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European Patents Fulltext covers all European patent applications and granted European patents published since the opening of the European Patent Office (EPO) in 1978, and bibliographic records for PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications transferred to the EPO. Each record consists of:
Titles are available in all three languages. English abstracts are added to German and French documents within several weeks of their addition to the database. Claims of "B" documents are searchable in all three official languages. The approximate breakdown of languages for the full patent specification (text) is 55-60% English, 30- 35% German, and 10-15% French.
The full text of European patents and applications is obtained from the EPO. Bibliographic, administrative, and legal status information corresponds to the European Patent Bulletin, and to its online equivalent, the European Patent Registry.
European Patents Fulltext covers all technologies patentable under European patent law.
| Dates Covered: | December 1978 to the present. |
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| File Size: | 900,000 records as of February 1998 |
| Update Frequency: | Weekly |
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The European Patents Fulltext database is provided by the European Patent Office. Questions concerning file content should be directed to: Information Service Schottenfeldgasse 29 Postfach 82 Vienna, A-1072 Austria
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