Searching Fulltext Patent Files on STN - STN International

<strong>Searching</strong> Full-Text <strong>Patent</strong> 

<strong>Files</strong> on STN ® 

Robert Austin — FIZ Karlsruhe

Agenda 

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• Why use full-text patent files? 

• Content of full-text patent files 

• SEARCH and DISPLAY tools 

• <strong>Patent</strong> family identification 

• Search example

Why use full-text patent files in addition 

to CAplus SM /Derwent WPI? 

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• Comprehensiveness 

• Timeliness 

• Search/review original wording 

• Find additional scientific detail 

• Additional bibliographic information 

• Legal claims

Agenda 

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• Search example

Several STN files contain full-text 

patent information 

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• USPATFULL/USPAT2 

•EPFULL 

• PCTFULL 

•GBFULL 

•FRFULL 

• PATDPAFULL 

• RDISCLOSURE 

• IFIPAT/IFICLS 

PNTTEXT Cluster

USPATFULL contains the 

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USPTO first publication stage 

• Records can include patent numbers for 

any later publication stages 

• From 1971 (complete from 1974) 

• Application and granted file segments (FS) 

• Page images for last 5–6 years 

• Extended Display Formats (.EX) include 

latest publication stage from USPAT2 

• CAS indexing (RNs, ST, IT, CT fields)

USPAT2 contains the USPTO 

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latest publication stage 

• From 2001– 

• Extended Display Formats (.EX) include 

first publication stage from USPATFULL 

• CAS indexing (RNs, ST, IT, CT fields) 

• Use the USPATALL cluster for searching 

in combination with USPATFULL

USPATFULL / USPAT2 

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USPATFULL 

first 

publication 

since 1974 

USPAT2 

latest 

publication 

since 2001 

Use USPATALL cluster to search both databases

Display the first and latest stages 

using extended formats 

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=> FILE USPATFULL 

=> S US 2005141322/PN 

L1 1 US2005141322/PN 

=> D IBIB.EX 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 USPATFULL on STN 

Extended formats, e.g., IBIB.EX, 

display data from the original (first) 

and latest publication stages 

-- Original Publication -- (APPLICATION - A1) 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 2005:163902 USPATFULL 

TITLE: SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE 

INVENTOR(S): Park, Byung-Il, Ichon-shi, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 

PATENT INFORMATION: US 2005141322 A1 20050630 

. . . 

-- Latest Publication -- (GRANTED - B2) 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 2005:163902 USPAT2 

TITLE: Semiconductor memory device 

INVENTOR(S): Park, Byung-Il, Ichon-shi, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 

PATENT ASSIGNEE(S): Hynix Semiconductor Inc., KOREA, . . . 

PATENT INFORMATION: US 6914847 B2 20050705

To be comprehensive remember to 

include CAS Indexing in your search 

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• The default search index (the Basic Index) is 

the full-text of the patent document 

=> FILE USPATALL 

=> S ANTI-ARTHRITIC? OR ANTIARTHRITIC? 

L1 2267 ANTI-ARTHRITIC? OR ANTIARTHRITIC? 

• Indexing comes from corresponding CAplus 

records and can enhance search retrieval 

=> FILE USPATALL 

=> S (ANTI-ARTHRITIC? OR ANTIARTHRITIC?)/BI,IT,ST,CC 

L2 6606 (ANTI-ARTHRITIC? OR ANTIARTHRITIC?)/BI,IT,ST,CC 

BI = Basic Index IT = Index Terms 

ST = Supplementary Terms 

CC = CAS Classifications

IFIPAT contains claims text of US 

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patents and published applications 

• Publication title, abstract and claims text 

• IFI Uniterm Indexing and CAS RNs 

• Chemical patents from 1950 

• All technologies from 1963 

• Complete collection 1971–1974 

• Application and grant in separate records 

• Amended claims text is searchable in the 

IFI Current Legal Status (IFICLS) file

IFIPAT 

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USPTO Published Application 

US – A1 (from 2001) 

USPTO Issued <strong>Patent</strong> 

US – A, US – B1/B2 

USPTO Published Applications and Issued <strong>Patent</strong>s 

are separate IFIPAT records in one database

USPTO application and grant 

are in separate IFIPAT records 

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L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 IFIPAT COPYRIGHT 2006 IFI on STN 

AN 10219208 IFIPAT;IFIUDB;IFICDB 

TI AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER 

INF Mitani; Hisashi, Osaka, JP 

IN Mitani Hisashi (JP) 

PAF Unassigned 

PA Unassigned Or Assigned To Individual (68000) 

PPA Shimadzu Corp JP (Probable) 

AG ARMSTRONG,WESTERMAN & HATTORI, LLP, 1725 K STREET, NW., SUITE 

1000, WASHINGTON, DC 20006, US 

PI US2002162915 A1 20021107 

AI 2001US-0926343 20011016 

2001WO-JP01843 20010309 

PRAI 2000JP-0069159 20000313 

.... 

Published Application (US-A1) 

<strong>Patent</strong> assignee names 

are standardized

USPTO application and grant are in 

separate IFIPAT records (cont.) 

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L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 IFIPAT COPYRIGHT 2006 IFI on STN 

AN 03837508 IFIPAT;IFIUDB;IFICDB 

TI AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER 

INF Mitani; Hisashi, Osaka, JP 

IN Mitani Hisashi (JP) 

PAF Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP 

PA Shimadzu Corp JP (10151) 

EXNAM Swiatek, Robert P 

AG Armstrong, Westerman & Hattori, LLP 

PI US---6527228 B2 20030304 

US 2002162915 A1 20021107 

WO2001068448 20010920 

AI 2001US-0926343 20011016 

2001WO-JP01843 20010309 

XPD 9 Mar 2021 

PRAI 2000JP-0069159 20000313 

.... 

Granted <strong>Patent</strong> (US-B2) 

publication history of 

the application

IFICLS provides searchable 

amended US patent claims text 

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AN 3610906 IFICLS 

PA Phelps, Edwin F 

PI US 6322651 20011127 

DT REEXAMINED; REEXAMINATION REQUESTED 

Reexamination 

Request and Result 

RQI RQR Laminations, Inc., Scranton, PA; c/o Larson & Taylor, 

Alexandria, VA 

RQN REQUEST NUMBER: 90/006255 RQD REQUEST DATE: 20020322 

RQG OG DATE: 20020521 

RXI RXR Laminatins, Inc., Scranton, PA; c/o Larson & Taylor 

Alexandria, VA US 

RXN REQUEST NUMBER: 90/006255 RRD REQUEST DATE: 20020322 

RXN CERTIFICATE NUMBER: C16322651 (4780th) RXD: 

CERTIFICATE DATE: 20030513 

CLM AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: 

Claim 1 is determined to be patentable as amended. Claims 

2-17, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be 

patentable. 1. A method for continuously 

patent 

producing 

claims text 

expanded thermoformable materials . . . 

Searchable amended US

EPFULL contains EPO published 

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applications and granted patents 

• Biblio, titles and abstracts from 1978- 

• Published applications full-text from 1987 

• Granted patents full text-from 1991 

• Euro-PCT biblio and titles from 1978 

• Full text in either EN, FR or DE 

• Granted patent claims in EN, FR and DE 

• Application and grant in one record 

• EPO Legal Status (LSEP) New on STN !

EPFULL 

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EPO Published Application 

EP – A1 

EPO Granted <strong>Patent</strong> 

EP – B1 

EPO Legal Status 

<strong>Patent</strong> Register (LSEP) 

New on STN ! 

EPFULL Published Application and Granted <strong>Patent</strong> 

full-text are combined into a single database record

Some tips for using EPFULL 

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• EPFULL records comprise all publication stages 

for a single patent application 

– For example: WO, EP-A1 and EP-B1 

• Combine search terms within one publication 

stage by using the (L) proximity operator: 

=> S BRISTOL MYERS?/PA (L) EPB#/PK 

• Like INPADOC, use “.M” suffix to display data 

from all publication stages, e.g. ALL.M, etc.

PCTFULL contains WIPO/PCT 

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published patent applications 

• From 1978 to present 

• OCR data from LexisNexis ® Univentio 

• Full text available in EN, FR, DE and ES 

• EN and FR titles & abstracts for all records 

• JP, CN and RU PCT patent applications 

only have EN and FR titles & abstracts 

• Representative drawing image (GI) 

• INPADOC Legal Status (LS) display

<strong>Searching</strong> for EP applications 

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requires PCTFULL and EPFULL 

• The EPO accept PCT applications which 

designate the EPO, and assign EP-A 

publication numbers (Euro-PCTs) 

• EN, FR or DE language PCT applications 

are not republished by the EPO, so the 

full-text is not in the EPFULL database 

• The Euro-PCT full-text is in PCTFULL

<strong>Searching</strong> for PCT applications 

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requires EPFULL and PCTFULL 

• PCTs published in JP, CN, or RU only 

have bibliographic records in PCTFULL 

• Euro-PCTs in JP, CN or RU are translated 

and published by the EPO as EP-A 

documents, in either EN, DE or FR 

• The translated JP, CN, and RU PCT fulltext 

may be available in EPFULL

A Japanese record in PCTFULL 

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ACCESSION NUMBER: 2001068448 PCTFULL ED 20020822 

TITLE (ENGLISH): AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER IALL format 

TITLE (FRENCH): CONTROLEUR DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT D'UN 

AERONEF 

INVENTOR(S): MITANI, Hisashi 

PATENT ASSIGNEE(S): SHIMADZU CORPORATION; MITANI, Hisashi 

PATENT INFORMATION: 

NUMBER KIND DATE 

-------------------------------- 

WO 2001068448 A1 20010920 

DESIGNATED STATES 

W: US AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE 

IT LU MC NL PT SE TR 

APPLICATION INFO.: WO 2001-JP1843 A 20010309 

PRIORITY INFO.: JP 2000-69159 20000313 

INT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 

MAIN: B64D0013-02 

SECONDARY: B64D0037-32 

ABSTRACT (ENGLISH): 

The air in a cabin (2) is taken out and only the oxygen ...

The Japanese Euro-PCT is 

translated and appears in EPFULL 

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=> D L1 ALL.M 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 EPFULL COPYRIGHT 2006 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

AN 2001:30285 EPFULL 

DUPD 20011114 DUPW 200146 

TIEN AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER. 

TIFR CONTROLEUR DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT D'UN AERONEF. 

IN MITANI, Hisashi Shimadzu Corporation, . . . 

PA Shimadzu Corporation, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, . . . 

PAN 241808 

LAF Japanese 

LA English 

LAP English 

TL English; French 

PCT numbers for Euro-PCT 

cases are searchable in /PN 

PIT WOA1 International application published with search report 

PI WO 2001068448 A1 20010920 

DS AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR 

AI EP 2001-912213 A 20010309 

WO 2001-JP1843 A 20010309 

PRAI JP 2000-69159 A 20000313 

. . .

PCT, EP-A and EP-B1 are in a 

single EPFULL database record 

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AN 2001:30285 EPFULL DUPD 20020731 DUPW 200231 

TIEN AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER. ALL.M format (cont.) 


TIDE FLUGZEUGKLIMAREGELUNGANORDNUNG. 



PAN 241808 

AG Kilian, Helmut, Dr., Wilhelms, Kilian & Partner <strong>Patent</strong>anwaelte 

Eduard-Schmid-Strasse 2, 81541 Muenchen, DE 

AGN 6401 

LAF Japanese 

LA English 

LAP English 

The EP-A published application includes 

English full-text, translated from Japanese 

TL German; English; French 

PIT EPA1 Application published with search report 

PI EP 1190945 A1 20020327 

WO 2001068448 20010920 

DS AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR 

AI EP 2001-912213 A 20010309 

WO 2001-JP1843 A 20010309 

PRAI JP 2000-69159 A 20000313

PCT, EP-A and EP-B1 are in a 

single EPFULL database record 

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AN 2001:30285 EPFULL DUPD 20040825 DUPW 200435 

TIEN AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER. ALL.M format (cont.) 


TIDE FLUGZEUGKLIMAREGELUNGANORDNUNG. 



PAN 241808 

AG Kilian, Helmut, Dr., Wilhelms, Kilian & Partner <strong>Patent</strong>anwaelte 

Eduard-Schmid-Strasse 2, 81541 Muenchen, DE 

AGN 6401 

LAF Japanese 

LA English 

LAP English 

TL German; English; The EP-B French granted patent 

PIT EPB1 Granted patent 

PI EP 1190945 B1 20030903 

WO 2001068448 20010920 options (not shown here): 

DS DE FR GB 

LSEP LS from EPO 

AI EP 2001-912213 A 20010309 

LSEP.M 

WO 2001-JP1843 A 20010309 

PRAI JP 2000-69159 A 20000313 LS/LS2 

EPFULL Legal Status display 

EPO LS with history 

LS from INPADOC

GBFULL contains the full-text of 

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UK (GB) patent applications 



• English language full-text database of UK 

<strong>Patent</strong> office published patent applications 

• Front page drawing images (GI) 

• INPADOC legal status (LS) display

GBFULL includes drawing images 

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L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 GBFULL COPYRIGHT 2006 Univentio on STN 

AN 2375538 GBFULL ED 20041104 

TI Polypeptide constructs for FRET analysis 

IN LOWE, PETER NICHOLAS; CHALK, PETER ANDREW 

PA GLAXO GROUP LIMITED 

PA.CNY GB 

PIT GBA Application published 

PI GB 2375538 A 20021120 

AI GB 2002-3683 A 20020215 

PRAI GB 2001-3763 A 20010215 

AB A polypeptide chain comprising a linker of at least 27 amino 

acids sandwiched between a donor and an acceptor domain, 

wherein FRET occurs between said donor and acceptor. . . . 

ALLG LS format 

DETD This invention relates to a novel PAK-GFP construct and its binding 

to Ras superfamily proteins, especially Rac and Cdc42. Moreover, it 

relates to a 5 method for studying signal . . . 

<strong>Patent</strong> drawings are included 

CLM 1. A polypeptide chain comprising a linker which has at least 

27 amino acid residues or more, said linker being sandwiched 

between a donor and an acceptor domain, wherein FRET . . . 

Legal Status from INPADOC 

LEGAL STATUS INPADOC COPYRIGHT 2006 EPO on STN 

AN 2375538 GBFULL 

20030903 GBWAP - APPLICATION WITHDRAWN, TAKEN TO BE WITHDRAWN . . .

FRFULL contains the full-text of 

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INPI published applications 



• French full-text database of French <strong>Patent</strong> 

Office (INPI) published patent applications 

• Includes LexisNexis English language 

machine-translated titles and abstracts 

• Front page drawing images (GI) 

• INPADOC Legal status (LS) display

FRFULL includes English Abstracts 

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L9 ANSWER 2 OF 36 FRFULL COPYRIGHT 2006 Univentio on STN 

ALLG LS format 

AN 2765680 FRFULL ED 20040212 

TIEN CASE OF SENSOR AND SENSOR PUT UNDER CASE 

IN PATISSIER BRUNO; DURAND ALEX; GOUTOULE RENE 

PA MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTEURS SA 

PIT FRA1 Application, first publication 

PI FR 2765680 A1 19990108 

AI FR 1997-8581 A 19970707 

PRAI FR 1997-8581 A 19970707 * 

ABEN A case (2) intended for a sensor which has a sensitive element 

includes/understands a housing (4) being used to place the sensor and 

comprising at least a hole which crosses a wall of housing in order to 

give access to the sensitive element, and an element lid (6) which has 

at least a hole. . . 

<strong>Patent</strong> drawings are included 

Machine-translated English title and abstract are provided 

CLM 1.Boitier (2 ;52) destine a un capteur possedant un element sensible, 

le boitier etant caracterise en ce qu'il comprend:- un logement. . . 

LEGAL STATUS INPADOC COPYRIGHT 2006 EPO on STN 

AN 2765680 FRFULL 

20030502 FRST - LAPSED 

Legal Status from INPADOC

PATDPAFULL contains DPMA 

applications and granted patents 

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• German <strong>Patent</strong> Office (DPMA) full-text 

patent database 

• Published applications from 1987 

• Granted patents from 1990 

• EP granted patent translations from 1992 

• Utility models from 1998 

• Application and grant in one record 

• INPADOC Legal status (LS) display

DE application and grant are in a 

single database record 

AN DE19923656 PATDPAFULL ED 20021010 EW 200047 

TI Verfahren zur KontrastlackierungLike von EPFULL, Substraten the all levels 

IN Friese, Markus, 45968 Gladbeck, DE; . . . 

PA Herberts GmbH & Co. KG, 42285 Wuppertal, DE 

AG Gille Hrabal Struck Neidlein Prop Roos, 40593 Duesseldorf 

REP DE-E119542874 A1 . . . 

PIT DEA1 DE-Offenlegungsschrift 

PI DE 19923656 A1 20001123 

AI DE 1999-19923656 A 19990522 

PRAI DE 1999-19923656 19990522 

formats (.M) display application 

and grant information, e.g. BIB.M 

Note: this German patent to a 

AN DE19923656 PATDPAFULL ED 20030204 EW 200251 

TI Verfahren zur Kontrastlackierung U.S. von Substraten company has undno 

dessen Verwendung 

international equivalents 

IN Friese, Markus, 45968 Gladbeck, DE; . . . 

PA E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del., US 

AG Gille Hrabal Struck Neidlein Prop Roos, 40593 Duesseldorf 

REP DE-E119542874 A1 . . . 

PIT DEC2 DE-<strong>Patent</strong>schrift, 2. Veroeffentlichung 

PI DE 19923656 C2 20021219 

AI DE 1999-19923656 A 19990522 

PRAI DE 1999-19923656 19990522 

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RDISCLOSURE is the full-text of 

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the Research Disclosure Journal 

• Defensive technical disclosure publication 

from Kenneth Mason Publications 

• Part of the PCT Minimum Documentation 

• Full-text OCR data from 1960 to date 

• Implemented with PRNs and PNs for full 

cross-file searching with DWPI or CAplus 

• TIF page images or PDF download option 

• Updated monthly

RDISCLOSURE is implemented 

like a full-text patent database 

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=> D IBIB KWIC 

Review RDISCLOSURE 

records with KWIC 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 227028 RDISCLOSURE 

TITLE: Method of measuring blood 

glucose level by sensing evoked 

action potentials in peripheral nerve 

PN and PRN are in STN 

format, for full cross-file 

searching with, e.g. CAplus 

PATENT ASSIGNEE: Mr Roy Testerman, Medtronic Inc. 

PATENT INFORMATION: RD 227028 19830310 

PRIORITY INFORMATION: RD1983-227028 19830220 

SOURCE: Research Disclosure, 1983 03, 227 

CODEN: RSDSBB; ISSN: 0374-4353 

DOCUMENT TYPE: <strong>Patent</strong> 

GRAPHIC IMAGE SIZE: 53044 

TX XXXXXX 

Page images are available 

for display (D GI, D ALLG) 

or DOWNLOAD to PDF 

Method of measuring blood glucose level by 

sensing evoked action potentials in peripheral nerve 

Blood glucose level abnormalities are sensed by 

monitoring evoked potentials in the peripheral nerve. 

The processing system applies trains of . . . 

•••

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Agenda 





• Search example

Formulating a Search Strategy 

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• Pre-search or expand in STNINDEX 

for an overview; use SET DETAIL ON 

• If this gives too many database hits 

– use more specific search terms 

– use more specific proximity operators 

– use more specific fields, e.g. /TI, /AB, /CLM

Search term truncation can 

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improve comprehensiveness 

? Unlimited right 

? Left and SLART – field & file specific 

! One character, internal, left or right 

# Zero to one character right 

#### Zero to four characters right 

SLART = Simultaneous Left and Right Truncation

Plurals can be searched 

automatically 

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=> SET PLURALS ON 

SET COMMAND COMPLETED 

=> SET PLURALS ON PERM 

SET COMMAND COMPLETED

Search precision can be improved 

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with proximity operators 

(W) terms together reading left to right 

(5A) up to 5 terms between search terms 

(NOTA) a term must NOT be next to another 

(P) terms in the same paragraph 

(S) terms in the same sentence 

(L) terms in the same field 

File Specific!

(P), (S), and (L) operators mean 

different things in different files 

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• The definition typically depends on the 

logical structure of a record 

– EPFULL 

• More than one patent publication per database 

record, e.g. EP-A1 and EP-B1 

– USPATFULL 

• Always one patent publication per record

Proximity operators in full-text 

patent files 

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EPFULL (*) 

PCT / FR / GBFULL 

PATDPAFULL (*) 

USPATFULL/ USPAT2 

Same Record AND AND AND AND AND 

Same Publication (L) (L) (L) AND AND 

Same Text Field (P) (P) (P) (L) (L) 

Same Text Paragraph (S) (S) (S) (P) (P) 

Same Text Sentence (S) (S) 

IFIPAT 

(*) more than one publication per record possible

Consider using several languages 

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for comprehensive retrieval 

• PCTFULL has full-text, titles and abstracts 

in four languages EN, FR, DE and ES 

• EPFULL has full-text, titles and abstracts 

in three languages EN, FR and DE 

• FRFULL has EN & FR abstracts and titles 

• Compare patent titles and/or claims to find 

comparable terms in FR, DE and/or ES 

• Other files can help too, e.g. INPADOC

Review titles to find comparable 

foreign language search terms 

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=> FILE PNTTEXT 

=> SET MSTEPS ON 


=> S ASPARTIC ACID/TI 

L1 113 FILE EPFULL 

L2 16 FILE FRFULL 

L3 12 FILE GBFULL 

L4 0 FILE PATDPAFULL 

L5 53 FILE PCTFULL 

L6 0 FILE RDISCLOSURE 

L7 126 FILE USPATFULL 

L8 5 FILE USPAT2 

TOTAL FOR ALL FILES 

L9 325 ASPARTIC ACID/TI 

Use several languages for 

more comprehensive 

retrieval 

Use e.g. German and French titles (or 

claims) as a “translation tool” 

=> D L1 TI 

L1 1 OF 113 ANSWERS EPFULL COPYRIGHT 2006 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

TIEN MICROPARTICLES BASED ON ASPARTIC ACID AND USE THEREOF AS MRI CONTRAST 

AGENTS. 

TIFR MICROPARTICULES A BASE D'ACIDE ASPARTIQUE ET LEUR UTILISATION COMME 

AGENTS DE CONTRASTE POUR L'IMAGERIE PAR RESONANCE MAGNETIQUE. 

TIDE MIKROPARTIKEL AUF BASIS VON ASPARAGINSAeURE UND DEREN VERWENDUNG ALS 

MRI-KONTRASTMITTEL.

Including foreign terms significantly 

enhances search recall 

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=> S (ASPARTIC ACID OR ACIDE(2W)ASPARTIQUE OR ASPARAGINSAEURE 

OR ASPARAGIN SAEURE)/TI 

L10 134 FILE EPFULL 

L11 22 FILE FRFULL 

L12 12 FILE GBFULL 

L13 54 FILE PATDPAFULL 

L14 63 FILE PCTFULL 

L15 0 FILE RDISCLOSURE 

L16 126 FILE USPATFULL 

L17 5 FILE USPAT2 


L18 416 (ASPARTIC ACID OR ACIDE(2W)ASPARTIQUE OR ASPARAGINSAEURE 

OR ASPARAGIN SAEURE)/TI 

=> D SCAN 

L18 416 ANSWERS EPFULL COPYRIGHT 2006 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

TIEN ASPARTIC AND MALIC ACID INHIBITION OF BETA-GLUCURONIDASE. 

TIFR INHIBITION DE LA BETA-GLUCURONIDASE PAR L'ACIDE ASPARTIQUE ET MALIQUE. 

TIDE ASPARAGINSAeURE UND AePFELSAeURE ZUR HEMMUNG DER BETA-GLUCURONIDASE. 

HOW MANY MORE ANSWERS DO YOU WISH TO SCAN? (1):20 . . . 

Using a three language 

query increases search 

recall, and may sometimes 

reveal inadequacies in the 

original English query…!

Review relevant answers efficiently 

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• FOCUS or SORT OCC to reorganize 

search results by relevance 

• DISPLAY OCCURRENCE to display 

which fields have hit terms, e.g. the claims 

• DISPLAY SAM to review patent titles and 

other file specific free-of-charge fields 

• DISPLAY KWIC for hit terms in context 

Note: Keywords In Context (KWIC) is a free-of-charge review format 

in all full-text patent files on STN, following basic index text search.

Review answers (cont.) 

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• DISPLAY BROWSE to browse records 

online, record by record 

– Use standard formats, e.g., TI KWIC 

– TAG and SORT TAG relevant records 

– Redisplay records and be billed only once 

– Use the string search option available for 

IFIPAT, USPATFULL, and USPAT2

Agenda 

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• Search example

Identifying patent family duplicates 

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in a multifile full-text patent search 

• A multi-file full-text patent search will often 

retrieve members of the same patent family 

• A first pass review of patent search results 

normally only requires one family member 

• Priorities are typically not updated in full-text 

patent files so family identification is problematic 

• INPADOC priority data is regularly updated and 

can be included to improve FSORT precision

Steps to improve the precision of 

patent family duplicate identification 

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Multifile SEARCH in e.g. 2 full-text files ( => L1) 

TRANSFER PN L1 to INPADOC (=> L2) 

SET DUPORDER FILE 

DUPLICATE IDENTIFY L1 L2 (=> L3) 

FSORT L3 (=> L4) 

DISPLAY PFAM L4 1- TI KWIC

Alternatively use a different query 

in each full-text patent file 

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Sequential SEARCH in e.g. 2 full-text files ( => L1, L2) 



SET DUPORDER FILE 

DUPLICATE IDENTIFY L1 L2 L3 L4 (=> L5) 

FSORT L5 (=> L6) 

DISPLAY PFAM L6 1-10 TI

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Agenda 





• Search example

The Mecanum Wheel 

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(Video from http://robotics.ee.uwa.edu.au/eyebot/robots/omni.html)

Search Example 

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• Select files and develop the search query 

• Run the multifile search 

• Sort results to review one patent per family 

• Browse and locate relevant records 

• Display more detail from records of 

interest

=> IND PNTTEXT IFIPAT IFICLS –PATDPAFULL -FRFULL 

INDEX 'EPFULL, GBFULL, PCTFULL, RDISCLOSURE, USPATFULL, USPAT2, 

IFIPAT, IFICLS' ENTERED AT 07:24:49 ON 25 JUN 2006 

8 FILES IN THE FILE LIST IN STNINDEX 

=> SET DETAIL ON 


Using STNindex with PNTTEXT cluster plus 

IFIPAT/IFICLS minus PATDPAFULL/FRFULL 

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=> E MECANUM 

Look for MECANUM 

E# FILE FREQUENCY TERM 

-- ---- --------- ---- 

E3 4 --> MECANUM/BI 

EPFULL 1 MECANUM/BI 

GBFULL 0 MECANUM/BI 

PCTFULL 2 MECANUM/BI 

RDISCLOSURE 0 MECANUM/BI 

USPATFULL 1 MECANUM/BI 

USPAT2 0 MECANUM/BI 

IFIPAT 0 MECANUM/BI 

IFICLS 0 MECANUM/BI 

E4 IFIPAT 1 MECANYLAMINE/BI 

=> SET PLURALS ON 

SET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> SEARCH (MECANUM OR OMNI DIRECT? OR OMNIDIRECT?) 

(S)(WHEEL OR ROBOT OR VEHICLE) 

(S)(BALL OR SPHERICAL ROLLER) 

L1 QUE (MECANUM OR OMNI DIRECT? OR OMNIDIRECT?) 

Conduct a search for Mecanum 

(S)(WHEEL OR ROBOT OR VEHICLE)(S)(BALL OR SPHERICAL 

wheels and rollers 

ROLLER) 

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=> D RANK 

F1 76 USPATFULL 

F2 17 PCTFULL 

F3 12 IFIPAT 

F4 4 EPFULL 

F5 4 USPAT2 

F6 1 RDISCLOSURE 

Use DISPLAY RANK to organize results 

by number of answers in each file 

=> FILE HITS 

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TI VORTEX ATTRACTOR FOR PLANAR AND NON-PLANAR SURFACES 

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TI Driving and transmission unit for use in rolling 

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TI UNIVERSALLY PIVOTAL LUGGAGE STEERING APPARATUS 

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TI Web tracking device with ramp support means

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TI Omnidirectional spherical roller caster 

CLM What is claimed is: 

CLM 7. An omnidirectional skateboard, comprising: a. an 

integral, elongated, structurally rigid, single-piece platform 

for supporting a user, the platform having i a flat central 

portion with a longitudinal axis, bilateral upwardly-inclining 

extensions from the central portion, and ii fore and aft 

upwardly-angled extensions; b. at least one spherical roller 

assembly longitudinally spaced and centrally attached to the 

underside of the flat central portion of the platform, each 

assembly having i. a housing, comprising (1) at least one 

downwardly-open spherical cavity defined by at least three 

shallow cylindrical bores in the inner, upper surface of the 

housing defining the spherical cavity, positioned to form an 

equilateral geometrical configuration with the axis of each bore 

aligned to the center nucleus of the spherical roller, ii. A 

plurality of proportionately small internal caster assemblies 

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TI Edge steerage apparatus 

AB 

. . . each unit having a pair of pivotally supported, 

spaced-apart wheels adjacent to the edge of the web for 

contacting the moving web. For each of the wheels of the 

steerage unit, a spherical ball is provided which rotates 

freely omni- directionally so that the web is engaged 

between the wheels and the spherical ball. The two wheels of a 

steerage unit have a slight toe-out so that the web between 

the wheels is maintained in a taut condition. The position of 

the edge is monitored in relation to a fixed position and a 

steerage drive orients the wheels to introduce lateral 

movement in the cloth between the wheels and at the edge to 

steer the edge toward the fixed position. 

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CLM What is claimed is: 

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said web contact means is 

a generally spherical ball supported for omni-directional 

movement for contacting the web and causing the web to be 

engaged between the wheel and the spherical ball . . .

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TI Robot transport platform with multi-directional wheels 

AB A robot transport platform adapted for locomotion, having a base 

with three wheels on each side. Of the three wheels on each 

side, the wheels near the fore end and the aft end are 

omnidirectional wheels; the intermediate wheel in between the 

omnidirectional wheels is a conventional wheel. The 

omnidirectional wheels have staggered rows of spherical rollers 

rotatably mounted to the circumference of the wheel's hub. More 

precisely, the rollers are mounted to annularshafts that 

circumscribe the circumference of the hub, and are supported. 

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SUMM As the omnidirectional wheel is loaded, the weight 

is distributed at first on the hub, and then on the spokes, 

which translate the load to the annular shaft, which shaft 

translates the load to the rubber balls. So when the 

omnidirectional wheel is placed in motion, circumferential 

rolling action is . . .

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ACCESSION NUMBER: 94:54691 USPATFULL Full-text 

TITLE: Robot transport platform with multi- 

Directional wheels 

INVENTOR(S): Griffin, Ronald, 17614 Lahey St., Agua Dulce, 

CA, United States 

Allard, Eric J., 17614 Lahey St., Granada 

Hills, CA, United States 91344 

PATENT ASSIGNEE(S): Allard, Eric J., Granada Hills, CA, United 

States (U.S. individual) 

NUMBER KIND DATE 

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PATENT INFORMATION: US 5323867 19940628 

APPLICATION INFO.: US 1992-847627 19920306 (7) 

DOCUMENT TYPE: Utility 

FILE SEGMENT: Granted 

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NUMBER OF CLAIMS: 3 

EXEMPLARY CLAIM: 1 

NUMBER OF DRAWINGS: 6 Drawing Figure(s); 4 Drawing Page(s) 

LINE COUNT: 522 

AB A robot transport platform adapted for locomotion, • • • 

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