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February 2010
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INPAFAMDB – add the missing piece to your patent prior-art search on STN
INPAFAMDB – the International Patent Family Database – is a bibliographic patent family database, covering the full spectrum of patent technologies for 95 issuing authorities, dating from the early 1800s. The database features a one-record-per-patent-family file design to provide maximum multi-file prior-art synergy with CAplusSM and the Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM) on STN®.
Easy access to accurate patent families
- Quickly find a comprehensive patent family, from just a single patent number
- Benefit from more accurate Patent Families, via FIZ Karlsruhe’s Quality Control and editorial corrections
Simplified Legal Status searching
- Determine whether a patent is still active around the world, via FIZ Karlsruhe’s convenient Legal Status Categories (LSC2)
Comprehensive citation searching
- Enhance your prior-art patent search with the definitive INPAFAMDB collection of global cited patents and cited references
Streamlined Alerts (SDIs)
- Set up straightforward family and legal status Alerts using a single patent number
- Obtain only what you need via extensive and readily customizable update and display options
INPAFAMDB for prior-art technology searching
- Access the full spectrum of global technologies from patents including chemistry, life-science and engineering
- Comprehensive text searching of applicant titles and abstracts for 95 patent authorities, dating back to the 1800s
- The complete and up-to-date archive of all European ECLA and International IPC patent classifications, providing for optimum recall and precision
- One-record-per-patent-family file design provides maximum multi-file prior-art search synergy with DWPI and CAplus
INPAFAMDB for inventor and assignee searching
- Standardized inventor and patent assignee searching for 95 patent authorities, dating back to the early 1800s
- Seamless search options which incorporate vital corrections and reassignments from the latest INPADOC Legal Status data
A sample record explained
INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB User Guide
User Documentation on the International Patent Family Database
A list of the patent kind codes is available
Priority application information type
IPC Reform
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