Category Archives: espacenet

Esp@cenet Improvements in 2008

Posted on April 4, 2008 by mjwhitekingston

The latest edition (1/2008) of Patent Information News, the European Patent Office’s quarterly newsletter on patent information, documentation and searching, is now available. Page 10 includes a list of esp@cenet improvements planned for 2008. They are: 1. Increase in the … Continue reading →

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EPO Survey: esp@cenet Exporting Function

Posted on December 19, 2007 by mjwhitekingston

The EPO is conducting a survey on a proposed improvement to esp@cenet scheduled for 2008. Specifically, they’re asking for feedback on the usefulness of exporting data in CSV or XML formats. Currently, the only patent office database (that I’m aware … Continue reading →

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Chemical Structure Searching in Free Patent Databases?

Posted on October 25, 2007 by mjwhitekingston

The ability to search chemical compounds in public patent databases has always been very limited. Unlike commercial databases such as SciFinder Scholar, public patent databases have not offered tools for searching compounds by structure or formula. Nor do they include … Continue reading →

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esp@cenet Survey

Posted on August 14, 2007 by mjwhitekingston

The EPO is running an online survey to gather feedback on what users find most and least useful about esp@cenet, and access to free patent information in general. The EPO has an excellent track record of listening to users, so … Continue reading →

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