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| 2003 |
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| September |
Questel
PATService Offline Patent Searching: We'll
comb the world for your patent and trademark information. |
| June |
TrademarkExplorer
Version 4.0a |
| May |
Imagination
Version 3.1a |
| April |
TrademarkExplorer
Version 4.0 |
| January |
TrademarkExplorer
Imagination
Version 3.1 |
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| FEATURES |
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| 2004 |
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| June |
Questel
Releases FamPat Plus with Full-Text Key Content
View
the FactSheet |
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| 2002 |
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| November |
New Patent Citation
Commands: Expanding Results, Enhancing Precision
Easy forward and backward citation searching plus a
new display report format for comprehensive citation
analysis of patent families. |
| February |
Super
Record Breaks New Ground (PDF)
New Plus feature lets users pull information from any
database while remaining in their preferred database. |
