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Patent Databases: 2008 in Review
USPTOEarly in 2008 the USPTO installed verification software in its Public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) system that requires users to enter a two-word code in order to access patent and published application files. This was done in response to … Continue reading
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Patented in China: New Report from Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has published a new report called “Patented in China: the Present and Future State of Innovation in China.” Patent filings from China have been growing faster than any other region in the last few years and if the … Continue reading
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FreePatentsOnline Increases Personal Portfolios to 10,000 Documents
Individual accounts on FreePatentsOnline now can contain up to 20 portfolios and up to 10,000 patent documents. Users are still limited to exporting bibiliographic data from a maximum of 250 documents at a time. These improvements will be useful for … Continue reading
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Patents and Biotech – a Broken System? Fixed by Information
A couple of months ago a Montreal-based non-profit IP consulting firm called The Innovation Partnership issued an interesting report calling for changes in the way biotechnology IP is created, disseminated and protected. In recent years there has been much debate … Continue reading
End in Sight for IP Australia’s PatSearch System
IP Australia has announced that it will update Patsearch, its legacy patent search system, weekly on Mondays starting Nov. 22, 2008. The system will be decommissioned in February 2009. AusPat, the new patent search system, was launched in April 2008 … Continue reading
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Patent Offices Agree on Work Sharing Initiative
Joff Wild at IAM Magazine reports that the EPO, JPO, USPTO, SIPO and KIPO have just reached an agreement on a major work-sharing initiative that will reduce duplication and enhance patent examination. Part of the agreement includes the creation of … Continue reading
SumoBrain Offers Free Registration
SumoBrain, the patent search system from the creators of FreePatentsOnline, is now offering free accounts. SumoBrain features full-text cross-collection searching of US patents and applications, EP patents and applications, PCT documents and Japanese abstracts, portfolios, alerts, and PDF download capabilities … Continue reading
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Comparison of Free Patent Databases
Patent databases continue to proliferate on the internet. The most recent addition is Patents.com, which describes itself as “one of the most comprehensive free patent search services on the web.” I get a little annoyed when I see claims such … Continue reading
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Patents.com – PatentMonkey Redux
There’s (yet) another way to search patents on the internet: A new patent database/IP exchange portal called Patents.com has just launched. Patents.com is the brainchild of Robert Monster, a hi-tech venture capitalist, authority on market research and former product developer … Continue reading
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Austrian esp@cenet Upgrade – New Content and Search Capabilities
According to an announcement on the esp@cenet web site, an upgrade to the Austrian esp@cenet server has added additional content and capabilities. It now contains AT A and B documents and utility models from 1995 forward. Advanced search features now … Continue reading
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Patent Librarian's Notebook 