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The WIPO/PCT Patents Fulltext database covers the full text of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) published applications issued under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) since 1978. At present, 177 member states participate in the PCT system. A single PCT application can be designated as valid in any or all of the member states, so it is essentially equivalent to having filed with each designated national and regional patent office.

The WIPO/PCT Patents Fulltext database is produced by Thomson Scientific and WIPO. WIPO bibliographic data is available online within 1-2 days of publication. Full text data provided by Thomson Scientific is searchable online approximately 5-7 days after publication of the document. Original WIPO patent documents are converted into electronic form through an optical scanning (OCR) process. The OCR process is a reliable method of converting documents into electronic form, however occasional characters may be converted incorrectly.

Records in the database contain the searchable text of the complete document, including the specification and claims; titles and abstracts in French and English; patent applicant/assignees and inventors; and patent and priority application data. The majority of fulltext documents are in English. Documents are also available in French, German and Spanish. Text originally provided to WIPO in non-Latin characters, i.e., Greek, Chinese, etc. is not included due to the difficulty of scanning and accurately converting non-Latin characters.

Patent and application numbers are standardized on the Dialog service, so they can easily be searched in other patent databases. The MAP command can be used to capture WO published application numbers (prefix PN=) or priority application numbers (prefix AN=) in File 349. The resulting saved strategy can then be executed in another file using the EXS command to obtain additional information about the original invention. For example, File 345, Inpadoc, contains legal status actions pertaining to PCT (WO) patents and patent family information. PCT data is also referenced in U.S. Patents Fulltext (Files 652-654); CLAIMS^®/U.S. Patents (File 340); and in European Patents Fulltext (File 348).

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	DIALOG(R)File 349:PCT FULLTEXT 1979-2006/UB=20060817,UT=20060810
	(c)2006 WIPO/Thomson Corp. All rts. reserv.
	00811080    **Image available**
/TI	AN ANCHOR BOLT ASSEMBLY
/TF	SYSTEME DE BOULON D'ANCRAGE
	Patent Applicant/Assignee:
PA=, /CO, CO=	RSC MINING (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED, 30 Industry Road, Clayville Ext. 4,
GL=, CN=	Olifantsfontein, 1666 Midrand, ZA, ZA (Residence), ZA (Nationality),
	(For all designated states except: US)
	Patent Applicant/Inventor:
AU=, PA=	DEKKER Arie Cornelis, 15 Bateleur Bastion, 969 Disselboom Avenue, 0050
	Wapadrand, ZA, ZA (Residence), ZA (Nationality), (Designated only for:
	US)
	Legal Representative:
LR=	VIVIER Garth (agent), Adams & Adams, P.O. Box 1014, 1140 Prospect Street,
	Hatfield, 0001 Pretoria, ZA,
	Patent and Priority Information (Country, Number, Date):
PC=, PN=, PD=, PY=	Patent:               WO 200144621 A1 20010621 (WO 0144621)
AC=, AN=, AD=, AM=, AY=	Application:          WO 2000IB1789 20001204  (PCT/WO IB0001789)
AC=, AN=, AD=, AM=, AY=	Priority Application: ZA 997711 19991215
DS=	Designated States:
	(Protection type is "patent" unless otherwise stated - for applications
	prior to 2004)
	AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EE
	ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT
	LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM
	TR TT TZ UA UG US UZ VN YU ZA ZW
	(EP) AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE TR
	((OAPI utility model)) BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GW ML MR NE SN TD TG
	(AP) GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW
	(EA) AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM
IC=	Main International Patent Class: E21D-021/00
LA=	Publication Language: English
LF=	Filing Language: English
WD=	Fulltext Word Count: 3641
/AB, /AE	English Abstract
	An anchor bolt is provided including an elongate anchor element which
	includes a threaded portion and a ribbed portion. The ribbed portion has
	an elongate cylindrical core on which a plurality of spaced ribs are
	provided, at least two adjacent ribs being of different height relative
	to the core. In certain embodiments, the ribs are curved in a serpentine
	fashion relative to a peripheral surface of the core. The core is
	typically a circular cylindrical core and the ribbed portion may include
	two longitudinal raised portions which extend along the cylindrical core
	at circumferentially opposed positions. The raised portions define core
	sections, each core section including a plurality of spaced ribs which
	alternate in height, adjacent ribs being about 1 mm and 0.6 mm in height.
	Typically, the ribs have a rounded profile with a radius of curvature of
	about 0.5 mm.
/AB, /AF	French Abstract
	La presente invention concerne un boulon d'ancrage comprenant un element
	d'ancrage allonge presentant une partie filetee et une partie cannelee.
	La partie cannelee presente un element central cylindrique allonge sur
	(...)
	Legal Status (Type, Date, Text)
LD=, LS=, LT= /LS	Publication  20010621 A1 With international search report.
	Detailed Description
/SP, /TX	AN ANCHOR BOLT ASSEMBLY
	THIS INVENTION relates to an anchor assembly. It also
	relates to an anchor bolt for use with an anchor assembly and to an
	elongate bar.
	For the purposes of this specification, the application of the
	invention in mining operations should be predominately, but not
	exclusively, borne in mind. Accordingly, the anchor assembly may be
	used as a rock anchor e.g. a roof bolt or the like.
	According to the invention there is provided an anchor bolt
	assembly which includes an elongate anchor element including a
	threaded portion and a ribbed portion, the ribbed portion including
	an elongate cylindrical core on which a plurality of spaced ribs are
	provided, at least two adjacent ribs being of different height;
	and a bearing arrangement which includes a screw-threaded nut which
	is received on the threaded portion of the anchor element.
	Typically, the assembly includes a dome washer with a
	dogear.
	(...)
	Claim
/CM, /TX	1  An anchor bolt including an elongate anchor element, which
	includes a threaded portion and a ribbed portion, the ribbed portion
	including an elongate cylindrical core on which a plurality of spaced
	ribs are provided, at least two adjacent ribs being of different height
	relative to the core.
	2 An anchor bolt as claimed in Claim 1, in which the ribs are
	curved in a serpentine fashion relative to a peripheral surface of the
	core.
	3 An anchor bolt as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, in which
	the ribbed portion includes two longitudinal raised portions which extend
	along the cylindrical core at circurnferentially opposed positions.
	(...)

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¹ Text fields have been created by means of optical scanning of printed text. Therefore, some terms may be mispelled, or portions of text may be incomplete if the scanner was unable to identify characters correctly.

² 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.

³ Patent assignee/applicant names are searchable in the Basic Index with /CO and in the Additional Indexes as PA= and CO=.

⁴ Claims and specification text are provided in the original language for English, French, German, or Spanish patents. Records containing text in other languages contain abstracts only.

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⁵ Use the qualifier /PR to restrict a search to priority application data. Priority application numbers and dates can also be searched in the Priority Application field PR=.

⁶ 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.

⁷ Patent and application numbers are formatted in standard DIALOG format for ease in MAPping to other patent databases. Numbers that contain leading year digits use 2 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.

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=(JOHN(1N)EBERHARD).

⁹ Country (CN=) and Geographic Location (GL=) fields can be further restricted with suffixes. Use /PA to restrict to applicants and assignees or /AU to restrict to inventors. CN= can also be restricted to nationality using the suffix /NA.

¹⁰ Use /MA to restrict IPCs to the main IPC code to which a patent is assigned through December 2005, e.g. S IC=C25D-005/04/MA. For IPCR/8, use IA=F to identify the first/main class code.

¹¹ Some IPC class codes include a colon (:), which should be enclosed in quotes, e.g., S IC=" H01R-03:00", to ensure correct processing. These codes are never included as main IPC class numbers.

¹² Available from 2000 forward in most records.

¹³ The Legal Representative name can be searched as either word or phrase using LR=. The firm name and address can be searched as individual words only.

¹⁴ Patent information consists of patent number and date, application number and date and priority data.

¹⁵ Due to the fact that portions of this database update at different times, update codes UB= (WIPO Bibliographic data) and UT= (Thomson Scientific text) show the publication dates of the record. Generally, UT= will be one week behind UB=. UD= gives the week number of the WIPO update.

¹⁶ Word Count applies only to the text fields, i.e., specification and claims.

¹⁷ 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. IPCR/8 Classification codes can be linked to their attributes using the S operator.

¹⁸ Each IPCR/8 classification code is also assigned a series of attributes. 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 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".

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Rates For File: WIPO/PCT Patents Fulltext[349]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $5.90
Cost per minute:                   $3.77
Rank Elements                      $0.04
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ALERT (Monthly)                *  $23.00
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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