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Patent Information Users Group 2002
Magister Ltd. presented a paper "Internet tools providing professional support to the patent searcher", at the 2002 Annual conference of PIUG -
The International Society for Patent Information,
which was held on April 20-24 in Berkeley, California.
The set of internet links discussed in that paper are included below:
(For further information about the 2002 PIUG meeting, see
http://www.piug.org/an02meet.html.)
Section 1 : WHAT? - Comprehending content
Glossaries of patenting terms
Oppedahl & Larson
Patent Café (select ‘Patent Terms Glossary’)
FAQ site prepared by the UK Patent Office
Glossary of terms from the UK Patent Office
Derwent glossary of terms
Glossaries of technical/science terms
University of Connecticut (Named Reaction list)
University of Skopje, Macedonia (Reaction Index)
Queen Mary College, London (Enzyme nomenclature database)
Glossary of selected engineering terms
International Forum for Genetic Engineering (Glossary of genetic engineering terms)
“Bluff your way in Genetics”
Glossary of terms related to nuts and bolts
Search tutorials and patent information basics
Dialog training library
Dialog seminar material
STN Karlsruhe training centre
STN Columbus Resources page
Questel-Orbit resource centre
Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (select “Text books and VTR”)
EPO publication “Search and Documentation at the EPO”
EU Commission IPR Helpdesk
Coding and indexing revealed
Derwent Class definitions
EPI Manual Codes, search or browse or
CPI Manual Codes, search only (select “Manual Coding and Classification Database”)
Derwent Patentee Code lookup
IFI CLAIMS ® vocabularies (subscription required)
INPADOC legal status codes, XLS format (for all countries)
INPADOC legal status codes, PDF format (for EP, GB and DE only)
INPADOC kind-of-document codes
ECLA listing
IPC 7th edition
Free CAS RN search (select ECICS option)
Machine translation of texts
Systran
Reverso (allows input of text with diacritics)
Free Translation (SDL International)
PROject MT (allows Cyrillic input)
Section 2 : WHY? - Understanding how it works
Monitoring legal changes
US Trade Representative, IP Sector
WTO, TRIPS sub-section
GB Patent Office (select “About Us”, then “Consultations”, then “Live written consultations” – consultation on grace periods in the UK.
UK Government Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) (see “Publications”)
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Convention on Biological Diversity
Legal newsletters and periodicals / e-journals
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA Inc.), Intellectual Property News
Intellectual Property Worldwide (Magazine)
Journal of Information, Law & Technology (JILT)
Official Journal of the EPO
WIPLA Ltd., London (use the country index and select “studies” or “bibliographies”)
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (focus on Middle East)
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (focus on Latin America and FTAA issues)
Cafezine (general IP articles)
IP Frontline magazine
IP Mall briefing papers
PCT Newsletter (1) (select “Newsletter”) OR
PCT Newsletter (2) (select “Activities & Services”, then “PCT System”)
Reading lists
Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide
Intellectual Property Reading Material
Treaty and other legal texts
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
Vagn Nissen (link collection)
The Spinoza project (University of Maastricht)
Lex Mercatoria (University of Oslo)
Intellectual Property Law Server (iKnight Technologies Inc.)
The British Library (section 2 of a very extensive links collection)
IPMenu Phillips, Ormonde & Fitzpatrick – select ‘IP Legal resources’
Mayall’s IP Links (select ‘Patent Laws’)
“National Law relating to the EPC” (EPO publication)
SCAD-Plus
Section 3 : WHEN? - Time-related events
Year – number and year – series concordances
Publication number ranges (GB, historical)
Publication number ranges (GB, recent)
Publication number ranges (US)
Application series ranges (US)
Patent Abstracts of Bulgaria (select “Publications” then “Patent Abstracts of Bulgaria” for a number listing.)
Country coverage by year listings
Derwent CPI country coverage
Derwent EPI country coverage
PlusPat Fact Sheet (select “Fact Sheet” in PDF, then go to p.2)
CAS patent coverage manual (see especially Appendix I)
esp@cenet coverage (Worldwide database)
Treaty ratification dates
WIPO treaty status (1) OR
WIPO treaty status (2) (select “About WIPO”, then “Treaties and Contracting Parties”)
WTO list of members and accession dates
List of EPO members (current only)
Database-specific timeliness data
INPADOC Newsletters
WPI update listings
Time trend tools
German Patent Office annual report
UK Patent Office annual report
EPO Annual report
USPTO Annual report
JPO Annual report
Invention Machine / CoBrain
Vantage Point data mining (Search Technology Inc.)
Semio Corporation
Section 4 : HOW? - Technical aids
Web search aids – local help files
espacenet help files (three locations, all JavaScript driven)
DepatisNet (select “Help” from top menu)
JPO IPDL service help (select required file, then “Help” button at top)
USPTO help (patents) OR
USPTO help (applications)
Database producer news
PAJ Newsletter in PDF format (select “Announcements, Notices” then “Patent Abstracts of Japan News”)
EPIDOS News in PDF format
IFI Patent News
MicroPatent News
Image handling software
PatSee Image Applications
PatMate (broken link?)
DIP-J (broken link?)
GetIPDL
PatentOrder
File merge and comparison utilities
Araxis Merge file comparison software
FCU File Compare Utility
Compare It! Grig Software
Section 5 : WHERE? - Location
Country code listings
Honolulu Community College Big Dummies Guide to the Internet
CIA World Factbook (select Appendix D, Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes)
WIPO ST.3 official text (sorted by country name and by code)
Database coverage lists and spreadsheets
STN Kind Code comparison sheet
PlusPat publication stage concordance list
INPADOC coverage (select “Contents and coverage of the PFS file” in XLS format)
Document suppliers
Direct Patent, NL
Leeds Library, GB
AutoDoc (via FIZ Karlsruhe, DE)
Section 6 : WHO? - People and organisations
Corporate structure unravelled
WPI Patentee codes
Wyeth company website (see “press releases”)
Kodak company website (select “About Kodak”)
Understanding business structures
Corporate Information (Winthrop Corporation)
Finding an attorney
Pipers Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Féderation Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
EPO registered attorneys
CIPA – The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (GB)
Patentanwaltskammer (DE) (select ‘Patentanwalts-verzeichnis’)
UK Manual of Patent Practice
US Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (1)
US Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (2)
PCT Applicants Guide (in HTML and PDF formats)
Profession groupings and communication
PIUG
PATMG
WON
Newsgroup misc.int-property
List server intprop-l Run by Axel Horns, DE attorney (mail to Horns@t-online.de)
EPO list server (instructions on joining)
Intipdiscussion group (instructions on joining)
IP Librarians discussion group (instructions on joining)
PIUG mission statement ?
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