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The German Patents Fulltext database (File 324) is produced by The Thomson Corporation from XML data provided by the German Patent Office. The content of this file for the years 1967-2007 was produced by Univentio using an optical scanning (OCR) process to convert printed German patents into electronic form. Machine-generated English translations are available for the years 1967-2007 but are no longer provided as of January 2008. The database is updated weekly with new patents available online within a couple working days after publication by the German Patent Office.

From January 2008, the German Patents Fulltext database covers all German patents and published applications as well as German publications based on EP or WO patents. Coverage for 1967-2007 is limited and includes German published applications (kind A), granted patents (kinds B and C) and utility models (kind U). Bibliographic data is provided for all patents from 1967 forward. Beginning in 1980, the abstract, the text of the specification, and the claims are also provided. Machine-generated English translations of titles, abstracts, text, and claims are available for the years 1980-2007.

Searchable bibliographic data includes patent applicants/assignees and inventors, International classification codes, and standardized patent and application numbers. Priority application numbers are standardized in Dialog format, so they can easily be searched in other patent databases. The MAP command can be used to capture patent or application numbers as a saved strategy for further searching (with the EXS command) in other patent files. Fulltext searching is available in German and for the years 1967-2007, in English. Record-level images are also provided from 1994 forward and can be found using RT=IMAGE. Starting in January 2008, embedded images of tables, charts and drawings are also available. Also from January 2008, it is possible to search cited patents and literature references. German patents that indicate that they are "based on EP or WO patents" also list the designated states identified in the EP or WO patents.

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Subject Coverage [top]

All areas of patentable technology are included.

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Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• DIALOG Alert Available
• IDPAT Available
• Image Output Available
• Chemical Name Segmentation Available

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SAMPLE RECORD FROM 2008 FORWARD [top]

SAMPLE RECORD THROUGH 2007 [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Due to a change in the database supplier in January 2008, English translations of German text are no longer being provided. English translations of abstracts, specifications, and claims, when available, can still be searched in the backfile through December 2007 using the specified suffixes and corresponding display codes. Note that abstracts, specifications and claims are not available in pre-1980 records.

² Text fields for the file through 2007 were created by means of optical scanning of printed text. Machine translation was used to produce equivalent English terms. Therefore, some terms may have been misspelled, portions of text may have been incomplete, or words were run together if the scanner was unable to identify characters correctly. German compound words were sometimes difficult to translate precisely, so in such cases German text was retained in the translated content. Due to these variations, truncation should be used for greater precision.

³ All chemical names are indexed as complete individual words and chemically significant word segments. Words such as CHLOROBENZENE can be retrieved by either segment, e.g., S CHLORO or S BENZENE. Any term in the Basic Index can be restricted to a full word using the /FW suffix, e.g., S BENZENE/FW. Locants, such as 2,3, indicate the position of a chemical group within the structure and are searched as words, e.g., S 2(W)3. German chemical segments are not always translated but can usually be searched by simply dropping ending vowels, e.g. S (CHLORO OR CHLOR)(W)(BENZENE OR BENZEN). Truncation of chemical segments is not recommended.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁴ Use the qualifier /PR to restrict a search to priority application data. Priority application numbers in source format and priority dates can also be searched in the Priority Application field PR=.

⁵ German application numbers are used as patent numbers and follow a fixed format. From 1995 forward, the numbering scheme consists of a 1-digit kind in the first position, followed by a 2-digit year and a 5-digit number. From January 2004, applications and corresponding patents are assigned numbers consisting of 2-digit kinds, followed by a 4-digit year and a 6-digit number, e.g., DE 102004012943. Kind values "1" or "10" indicate a patent, and "2" or "20" indicate a utility model.

⁶ Priority application numbers are formatted in standard DIALOG format for ease in MAPping to other patent databases. Annual series numbers contain leading year digits, 2 year digits prior to 2000 and 4 year digits from 2000 forward. Use MAP PN or MAP AN to look for the corresponding legal status records in Inpadoc, File 345.

⁷ U.S. priority application numbers may be searched in several ways: with two leading year digits for years prior to 2000 and four leading digits from 2000 on, e.g., S AN=US 96590668 or S AN=US 2000102574, with four trailing year digits, e.g., S AN=US 590668-1996, or the application number without any accompanying year digits, e.g. S AN=US 590668.

⁸ Inventor names may appear in direct order with the surname last or in inverted order with the surname first. For the most comprehensive retrieval, use the (N) operator, e.g. S AU=(ARNAUD(1N)SOULET).

⁹ Available from January 2008 forward.

¹⁰ The European Classification (EC=) is not provided after 2005.

¹¹ Geographic Location (GL=) data contains the assignee/inventor country as well as street addresses when available. For a complete search of geographic locations, it may be necessary to also search the assignee (PA=) or inventor (AU=) fields for those cases where the geographic location could not be separated from the name. Entries in GL= can be further restricted with suffixes /PA for assignees or /AU for inventors.

¹² Use /MA to restrict International Patent Classification prior to 2006 or European Classification entries to the main class to which a patent is assigned, e.g. S IC=C25D-005/04/MA.

¹³ With the introduction of the Reformed International Patent Classification (IPCR/8) on January 1, 2006, the format of the IPC group has increased in length from 3 to 4 digits. For comprehensive retrieval, both forms of the classification should be searched, e.g., S IC=H04R-025/00 OR IC=H04R-0025/00 . IPCR/8 classifications can also be searched in the ICA= (Advanced) and ICC= (Core) indexes.

¹⁴ Each IPCR/8 classification code is also assigned a series of attributes. These include classification level (A - Advanced, C - Core, S - Subclass), value (I - Inventive, N - Non-inventive), position (F - First, L - Later), status (B - basic, R - Reclassified, V - Various, D - Deleted), version date, action date, source (H - Human, M - Machine, G - Generated), and assigning office. The classification attributes can be searched with the IA= prefix and can be linked to an IPCR/8 classification code (assigned after January 1, 2006) using the S operator and quotes around the classification code, e.g., S IA=F(S)IC="A61K-0031/198" .

¹⁵ Legal Representative/agent name and address is searchable from January 2006 forward.

¹⁶ Patent assignee/applicant names are also searchable in the Basic Index with /CO and in the additional indexes with CO=.

¹⁷ The patent information display consists of patent and application data, priority data. Starting in January 2008, it also includes "based on" information for EP and WO patents and applications to which the German patent is related.

¹⁸ To omit records without the complete text, include RT=FULLTEXT as part of the search query, or apply the /FULLTEXT limit to the search.

¹⁹ Word Count applies only to the text fields, i.e., specification and claims. WD= may be used to search the word count in either German or English text as well as the combined text.

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Rates For File: German Patents Fulltext[324]
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