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The CLAIMS^®/U.S. PATENTS database (File 340) produced by the IFI CLAIMS(R) Patent Services, provides access to over 4.6 million United States patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) since 1950. This is the largest collection of U.S. patent references available in an online database. Published pre-grant applications(available from March 2001) and issued patents published for the same application number are combined in a single merged record

From 1971 forward, the CLAIMS records include all information found on the front page of a U.S. patent document plus exemplary and non-exemplary claims. Earlier records contain basic bibliographic data and the exemplary claims only. Provisional application data is also included. Business-method patent indexing is available from 2001 forward. Published pre-grant publications often do not include assignees, so a Probable Assignee field is generated by IFI from various sources such as reassignment data. In 2006, the new International Patent Classification Reform (version 8) was applied to patents from 1950 forward, providing users greater flexibility in IPC searching.

The CLAIMS^®/UNITERM (File 341) and CLAIMS^® /COMPREHENSIVE (File 942) databases contain the same patent records, but also include in-depth controlled indexing for chemical and chemically-significant patents from 1950 forward. File 341 is publicly available but is limited to 12 hours per year without a subscription. File 942 can be accessed only by subscribers.

Related CLAIMS files: CLAIMS^®/CURRENT PATENT LEGAL STATUS (CLS) (File 123) covers patent post-issue actions such as reassignments, extensions, reexaminations, and disclaimers. CLAIMS^® /REFERENCE (File 124) contains an online version of the USPTO Manual of Classification and the general term indexing thesaurus used with Files 341 and 942. CLAIMS^®/CITATION (Files 220, 221, and 222) provides examiner cited and citing patent numbers. CLAIMS^® /COMPOUND REGISTRY (File 242) is a dictionary of IFI's chemical compound vocabulary.

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Database Content [top]

• Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Patents

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• DIALOG Alert Available
• IDPAT Available
• CURRENT Feature Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

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Terms and Conditions [top]

Subscribers to UNITERM files have unlimited use of CLAIMS/ UNITERM file (341). Non-subscribers are limited to a maximum of 12 hours of use per calendar year.

Data may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without written authorization from IFI CLAIMS(R) Patent Services, except that limited reproduction of printed output up to 25 copies is permitted for distribution within the subscriber organization only. Under no circumstances may copies under the provision be offered for resale or sale.

PATENT RECORD [top]

(The following fields are available only in Files 341, 942)

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ All chemical names are indexed as complete individual words and chemically significant segments of words. Words such as GLUCOPYRANOSYL can be searched by either segment, e.g., GLUCO or PYRANOSYL; for segments that may also be complete words, use /FW, e.g., S PYRANOSYL/FW. Locants, i.e., numbers indicating the position of a chemical group within the structure, are searched as words, e.g., S 1(W)4.

² Claims text is not included prior to 1971. Note that design patents do not contain a claim.

³ Botanical information provided for plant patents includes the Latin name of the plan and the variety. It is word-indexed in the basic index and phrase-indexed in the BI= index.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁴ Special suffixes can be used to further restrict retrieval in appropriate prefixed fields as noted: /MP(Main Patent); /PR (Priority Application); /PV (Provisional Application); /OR (Original US Class); /XR (Cross-Reference US Class); /MA (Main IPC Code); /PS (Probable Assignee).

⁵ Includes PCT Section 371 filing date and Section 102(e) date.

⁶ Not included prior to 1971.

⁷ Since U.S. application numbers are reused periodically, irrelevant retrieval can be avoided by searching the application number with leading year digits (2-digits prior to 2000, and 4-digits from 200 forward) e.g., S AN=US 89329985, or with 4 trailing year digits, e.g., S AN=US 329985-1989. U.S. application numbers display in the "leading year digits" format.

⁸ Inventor (AU=) and patent assignee (PA=, CO=) names and countries are standardized by IFI for ease of searching. Non-standardized inventor (IV=) and patent assignee (CS=) names are the original entries published by the USPTO.

⁹ Not available in most records prior to 1979.

¹⁰ Not available in the current 1-2 years.

¹¹ The expiration date of the patent is calculated by IFI based on the date the patent was granted and patent laws in effect at the time of the grant. Expiration dates are not provided for reissue patents. Information about changes in the term of the patent either for nonpayment of fees or term extensions can be found in Fille 123.

¹² Design patents only (available from 1980 forward).

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 . Advanced level classification codes can be searched directly in the ICA= index , while core level codes are searchable in the ICC= index. /MA can be used to restrict searches to the main (First) IPC; /RV indicates a reclassfied code. IPCR/8 Classification codes can be linked to their attributes using the S operator.

¹⁴ Each IPCR/8 classification code is also assigned a series of attributes searchable in the IA= index. These include classification level (A - Advanced, C - Core, S - Subclass), value (I - Invnetive, 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 linked to an IPCR/8 classification code using the S operator and quotes around the classification code, e.g., S IA=F(S)IC="A61K-0031/198" .

¹⁵ Covers all U.S. patents including continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and reissues as well as PCT (WO) patents on which U.S. patents are based.

¹⁶ U.S. published application numbers and granted patent numbers can be searched with or without "US". If omitting US, patent numbers must be left-zero-filled to 7 digits, e.g. design patent S PN=0385424 or S PN=US D385424, For reissues, use RE with US, e.g. S PN=US RE35645. For plant patents, use S PN=US PP10044.

¹⁷ The display codes PN, PD and PY display only the main patent number data. In merged records, the published application and granted patent data are displayed.

¹⁸ Published patent applications are available from March 2001 forward. If the published application subsequently becomes a granted patent, information for both publications are combined in a merged record.

¹⁹ Probable assignees are created from a variety of sources, including reassignment data, correspondence addresses for pre-grant publications, etc. The PS= index or the /PS suffix applied to PA= can be used to restrict patent assignee searches to include or exclude probable assignees.

²⁰ Available only for chemical patents 1967-1979.

²¹ In-depth chemical indexing (e.g. Uniterms) can be searched and displayed only in Files 341 and 942. General and compound terms (CN=, CP=) and fragment terms (FC=, FT=) can be searched in File 942 with separate prefixes. These terms are searched in File 341 using UN= and UT=. Fragment term displays in File 942 are more comprehensive than those in File 341. Roles are available only in File 942.

²² Non-subscribers are limited to 12 hours of searching per year in File 341.

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USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

²³ Full information in these formats is not available for patents published 1950-1970.

²⁴ The presence checking program determines if a record contains merged or unmerged data, e.g., an unmerged record requested in format 2 will automatically be priced at the lower rate of format 42 in the cost estimate. See HELP RATES 340 for details.

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ACCESSION NUMBER LIST [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: ONTAP® CLAIMS®/U.S. Patents[279]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $0.00
Cost per minute:                   $0.00
Report Elements                    $0.00
LOB Reports                        $0.00
SHARE Reports                      $0.00
CROSSTAB Report Records            $0.00
Rank Elements                      $0.00

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     3    $0.00    $0.00
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     5    $0.00    $0.00
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $0.00    $0.00
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $0.00    $0.00
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA
REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

Rates For File: CLAIMS®/U.S. Patents[340]
Cost per DialUnit:                $20.00
Cost per minute:                   $3.27
Preformatted Report Elements       $0.75
Rank Elements                      $0.04
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ALERT (Monthly)                   $18.50
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $15.50
ALERT (Weekly)                     $8.75
ALERT (Daily)                  *   $8.00
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $12.75
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $8.00
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
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KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

Rates For File: CLAIMS®/UNITERM[341]

                                Standard  Subscrib
Cost per DialUnit:                $32.00    $15.00
Cost per Minute:                   $7.52     $6.95
Rank Elements                      $0.07     $0.07
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ALERT (Monthly)                   $15.75    $15.75
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $12.75    $12.75
ALERT (Weekly)                 *   $8.50     $8.50
ALERT (Daily)                  *   $8.50     $8.50
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $8.50     $8.50
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $8.50     $8.50
* = custom scheduled Alerts only

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KWIC95    $0.00       NA    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

Rates For File: CLAIMS®/Comprehensive[942]

                                Standard  Subscrib
Cost per DialUnit:                $20.00    $15.00
Cost per Minute:                   $2.48     $2.47
Rank Elements                      $0.07     $0.07
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ALERT (Daily)                  *   $8.75     $8.75
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $8.75     $8.75
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KWIC95    $0.00       NA    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00