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Last Loaded on Web: Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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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.
All areas of patentable technology are included.
| Dates Covered: | 1967+ |
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| File Size: | 3.4 million records as of January 2008 |
| Update Frequency: | Weekly - Approximately 2,000 records per week |
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The German Patents Fulltext Database is produced by The Thomson Corporation. Questions about database content should be directed to: Dialog Knowledge Center 2250 Perimeter Park Drive Suite 300 Morrisville, NC 27560 USA
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