| International Collections |
FamPat
Plus
(Based on PlusPat) |
The Questel FamPat
database provides comprehensive family coverage of worldwide
patent publications published from 78 patent authorities.
In FamPat, a single family record combines together
all publication stages of the family. Searches for Assignee,
Inventor or Classes are conducted on all family equivalents.
Boolean searching is available across all family abstracts.
FamPat Plus is enhanced with key content from Questel’s
full-text databases:
- Patent Object
- Advantages and Previous Patent Drawbacks
- Independent Claims |
| Derwent |
Derwent’s World
Patents Index covers 41 worldwide patent-issuing authorities.
Over the years it has developed a reputation as the
premier patent database in the world. Derwent value-added
enhancements include high quality chemical, electrical,
and mechanical indexing, as well as clear and concise
English language abstracts and enhanced titles, indexed
and written by The Thomson Corporation’s analysts. |
| Regional
Patenting Authorities and National Offices |
| WIPO |
The Database of International
Patent Applications (WOPATENT)
contains all published PCT applications in all disciplines.
Complete bibliographic, administrative and legal information,
during international phase is provided. Patent drawings
are also available. Close to 600,000 images. Coverage
from the beginning (1978). |
| USPTO |
Full-text patents published
by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The
file covers utility patents, reissue patents, defensive
publications, statutory invention registrations, design
and plant patents. Coverage from the 1920s. |
| China |
Bibliographic information
on patent applications published under the patent law
of the People's Republic of China. English abstracts,
produced by the European Patent Office are included
for all applications filed by Chinese patent assignees.
Non-Chinese equivalents (patent families) are also covered.
Over 186,000 records. |
| France |
All patents filed in
France since 1966 containing bibliographic, administrative
and legal data for each patent as well as the Certificats
Complémentaires de Protection (CCP) [Complementary
Protection Certificates]. Patent drawings since 1978. |
| Germany |
Patents and utility
models published by the German Patent and Trademark
Office. Granted patents from 1980 forward. Utility models
from 1983 forward. |
| Japan (JAPIO) |
Corresponds to the
Patent Abstract of Japan publication and contains bibliographic
data of unexamined Japanese patent applications (Kokai
Tokyo Koho) in all disciplines. Records contain publication
application, and priority numbers and dates, inventors,
assignee, title, abstract and IPC codes. |
| Full-Text |
| PCT (Patent
Cooperation Treaty) |
Covers the complete
full-text of PCT (PCTFULL)
published applications issued under the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO). 118 member states participate
in the PCT system, one PCT application may be valid
in any of all 118 designated (member) states. Includes
bibliographic information, titles and abstracts (searchable
in English or French), Descriptions (specifications),
claims (the majority of which are in English, but may
be in French, German or Spanish), and patent drawings. |
EPO (European
Patent Office)
|
Full-text of EPO Published
applications (EPAPAT)
and Granted European patent publications (EPBPAT).
Images available in both files.
EPAPAT: Complete bibliographic information from
1978 to the present. Full text coverage from 1987, partial
full text coverage from 1978 to 1986. More than 1,491,000
records
EPBPAT: Full-text
and bibliographic coverage from 1991 to the present.
More than 563,000 records |
| DE Patents |
Full-text German Patents, covering Applications (DEFULLA), Granted (DEFULLB), Utility Models (DEFULLU), and translated EPs (DEFULLT). DEFULLA and DEFULLB : Complete coverage from 1987
DEFULLU : Complete coverage from 2004
DEFULLT : Coverage from 2005 |
| FR
Patents |
All patents filed in
France since 1966: Images since 1978, and all Special
Medicine Patents since 1961 containing bibliographic,
administrative and legal data for each patent as well
as the Certificats Complémentaires de Protection(CCP)[Complementary
Protection Certificates]. More than 1,056,000 records. |
| GB
Patents |
GBFULL covers front
page formation: publication number and date, application
number and date, priority number and date, patent assignee,
inventors, International Classifications (ICs), Great
Britain patent classification (UKCL), titles and abstracts,
as well as the full-text of descriptions and claims.
Full text data for United Kingdom applications has been
created by an optical scanning process (OCR) therefore
characters may be misinterpreted or portions of text
may be incomplete. |
| U.S.
Applications |
U.S. applications published
by the USPTO. Coverage includes: (1) A1, publication
of the patent application; (2) A2, second publication
of the patent application; (3) A9, corrected patent
application; (4) P1, publication of plant patent application. |
| U.S.
Patents |
Full-text patents
published by the USPTO. Covers U.S. Utility Patents,
Reissue Patents, Defensive Publications, Statutory Invention
Registrations, Design and Plant Patents. Coverage from
1971 to present. |
| Specialized Databases
|
MMS
(Merged Markush Service) |
Chemical Markush formulas
searching in the Derwent World Patents Index and INPI’s
(French Patent Office) Pharmsearch files. |
| WPAM |
The Derwent World Patent
Index with added petroleum indexing from EnCompass,
WPAM is the ideal source for petroleum patent searching. |
| IFI
Claims Patent Services |
Offers the U.S. patent
database along with powerful value-added chemical indexing
and current Patent Legal Status. |
NPL
(Non-Patent Literature) |
The NPL file is the
internal EPO examiner file containing non-patent literature
(bibliographic) cited references found in the Search
Reports of EP published applications. References from
both the EPO internal collection as well as external
sources, including INSPEC, Compendex, FSTA, BIOSIS,
BEILSTEIN, MEDLINE, IBM TDB, IEE, IEEE, to mention a
few. |
CAS
(Chemical Abstracts) |
The world’s leading
source of chemical information. |
| Legal Coverage |
| Our extensive
collection of international legal status databases lets
you know when patents are in force and the status of
patent family members in the prosecution process within
the relevant patent authorities. Our value-added displays
give you the option of including current legal status
information in your own patent displays. |
| Major Sci-Tech Databases |
| Compendex |
Contains journal articles
and individual conference papers provided by Compendex
and EI Engineering meetings databases. |
| Pascal |
Multidisciplinary
and multilingual bibliographic database of scientific
and technical information: earth sciences, physics,
chemistry, applied sciences and technologies, information
science and life sciences. |
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