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A paperless patent documentation and information centre to assist in the transfer of technology to non-industrialized countries
World Patent
Information,
Pergamon International Printed in Great Britain
Abstracts
of Articles
Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 124Information Corp.
Included
132, 1983.
Britton J. P. Recent developments in the British patent classification for improved dissemination of information on uses, applications and utilities of inventions. World Patent Information 5 (2), 83 - 90.
in This Issue
The article contrasts the information needs of Patent Offices and industrial users in relation to the patent literature and describes an additional facility for the British Classification Key, operable from 1 January 1983, designed to meet the needs of industrial users whose interests centre on particular end-uses of inventions rather than the functional nature of inventions themselves. The facility takes the form of indexing schedules for recording uses and applications of inventions, and utilities and properties of new materials. The way in which the schedules will be applied by the Office isdescribed and their potential use for searching is considered.
Boehme F. and Werner E. Computer-aided search method and machine-readable data banks developed and used by IBM Germany Patent Documentation.
World Patent Information
5 (2), 60 - 67.
The subsequent article describes the development of IBM Germany Patent Documentation which began more than 20 yr ago with a descriptor system and intellectual analysis and which for the past 14 yr has been successfully performing full text searches without intellectual analysis, using patent claims and abstracts as reference material. Several years ago, the IBM STAIRS program was introduced for searching. The data banks employed for searching were built up mainly with machine-readable data carriers from Wila VerIag and Derwent. The data recorded by IBM are limited to internal reports and memoranda which are not available from these sources. It has been found that the problem of handling vast numbers of patent documents could be solved only by full text searching without intellectual anaylsis. Our data banks presently contain more than 600 000 documents in English and German consisting of bibliographies, titles and abstracts.
De Laet F. C. R. A paperless patent documentation and information centre to assist in the transfer of technology to non-industrialized countries. World Patent Information (5) 2, 91- 100. Non-industrialized countries desiring to provide patent documentation and information services should seek cooperation with countries having similar backgrounds to form a regional patent documentation and information center. This center should supply bibliographic patent information, copies of patent documents, SD1 services, state of the art searches and novely searches.
Hill M. W. Some recent UK developments in encouraging the use of patents as source of information. World Patent Information 5 (2), 68 - 73.
A paper based patent collection is not feasible in view of the workload involved (more than 300 man-yr) and the necessary storage capacity (15 km of paper documents). Consequently microform and EDP facilities should be used whenever convenient.
The paper first outlines the network of responsibilities for information and library matters in the UK as they relate to patents and to the Science Reference Library. It then follows with a review of progress with developing a library based information network for patents (PIN), with using new technologies and with educating potential users to appreciate the value of patent information. Finally, it briefly describes the new indexing schedules (UIS) being introduced by the UK Patent Office in 1983.
Ter Morshuizen G. C. A. The Netherlands Patent Bulletin
Eigendom’.
To provide information on patent documents of the member countries a centralized bibliographic data base and a complete collection of patent documents in microform should be established. Information on patent documents of other countries should be obtained from existing worldwide bibliographic data bases, and from search files existing elsewhere. Patent collections in microform of the most important countries should be acquired and for certain fields of regional high interest in-house search files could be established.
new form of the ‘De Zndustridle
World Patent Information
5 (2), 74 - 78. Kendereiki D., Matejka L. and Hack R. A thesaurus to supplement the international patent classification in the field of biomedical engineering. World Patent Znformation 5 (2), 101 - 109.
The official patent bulletin published by the Netherlands Patent Office, which is called De IndustriCle Eigendom (Industrial Property), used to appear in two separate parts, one dealing with published applications as filed, and the other with applications published after examination and patents granted. Since 1982 these two parts are published together and a third part dealing with European patents granted and valid for The Netherlands has been added.
The International Patent Classification, in spite of its clear advantages, does not meet the requirements of research and development in biomedical engineering. This article presents a descriptor thesaurus system providing finer classification of patent information for research and development needs, developed at the Chirana Research Institute of Medical Engineering. The article describes in detail the arrangement of the thesaurus, the data storage and retrieval using the computer facility of the Institute, and various outputs available from the storage and retrieval system for various purposes.
Also the timing of the publication and the lay-out of a number of headings in the bulletin was modified and its outward appearance was modernized. The accessibility of the bulletin to foreigners was increased by the addition of explanatory notes in the English language. After some historic background information, modifications is described and some information experiences gained in effectuating the changes.
Mandeville
T. Australian
World Patent Information
use of patent
the nature of the is given about the
Wittmann A. and Stillger J. Reducing space requirements and floor load of paper search file in the German Patent Office. World Patent Information 5 (2), llO- 113.
information.
5 (2), 79 - 82. Starting from the basic assumption that in technical fields with high searching activity, the manual search file has to be in paper form, whereas in fields where the number of searches is low, microform is acceptable for examiners, the authors show possibilities how to accommodate new accessions and still achieve zero growth of space requirement for the paper search file by using roll microfilm. The number of incoming patent applications in definite IPC units, and the citation frequency in relation to age and origin of documents are chosen as criteria to select parts of the search file for filming.
In connection with the current government Review of the Australian patent system, a large amount of survey data on aspects of the use of patent information by industry, engineers, and others has been assembled during the 1980-81 period. Results show that major reasons for Australian use of patent information are generated by the existence of the patent system itself, and that compared with other sources of technological information, patent specifications are a relatively unimportant information source.
124
Information,
Pergamon International Printed in Great Britain
Abstracts
of Articles
Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 124Information Corp.
Included
132, 1983.
Britton J. P. Recent developments in the British patent classification for improved dissemination of information on uses, applications and utilities of inventions. World Patent Information 5 (2), 83 - 90.
in This Issue
The article contrasts the information needs of Patent Offices and industrial users in relation to the patent literature and describes an additional facility for the British Classification Key, operable from 1 January 1983, designed to meet the needs of industrial users whose interests centre on particular end-uses of inventions rather than the functional nature of inventions themselves. The facility takes the form of indexing schedules for recording uses and applications of inventions, and utilities and properties of new materials. The way in which the schedules will be applied by the Office isdescribed and their potential use for searching is considered.
Boehme F. and Werner E. Computer-aided search method and machine-readable data banks developed and used by IBM Germany Patent Documentation.
World Patent Information
5 (2), 60 - 67.
The subsequent article describes the development of IBM Germany Patent Documentation which began more than 20 yr ago with a descriptor system and intellectual analysis and which for the past 14 yr has been successfully performing full text searches without intellectual analysis, using patent claims and abstracts as reference material. Several years ago, the IBM STAIRS program was introduced for searching. The data banks employed for searching were built up mainly with machine-readable data carriers from Wila VerIag and Derwent. The data recorded by IBM are limited to internal reports and memoranda which are not available from these sources. It has been found that the problem of handling vast numbers of patent documents could be solved only by full text searching without intellectual anaylsis. Our data banks presently contain more than 600 000 documents in English and German consisting of bibliographies, titles and abstracts.
De Laet F. C. R. A paperless patent documentation and information centre to assist in the transfer of technology to non-industrialized countries. World Patent Information (5) 2, 91- 100. Non-industrialized countries desiring to provide patent documentation and information services should seek cooperation with countries having similar backgrounds to form a regional patent documentation and information center. This center should supply bibliographic patent information, copies of patent documents, SD1 services, state of the art searches and novely searches.
Hill M. W. Some recent UK developments in encouraging the use of patents as source of information. World Patent Information 5 (2), 68 - 73.
A paper based patent collection is not feasible in view of the workload involved (more than 300 man-yr) and the necessary storage capacity (15 km of paper documents). Consequently microform and EDP facilities should be used whenever convenient.
The paper first outlines the network of responsibilities for information and library matters in the UK as they relate to patents and to the Science Reference Library. It then follows with a review of progress with developing a library based information network for patents (PIN), with using new technologies and with educating potential users to appreciate the value of patent information. Finally, it briefly describes the new indexing schedules (UIS) being introduced by the UK Patent Office in 1983.
Ter Morshuizen G. C. A. The Netherlands Patent Bulletin
Eigendom’.
To provide information on patent documents of the member countries a centralized bibliographic data base and a complete collection of patent documents in microform should be established. Information on patent documents of other countries should be obtained from existing worldwide bibliographic data bases, and from search files existing elsewhere. Patent collections in microform of the most important countries should be acquired and for certain fields of regional high interest in-house search files could be established.
new form of the ‘De Zndustridle
World Patent Information
5 (2), 74 - 78. Kendereiki D., Matejka L. and Hack R. A thesaurus to supplement the international patent classification in the field of biomedical engineering. World Patent Znformation 5 (2), 101 - 109.
The official patent bulletin published by the Netherlands Patent Office, which is called De IndustriCle Eigendom (Industrial Property), used to appear in two separate parts, one dealing with published applications as filed, and the other with applications published after examination and patents granted. Since 1982 these two parts are published together and a third part dealing with European patents granted and valid for The Netherlands has been added.
The International Patent Classification, in spite of its clear advantages, does not meet the requirements of research and development in biomedical engineering. This article presents a descriptor thesaurus system providing finer classification of patent information for research and development needs, developed at the Chirana Research Institute of Medical Engineering. The article describes in detail the arrangement of the thesaurus, the data storage and retrieval using the computer facility of the Institute, and various outputs available from the storage and retrieval system for various purposes.
Also the timing of the publication and the lay-out of a number of headings in the bulletin was modified and its outward appearance was modernized. The accessibility of the bulletin to foreigners was increased by the addition of explanatory notes in the English language. After some historic background information, modifications is described and some information experiences gained in effectuating the changes.
Mandeville
T. Australian
World Patent Information
use of patent
the nature of the is given about the
Wittmann A. and Stillger J. Reducing space requirements and floor load of paper search file in the German Patent Office. World Patent Information 5 (2), llO- 113.
information.
5 (2), 79 - 82. Starting from the basic assumption that in technical fields with high searching activity, the manual search file has to be in paper form, whereas in fields where the number of searches is low, microform is acceptable for examiners, the authors show possibilities how to accommodate new accessions and still achieve zero growth of space requirement for the paper search file by using roll microfilm. The number of incoming patent applications in definite IPC units, and the citation frequency in relation to age and origin of documents are chosen as criteria to select parts of the search file for filming.
In connection with the current government Review of the Australian patent system, a large amount of survey data on aspects of the use of patent information by industry, engineers, and others has been assembled during the 1980-81 period. Results show that major reasons for Australian use of patent information are generated by the existence of the patent system itself, and that compared with other sources of technological information, patent specifications are a relatively unimportant information source.
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