INPADOCDB STN Workshop Manual 20080425 - FIZ Karlsruhe

INPADOCDB 

WORKSHOP MANUAL

© Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, October 2007 

Terri Dockter 

FIZ Karlsruhe Inc 

3606 Red Oak Branch Lane 

Kingwood, TX 77345 

Email: terri.dockter@fiz-k.com 

Web: www.fiz-k.com 

INPADOCDB Workshop Manual

INPADOCDB Workshop Manual 

Contents 

Page 

Workshop Slides 1 

Agenda 1 

Database content 2 

Subject searching 7 

Name searching 18 

Number and date searching 26 

Patent families 30 

Legal status searching 41 

SDI searching 48 

Citation searching 52 

Example family display (IFAM) 61 

Database Summary Sheet 79


INPADOCDB on STN ® 

FIZ Karlsruhe – Terri Dockter 

terri.dockter@fiz-k.com 

Agenda 

• Database content and structure 

• Subject searching 

• Name searching 

• Number and date searching 

• Patent family searching 

• Legal status searching 

• SDI searching 

• Citation searching 

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INPADOC reloaded, enhanced, and 

renamed as INPADOCDB on STN 

• INPADOC and the Documentation Database 

(DOCDB) form the basis of the new file 

– INPADOCDB = INPADOC + DOCDB 

• Produced by the European Patent Office (EPO) 

• New search functionality and enhanced content 

compared to INPADOC 

• Search and display features of INPADOC were 

preserved in INPADOCDB 

• INPADOCDB on STN was released 4/29/2007 

INPADOCDB database content 

• Bibliographic and patent family information for 

80 patent authorities from the mid-1800’s 

• Applicant abstracts for 42 patent authorities 

• Classification codes include reformed IPC, 

ECLA, NCL, ICO, IDT 

• Legal status for 48 patent authorities from 1978 

• Cited references from 12 patent authorities 

• More than 63 million documents 

• Updated weekly 

For a complete list of the 80 patent authorities, see 

http://patentinfo.european-patent-office.org/_resources/data/pdf/global_patent_data_coverage.pdf. 

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INPADOCDB coverage begins 

much earlier than INPADOC 

Selected patent 

authorities with 

greater than 0.5 

million INPADOCDB 

records are shown 

in this table. 

Typical new backfile record 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 4669237 INPADOCDB ED 20061101 UP 20061101 

TITLE: Welding of ethylene polymer articles. Author title. 

PATENT ASSIGNEE(S): 

ORIGINAL: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO. Patent 

STANDARDIZED: DU PONT 

assignees. 

PATENT INFORMATION: NUMBER KIND DATE 

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

GB 567360 A 19450212 

APPLICATION INFO.: GB 1943-9638 A 19430616 

PRIORITY APPLN. INFO.: US 1942-567360X A 19420617 

IPC RECLASSIF. (ADV): B29C0065-00 [I,A]; B29C0065-10 [I,A] IPC codes. 

IPC RECLASSIF. (CORE): B29C0065-00 [I,C*]; B29C0065-10 [I,C*] 

EUR. PATENT CLASSIF.: B29C0065-00S4; B29C0065-10B ECLA codes. 

ICO CLASS.: L29C0065-10B; L29C0223-04; L29C0223-04B; . . . . 

ABSTRACT (ENGLISH): Bodies comprising fusible polyethylene ICO having codes. 

a 

molecular weight above 6000 are autogenously 

welded by bringing the bodies into contact and 

Author abstract. 

applying a flame to contiguous surfaces thereof. 

Examples describe (1) wrapping cigarettes with a 

sheet of . . . . 

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5 

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More than double the author abstracts: 

More than 13 million from 42 patent authorities 

(25% of file) 

Patent Country Number Language 

EP 0.97 mil DE/EN/FR 

GB 1.97 mil EN 

US 4.09 mil EN 

DE 0.78 mil DE/EN 

FR 0.53 mil FR 

WO 1.07 mil EN/DE/FR/ES/other 

CA 0.83 mil EN/FR 

CN 0.32 mil EN 

......... ....... .......... 

New ! 

English abstracts of GB-publications are available back to 1893. 

An INPADOCDB database record has the 

same logical structure as in INPADOC 

• All patent publications issued by the same 

authority, for a single patent application 

number form one INPADOCDB record 

• A single INPADOCDB record combines 

the bibliographic and legal status data for 

the national family 

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ecord 1 

publication 1 

INPADOCDB patent family 

PI DE10009756 A1 

publication 2 

PI DE10009756 B4 

legal status 

record 2 

publication 1 

PI EP1130059 A1 

publication 2 

PI EP1130059 B1 

legal status 

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... 

record n 

publication 1 

PI US20010031805 A1 

publication 2 

PI US6528560 B2 

legal status 

63 mil publications | 51 mil records | 35 mil patent families 

All publications which are directly or indirectly linked via a 

priority application number form an INPADOCDB patent family. 

Content of an INPADOCDB Record 

• Bibliographic data BIB 

• Abstract(s) AB 

• Cited references RE 

• Classification(s) IND 

• Legal status LS 

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Reading an INPADOCDB record 

Record 

AN 24075775 INPADOCDB ED 20061122 UP 20061122 

BIB 

TI Direkte Herstellung von Teilen fuer die Luftfahrt. 

AB 

AB Direct A process manufacture of fabricating of aerospace aerospace parts. parts using selective 

Fabrication laser sintering directe de is pieces provided, pour wherein l'aeronautique. 

the process generally 

IND 

IC.V 7 

TL German; comprises English; the French steps of preparing a powder nylon material, 

ICM B29C0067-00 

RE IN WANNEMUEHLER, loading REP the KEVIN US powder 6245281 L.; nylon MILLER, material ROBERT B1 into P.; (SEA, DEGRANGE, a laser pat, Cat: sintering JEFFREY X) E.; 

IPCR B64F0005-00 [I,A]; B29C0035-08 [I,A]; B29C0041-02 [I,A]; 

BELLMAN,DANIEL F.; BOND, GARY G.; FINK, JEFFREY E.; TAYLOR, TRACY; 

LS 

machine, warming US 6136948 up the powder nylon (SEA, material pat, according Cat: Y) to 

B29C0041-46 

SPIELMAN, build ROGER warm-up 

LEGAL [I,A]; B29C0041-52 [I,A]; B29C0067-00 [I,A]; 

EP L. parameters, 0703036 STATUS 

building A2 the (SEA, part pat, according Cat: A) to 

B29C0067-04 [I,A]; B29C0071-00 [I,A]; B29K0077-00 [N,A]; 

INS WANNEMUEHLER build REXP parameters KEVIN AN XP002213140 L, 24075775 

and US; part MILLER INPADOCDB 

parameters, ROBERT (SEA, P, and US; Cat: cooling DEGRANGE X) down JEFFREY the E, 

B29L0031-30 

US; BELLMAN part according DANIEL 20040128 [N,A]; G06F0019-00 [I,A] 

XP000656866 F, to US; build 

EPAK BOND cool-down GARY + DESIGNATED G, parameters. US; (SEA, FINK CONTRACTING Cat: JEFFREY As X) a result, E, STATES: US; 

B64F0005-00 [I,C*]; B29C0035-08 [I,C*]; B29C0041-02 [I,C*]; 

TAYLOR parts TRACY, REN are US; produced KELLER SPIELMAN PETER: that ROGER are "Der L, directly 

EP Stoff, US used aus dem in aerospace 

die Prototypen A1 

sind 

B29C0041-34 [I,C*]; B29C0067-00 [I,C*]; B29C0067-02 [I,C*]; 

PA THE BOEING structures, COMPANY KUNSTSTOFFE, which meet the CARL stringent HANSER AT BE BG VERLAG. performance 

CH CY MUNCHEN, CZ DE DK DE, EE ES vol. FI 89, FR 

B29C0071-00 [I,C*]; 

PAS BOEING requirements CO, US no. of 11, aerospace 1 November applications, 

GB 1999 GR HU (1999-11-01), IE 

rather 

IT LI 

than 

LU MC pages as 

NL 

rapid 

PT 58-61, RO SE 

G06F0019-00 [I,C*] 

DT Patent prototypes as XP002213140 with conventional ISSN: 0023-5563 

SI 

selective 

SK TR 

laser sintering 

EPC B29C0067-00L2D; 

PI EP 1384565 processes. 

20040128 B29C0041-46; B29C0041-52; B29C0067-00L6B2B 

Additionally, SCHMACHTENBERG A1 EPAX 20040128 specific 

+ EXTENSION E English ET designs AL: OF "LASERSINTERN for 

THE 

aerospace 

EUROPEAN VON PATENT POLYAMI TO 

ICO L29C0067:00L2; L29C0277:00; L29C0605:18; L29C0605:30 

PIT EPA1 parts Application such as LASER-SINTERING published ducts, panels, with OF search and 

AL POLYAMIDE" LT 

shrouds report LV MK 

are KUNSTSTOFFE, provided that CARL HANSER 

IDT B29C41/46; B29C41/52; B29C67/00L2 

DAV 20040128 are produced examined-printed-without-grant 

20040407 VERLAG. by the 

EP17P MUNCHEN, selective 

+ DE, REQUEST 

laser vol. sintering 87, FOR no. EXAMINATION 6, process. 1 JuneFILED 1997 

STA Pre-grant . publication (1997-06-01), pages20040205 773-774,776, XP000656866 

AI AL EP 2003-77123 English ISSN: A 0023-5563 20030704 EXA Examination, Search Report 

AIT AS EPA Patent EPO application 20041020 EPAKX + PAYMENT OF DESIGNATION FEES 

PRAI ABDE US 2002-205451 . . . 

A 20020725 AT (USA) BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR 

PRAIT ABFR USA Patent . . . application 

GB GR HU E IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE 

DS ABES R: . . . AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE SI ES SK FI TR FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC 

NL PT RO SE SI SK TR 200703......................20070117 

FA AB; AI; AN; DS; DT; ED; ICM; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; PI; 

PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; REXP; TI 

Standard formats ALL, MAX and 

MAXO include all available abstracts 

• Display fields for abstracts in different 

languages: 

AB (=ABEN) Abstract in English 

ABDE Abstract in German 

ABFR Abstract in French 

ABES Abstract in Spanish 

ABOL Abstract in other language 

ABO Abstract in ORIGINAL CHARACTERS 

(UTF-8) 

• Use abstract fields for customized display 

e.g. => D BIB AB LS 

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Create custom displays using 

various abstract fields 

AB The invention relates to wood siding for external and internal use. 

The inventive siding comprises multiple wood battens which are fixed 

with clamps or other elements to a support Abstract frame which in English: is, in ABEN turn, 

fixed to the surface to be covered. The invention is characterised in 

that the . . . 

ABES El revestimiento comprende multiples listones de madera fijados 

mediante grapas u otros elementos sobre un armazon de soporte fijado 

Abstract in Spanish: ABES 

a la superficie a recubrir y se caracteriza porque los bordes de los 

lados mayores de los listones son parcialmente asimetricos 

presentando una . . . 

ABFR L'invention concerne un revetement en bois pour exterieurs et 

interieurs comprenant plusieurs lattes en bois fixees a l'aide de 

pinces ou d'autres elements sur l'ossature Abstract de support in French: fixee a ABFR la 

surface a recouvrir. Ce revetement se caracterise par le fait que les 

bords des faces principales .... 

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Not just for patent families and legal 

status…anymore! 

• Original abstracts for 25% of the file 

• Original titles for 81% of the ENTIRE file 

(to about 1893) or 91% from 1968 on 

• Multiple languages available for text 

searching 

• Reformed IPC for 90% of the ENTIRE file 

• ECLA for about 50% of the ENTIRE file 

Text and IPC searching in the new backfile: 

wind turbine publications before 1970 

=> S F03D/IPC 

L1 25931 F03D/IPC 

Use patent classifications for technology searching. 

=> S WIND#(2A)TURBIN? OR WIND(W)(POWER OR ENERGY)(W)(PLANT# 

OR SYSTEM OR GENERAT? OR INSTALL?) 

L2 3107 WIND#(2A)TURBIN? OR WIND(w)(POWER OR ENERGY)(W)(PLANT# OR .... 

=> S ?WINDENERGIEANLAG? OR ?WINDTURBIN? OR (EOLIEN? OR 

VENT#)(2A)TURBIN? 

Use multiple languages for 

L3 558 ?WINDENERGIEANLAG? OR ?WINDTURBIN? OR (EOLIEN? OR VENT#)(2A).... 

more comprehensive retrieval. 

=> S (L1 OR L2 OR L3) AND PY

Text and IPC searching in the new backfile: 

wind turbine publications before 1970 

=> D ALL 

Display relevant answers in display format ALL. 

L4 ANSWER 1 OF 2157 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

TI Improvements in wind power plants. 

PA ALLGAIER WERKZEUGBAU G.M.B.H. 

PAS ALLGAIER WERKZEUGBAU G M B H 

PI GB 730060 A 19550518 Reformed IPC 

AI GB 1952-32200 A 19521219 reclassification data allow 

PRAI DE 1951-730060X A 19511221 for better retrieval of old 

IPCR F03D0007-02 [I,A] 

F03D0007-00 [I,C*] 

patent publications. 

EPC F03D0007-02D 

ICO R05B0260-74; R05B0260-76; R05B0260-77; R05B0270-506 

AB 730,060. Wind-motors. ALLGAIER WERKZEUGBAU GES. Dec. 19, 1952 [Dec. 

21,1951; July 26, 1952], No. 32200/52. Class 110 (3). A wind power 

plant with variable-pitch vanes embodying means for increasing the 

starting moment comprises an initially stressed spring which is 

adapted to swing the vanes, when at rest, through a small angle about 

their axes and means operatively associated with said spring for 

additionally stressing 

....... 

Patent classifications in INPADOCDB 

• International Patent Classifications IPC 

• European Patent Office Classifications: 

– European Patent Classification ECLA EPC 

– ICO classifications (In Computer Only) ICO 

– Old Dutch Patent Classification IDT 

• National Patent Classifications: NCL 

– AT, BR, CA, DE, DK, ES, GB, MX, NL, US 

New ! 

Classifications are available in the standard display formats 

IND, STD, ALL, MAX,… 

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International Patent Classification 

• Administered by WIPO 

– Based on the Strasbourg Agreement of 1971 

– Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) signatory 

authorities must classify patent publications 

using IPC codes 

• 7 editions prior to IPC Reform (1968-2005) 

– 5 level hierarchy covering all technologies 

– Top level split into 8 sections (A-H) 

Main features of IPC Reform 

• A new two level scheme 

– Core for smaller patent offices 

– Advanced for larger patent offices and International 

Search Authorities (ISAs) 

• Backfile reclassification for pre-2006 documents 

– Worldwide Master Classification Database (MCD) 

• created and maintained by the EPO 

• Made available to patent information vendors 

– All documents subject to on-going reclassifications 

• More frequent revisions 

See www.stn-international.com/stndatabases/details/ipc_reform.html 

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IPC Core and Advanced levels 

Advanced level 

G02C SPECTACLES 

5/00 

5/00 

Constructions 

Constructions 

of 

of 

non-optical 

non-optical 

parts 

parts 

5/02 

5/02 

. 

. 

Bridges; 

Bridges; 

Browbars; 

Browbars; 

Intermediate 

Intermediate 

bars 

bars 

(nose-engaging 

(nose-engaging 

surfaces 

surfaces 

5/12) 

5/12) 

5/04 

5/04 

. 

. 

. 

. 

with 

with 

adjustable 

adjustable 

means 

means 

5/06 

5/06 

. 

. 

. 

. 

with 

with 

resilient 

resilient 

means 

means 

5/08 

5/08 

. 

. 

. 

. 

foldable 

foldable 

5/10 

5/10 

. 

. 

. 

. 

Intermediate 

Intermediate 

bar 

bar 

or 

or 

bars 

bars 

between 

between 

bridge 

bridge 

and 

and 

side-members 

side-members 

5/12 

5/12 

. 

. 

Nose 

Nose 

pads; 

pads; 

Nose 

Nose 

engaging 

engaging 

surfaces 

surfaces 

of 

of 

bridges 

bridges 

or 

or 

rims 

rims 

5/14 

5/14 

. 

. 

Side-members 

Side-members 

5/16 

5/16 

. 

. 

. 

. 

resilient 

resilient 

or 

or 

with 

with 

resilient 

resilient 

parts 

parts 

5/18 

5/18 

. 

. 

. 

. 

reinforced 

reinforced 

5/20 

5/20 

. 

. 

. 

. 

adjustable, 

adjustable, 

e.g. 

e.g. 

telescopic 

telescopic 

5/22 

5/22 

. 

. 

Hinges 

Hinges 

(pivotal 

(pivotal 

connection 

connection 

in 

in 

general 

general 

F 

F 

16 

16 

C 11/00) 

11/00) 

IPC Attributes 

Attributes for IPC 1-7 

Status of the IPC codes 

Assigning Patent Office 

IPC Reform Level 

Position of the IPC code 

Significance of the IPC code 

Method of assignment 

(* Assigned by STN) 

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Core level 

G02C SPECTACLES 

5/00 

5/00 

Constructions 

Constructions 

of 

of 

non-optical 

non-optical 

parts 

parts 

5/14 

5/14 

. 

. 

Side-members 

Side-members 

5/22 

5/22 

. 

. 

Hinges 

Hinges 

(pivotal 

(pivotal 

connection 

connection 

in 

in 

general 

general 

F 

F 

16 

16 

C 11/00) 

11/00) 

From January 2006, many 

patent offices assign IPCs at the 

Advanced Level, while others 

assign IPCs at the Core Level. 

Attribute 

MAIN 

SECONDARY 

ADDITIONAL 

INDEX 

INITIAL 

RECLASSIFIED 

CURRENT 

ORIGINAL 

Patent Office (Code) 

CORE 

ADVANCED 

SUBCLASS 

FIRST 

LATER 

INVENTION 

NON-INVENTION 

HUMAN 

MACHINE 

SOFTWARE 

ROLLED UP CORE 

Abbreviation 

ICM 

ICS 

ICA 

ICI 

IPCI 

IPCR, R 

CUR 

O 

EP,DE,US,.. 

C 

A 

S 

F 

L 

I 

N 

- 

- 

- 

RC* 

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IPC codes from all editions are searchable 

in either pre or post-reform IPC format 

• /IPC is the IPC super search field 

=> S H01J0037-04 /IPC (Reform format) 

=> S H01J037-04 /IPC (pre-Reform format) 

• /IPC.KW is the IPC attributes (keyword) field 

– Use the (S) operator to link codes with attributes 

=> S H01J0037-32 /IPC (S) INVENTION/IPC.KW 

• Range searching is based on the IPC thesaurus 

– Use either colon (:) or dash (-) to indicate a range 

=> S G02C0005-14:G02C005-20 /IPC 

STN provides the hierarchical structure of 

IPC codes as an online IPC thesaurus 

• The IPC thesaurus features relationship 

codes useful for browsing and searching 

– IPC Reform CORE and ADVANCED codes 

– Broader (BT) and narrower (NT) terms 

• See HELP THESAURUS and RCODE 

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Find relevant IPC codes by analysing the 

results of a broad text search 

=> FILE INPADOCDB 

=> S SPUTTERING CATHODE 

L1 343 SPUTTERING CATHODE 

(SPUTTERING(W)CATHODE) 

=> SET ICFORMAT ON 

SET COMMAND COMPLETED 

=> ANALYZE L1 IPC 1- 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IPC : 194 TERMS 

=> D TOP 5 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IPC : 194 TERMS 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC IPC 

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

1 293 211 61.52 H01J0037-34 

2 219 210 61.22 H01J0037-32 

3 420 186 54.23 C23C0014-34 

4 401 183 53.35 C23C0014-35 

5 110 53 15.45 C23C0014-36 

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The INPADOCDB file 

provides author abstracts 

and titles for 42 patent 

authorities. 

SET ICFORMAT ON 

ensures that pre-Reform 

IPC codes are the same 

length as modern IPC 

Reform codes, providing 

consistent analysis 

throughout the backfile. 

Review IPC descriptions using 

the online IPC thesaurus 

=> E H01J0037-32+HIE/IPC 

E1 2 BT4 H0/IPC 

E2 769 BT3 H01/IPC 

BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS 

E3 489924 BT2 H01J/IPC 

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS.... 

E4 1770 BT1 H01J0037-00/IPC 

The CORE and ADVANCED 

Discharge tubes.... 

CORE 

relationships are clearly marked. 

VALID FROM 19680901 TO PRESENT ( IPC EDITION: 1-8 ) 

E5 25540 --> H01J0037-32/IPC 

. Gas-filled discharge tubes.... 

CORE 


E6 7041 NT1 H01J0037-34/IPC 

. . operating with cathodic sputtering 

ADVANCED 


E7 172 NT1 H01J0037-36/IPC 

. . for cleaning surfaces while plating.... 

ADVANCED 


********** END ********** 

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Use both Advanced and Core IPCs 


=> E H01J0037-34+CORE/IPC 

E1 6967 --> H01J0037-34/IPC 

E2 25146 CORE H01J0037-32/IPC 

********** END ********** 

=> S H01J0037-34+CORE/IPC 

L3 25396 H01J0037-34+CORE/IPC (2 TERMS) 

=> D IPC 


IPCI H01J0037-36 [I,A]; H01J0037-32 [I,C*] 

=> S H01J0037-34+CORE/IPC (NOTS) RC/IPC.KW 

L4 25299 H01J0037-34+CORE/IPC (NOTS) RC/IPC.KW 

=> D IPC 

L4 ANSWER 1 OF 25299 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 An EPO/FIZ intellectually KA on STN assigned 

IPCI H01J0037-32 [I,A]; H01J0037-32 [I,C*] Core code answer. 

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Searching a Core code retrieves 

both intellectually indexed Core 

codes, and rolled-up Core codes. 

Rolled-up Core (RC) 

codes are marked 

with an asterisk (*). 

Exclude RC’s using 

(NOTS) proximity. 

ECLA classifications are assigned by the 

European Patent Office (EPO) 

• Based heavily on IPC4 

– Approximately twice as large as IPC8-Advanced 

• Maintained by EPO and continuously updated 

– New classifications added 

– Old documents reclassified 

– New documents classified 

• Definitions available 

– Link in INPADOCDB file banner or “HELP ECLA” 

– EPO website, http://v3.espacenet.com/eclasrch 

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ECLA codes in INPADOCDB offer additional 

search options beyond IPCs 

Browse ECLA definitions at 

http://v3.espacenet.com/eclasrch. 

H01J0037-34 is both an IPC 

and an ECLA (/EPC) code. 

ECLA typically offers an additional 

level of detail beyond IPC codes. 

Extend an IPC search to ECLA (/EPC) to 

retrieve additional relevant answers 

=> S H01J0037-34?/EPC NOT H01J0037-34/IPC 

L5 62 H01J0037-34?/EPC NOT H01J0037-34/IPC 

ECLA (/EPC) are standardized to IPC 

=> D BIB IPC EPC 

Reform format for ease-of-searching. 


AN 52928950 INPADOCDB ED 20070405 EW 200714 UP 20070405 UW 200714 

TI MODULAR DEVICE FOR COATING SURFACES. 

IN CSELLETIBOR; JILEKMOJMIR 

PA PLATIT AG; PIVOT A.S. 

PI KR 2007007251 A 20070115 

PIT KRA OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE UNEXAMINED PATENTS 

DAV 20070115 unexamined-printed-without-grant 

STA PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 

AI KR 2006-7008721 A 20060504 

AIT KRA Patent application 

PRAI EP 2003-405753 A 20031017 (EPA) 

PRAIT EPA Patent application 

IPCI C23C0014-32 [I,A]; C23C0014-34 [I,A]; C23C0014-32 [I,C*]; C23C0014-34 

[I,C*] 

EPC C23C0014-34F; H01J0037-34 

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Unique records are often 

found by extending an IPC 

search to include ECLA. 

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ICO’s are based on ECLA 

• “In Computer Only” codes applied by the EPO 

• Two types 

– Identical to ECLA except for the first letter 

• A B C D E F G H � K L M N P R S T 

• Captures “additional information” 

– Additional subdivisions of ECLA 

• Captures emerging technology 

• Often will be added to ECLA 2-3 revision cycles later 

• Definitions available 

– Link in INPADOCDB file banner 

– “HELP ICO” while in INPADOCDB 

Use ICO to search for emerging technologies, 

such as nanotechnology 

=> E Y/ICO 

... 

Y01N0002 

E3 0 --> Y/ICO 

E4 12533 Y01N0002:00/ICO Y01N0004 

E5 24736 Y01N0004:00/ICO 

Nanobiotechnology 

Nanotechnology for information 

processing, storage 

E6 24666 Y01N0006:00/ICO 

E7 10312 Y01N0008:00/ICO 

E8 11542 Y01N0010:00/ICO Y01N0006 

E9 8911 Y01N0012:00/ICO 

and transmission 

Nanotechnology for materials 

and surface science 

**** END OF FIELD **** 

Y01N0008 Nanotechnology for inter- 

=> S E4 

acting, sensing or actuating 

L2 12533 "Y01N0002:00"/ICO Y01N0010 Nanooptics 

=> D TI IND 

Y01N0012 Nanomagnetics 


TI Functionalized carbon nanotubes, a process for preparing . . . 

IPCI A61K0038-08 [I,A]; A61K0031-403 [I,A]; C07K0007-06 [I,A]; . . . 

IPCR A61K0047-48 [I,A]; A61P0031-00 [I,A]; A61P0037-00 [I,A]; A61P0043-00 

[I,A]; C01B0031-02 [I,A]; G01N0033-543 [I,A]; G01N0033-551 [I,A] 

G01N0033-543 [I,C*]; G01N0033-551 [I,C*] 

NCL X514410000; X977746000; X548416000; 514017000; X530329000 

EPC A61K0047-48W14B; C01B0031-02B; G01N0033-543F; G01N0033-551 

ICO Y01N0002:00 ; Y01N0006:00 

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Use IPC, EPC, and ICO together 

=> ANA 1-100 IPC LEN 8 EPC LEN 8 ICO LEN 8 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1-100 IPC EPC ICO LEN 8 8 8 : 329 L1 is TERMS the result of 

a text search. 

=> D TOP 2 IPC DOC 

L2 ANALYZE L18 1-100 IPC EPC ICO LEN 8 8 8 : 141 TERMS 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC IPC EPC ICO 

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

1 384 94 94.00 A61K0009 LEN 8 is main group level. 

3 307 56 56.00 A61K0031 LEN 4 is subclass level. 

=> D TOP 2 EPC DOC 

L2 ANALYZE L18 1-100 IPC EPC ICO LEN 8 8 8 : 141 TERMS 

DOC sorts by decreasing 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC IPC EPC ICO 

------ ------- ------ ------ --------------- number of documents. 

2 130 69 69.00 A61K0009 

5 139 44 44.00 A61K0031 

Replace first letter of 

=> D TOP 2 ICO DOC 

L2 ANALYZE L18 1-100 IPC EPC ICO LEN 8 IPC/EPC 8 8 : as 141 follows: TERMS 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC IPC EPC ICO A B C D E F G H -> 

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

K L M N P R S T and search 

7 50 19 19.00 K61K0009 

39 3 3 3.00 K61K0201 all classifications at once. 

=> S (A61K0009? or K61K0009?)/IPC,EPC,ICO 

L20 336181 (A61K0009? OR K61K0009?)/IPC,EPC,ICO 

IDT “Indeling der Techniek” 

• Used by the Institut International des Brevets 

(IIB) 

• Basis of the European Patent Classification 

• Many were converted by the EPO into ECLA 

terms, but not possible for some areas of 

organic chemistry 

• STN is offering a file with text information for IDT 

(about 11,000 terms – mostly in French) 

• Also available on STN via “HELP IDT” 

See http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/IdT_EPO.zip. 

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Example of IDT definitions: 

group 012D 

IDT - 12D 

XIDT- 012_D 

TI - Clarification, séparation, filtration (filtres et filtres-presses). 

Notes 

A partir des 2 juillet 1976, 29 mars et 18 octobre 1979 et 8 avril 

1983, la sous-classe 12 D est clôturée et remplacée par B01D, B01J et 

C01B 

Les groupes clôturés correspondent globalement aux groupes de B01D 

,B01J et C01B de la façon suivante : 

12 D 25 : B01D 39/00 

12 D 25 F : B01J 20/00 

12 D 25 F 6 : B01J 20/10 

. . . 

Matériaux filtrants et leur épuration. 

IDT - 12D25 

XIDT- 012_D025 

TI - Matériaux filtrants, adsorbants, accessoires pour filtres et 

échangeurs d'ions (VIDE). 

Remarque 

Les échangeurs d'ions contenant une partie minérale et une partie 

organique, p.ex. les phosphates contenant de l'acide citrique, 

acitates, 

etc. sont rangés dans la dernière place possible; donc dans le groupe 

des échangeurs organiques appropriés. 

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Name searching fields 

• Bibliographic fields 

– Inventors (IN), standardized (INS) 

– Patent assignees (PA), standardized (PAS) 

• Legal Status fields 

– Patent Assignee (LSPA), Opponent (LSOP) 

– Inventor (LSIN) 

– Free Text (LSFT) (unfielded names) 

– LSBI: LSIN, LSPA, LSOP + LSFT 

See pages 29-35 of the INPADOC workshop manual at 

http://www.stn-international.com/training_center/patents/inpadoc_wm.pdf 

Name searching tips 

• Inventors typically: surname, first name 

– Some records: first name, surname 

• Remember an individual can be a patent 

assignee (PA, PAS) as well as an inventor 

• Remember to also search names in Legal Status 

fields for reassignments and/or corrections 

• Super search name fields are available 

–/PASS includes /PA, /PAS and /LSPA 

New ! 

–/INSS includes /IN, /INS and /LSIN 

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Inventor name searching 

Search Question: 

Find references for the inventor/patent assignee 

Wolfgang Schmidt. 

Search strategy 

Step 1. Access file INPADOCDB 

Step 2. Search the name in the IN and INS 

fields 

Step 3. Extend the search to PA and PAS 

fields 

Step 4. Extend the search into the legal 

status fields LSIN, LSPA, and LSOP 

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Use Expand to browse inventor (IN) indexes 


=> SET EXPAND CONTINUOUS 


=> E WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/IN,INS 

E1 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIBER/IN 

E2 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDEL/INS 

E3 111 --> WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/IN 

E4 28 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/INS 

E5 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DIPL KOEBMAND/IN 

E6 3 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR/IN 

E7 3 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR/INS 

E8 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR ING/IN 

E9 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR ING/INS 

E10 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER ET HANS GEORG SCHACHNER/IN 

E11 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER JOSEF PETERS ET KARL GAFFAL/IN 

E12 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER JURGEN HABERMEIER KURT 

AMSLERETH/IN 

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Access file INPADOCDB. 

SET EXPAND CONTINUOUS 

enables the creation of one 

cumulative E-number list for all 

expand commands. 

Search the names in reverse order 

=> E SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG/IN,INS 

E13 2 SCHNEIDER WOLFBERG DR/INS Generally inventor names 

E14 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFBERG DR D 6900 are HEIDELBERG in the order DE/IN SURNAME, 

E15 395 --> SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG/IN 

FIRST NAMES. 

E16 652 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG/INS 

E17 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 2300 KIEL/IN 

. . . 

E24 2 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 4952 PORTA WESTFALICA DE/IN 

=> S E3,E4,E15,E16 

111 "WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER"/IN This is a search for an exact 

28 "WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER"/INS phrase in the IN and INS fields. 

395 "SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG"/IN 

652 "SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG"/INS 

L1 681 ("WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER"/IN OR "WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER"/INS OR 

"SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG"/IN OR "SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG"/INS) 

=> D IN INS 9,10 


IN GERT SPRUNER V MERTZ; WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER 

INS MERTZ GERT SPRUNER V; SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 


IN SCHNEIDER, WOLFGANG 

INS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, DE 

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Use the (S)-operator for name searching 

=> S (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/IN 

231895 WOLFGANG/IN 

52015 SCHNEIDER/IN 

L2 898 (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/IN 

=> S (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/INS 

229225 WOLFGANG/INS 

51791 SCHNEIDER/INS 

L3 857 (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/INS 

=> S (WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER? OR SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG?)/INS 

32 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER?/INS 

806 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG?/INS 

L4 834 (WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER? OR SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG?)/INS 

=> S L4 NOT L3 

L5 0 L4 NOT L3 

=> S L2 OR L3 

L6 905 L2 OR L3 



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The IN and INS fields are also 

word indexed, and support 

(S) operator searching. 

Search L4 is less comprehensive 

than L3, which uses the S-operator. 

Search L1 is less comprehensive 

than L6, which uses the S-operator. 

INS name search retrieves 7 additional records 



=> D IN INS 1,2,5,6 


INS HEYMER ANNELIES, DE; NIEGEL HANS, DE; SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, DE 


IN BUORUFUGANGU SHIYUNAIDAA; HANSU PEETAA ZORINGAA; KAARUHAINTSU 

SHIYUTORAUPU; YURUGEN BANINGU; MARUKUSU EKUSURE 

INS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, DE; SOLLINGER HANS-PETER DR, DE; STRAUB 

KARLHEINZ, DE; BANNING JUERGEN, DE 


IN P. T. BROWN; W. SCHNIDER; R. J. FIELDSEND 

INS BROWN PETER THOMAS, GB; SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, CH; FIELDSEND 

RICHARD JOHN, GB 


IN W. SCHNID; H. P. SUOLIYNGER; K. SCHTLAW 

INS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, DE; SOLLINGER HANS-PETER DR, DE; STRAUB 

KARLHEINZ, DE; BANNING JUERGEN, DE 

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Extend the search to patent assignee fields 

=> S (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/IN,INS,PA,PAS 

231895 WOLFGANG/IN 

229225 WOLFGANG/INS 

39270 WOLFGANG/PA 

Extending the search to PA and PAS 

34057 WOLFGANG/PAS 

retrieves 38 extra records, where 

52015 SCHNEIDER/IN 

Wolfgang Schneider is the Patent 

51791 SCHNEIDER/INS 

Assignee, rather than the Inventor. 

27535 SCHNEIDER/PA 

26202 SCHNEIDER/PAS 

L9 943 (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/IN,INS,PA,PAS 


L10 38 L9 NOT L6 

=> D IN INS PA PAS 


IN BACH HANS FRIEDRICH; KREIMES HORST 

INS BACH HANS FRIEDRICH, DE; KREIMES HORST, DE 

PA SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 

PAS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, DE 

Extend the search to legal status fields 

=> S L9 OR (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/LSPA,LSOP,LSIN 

L11 946 L9 OR (WOLFGANG(S)SCHNEIDER)/LSPA,LSOP,LSIN 

=> S L11 NOT L9 

L12 3 L11 NOT L9 

=> D IN INS PA PAS HIT 

Extending the search to LSPA, LSOP, and LSIN 

retrieves 3 extra records, where Wolfgang 

Schneider is referred to only in the Legal Status. 


IN BACH, HANS FRIEDRICH, PROF. DR., 82049 PULLACH, DE; KREIMES, HORST, 

DR., 83352 ALTENMARKT, DE 

INS BACH HANS FRIEDRICH PROF DR, DE; KREIMES HORST DR, DE 

PA SKW TROSTBERG AG, 83308 TROSTBERG, DE 

PAS SUEDDEUTSCHE KALKSTICKSTOFF, DE 

LEGAL STATUS HIT displays only the 

LEGAL STATUS HIT 

relevant part of the LS information. 

AN 21383067 INPADOCDB 

19991028 DE8127 NEW PERSON/NAME/ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT 

SCHNEIDER, WOLFGANG, 44649 HERNE, DE 

CHG Change of Owner, Inventor, Applicant 

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Patent assignee searching 


Find references for the patent assignee Gilead 

Sciences. 



Step 2. Search the assignee in the PA and 

PAS fields 

Step 3. Extend the search into the legal 

status field LSPA 

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Company search for Gilead Sciences which 

includes applicant reassignments 


=> S GILEAD SCIENC?/PA,PAS 

1050 GILEAD/PA 

143359 SCIENC?/PA 

915 GILEAD SCIENC?/PA 

((GILEAD(S)SCIENC?)/PA) 

916 GILEAD SCIENC?/PAS 

L1 918 GILEAD SCIENC?/PA,PAS 

=> S (GILEAD(S)SCIENC?)/LSPA 

L2 276 GILEAD SCIENC?/LSPA 


L3 158 L2 NOT L1 

The legal status field LSPA retrieves 158 additional records. 

=> D BIB HIT 

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For a standard patent 

assignee search use 

PA, PAS. 

LSPA applicant reassignment field 

includes: 

- corrections or new company 

names 

- transfer of ownership 

Example of a patent reassigned to 

Gilead Sciences 


AN 225579331 INPADOC ED 20040123 EW 200404 UP 20041007 

TI Combination therapy to treat hepatitis B virus. 

IN FURMAN, PHILLIP A.; PAINTER, GEORGE R.; BARRY, DAVID; ... 

INS FURMAN PHILLIP A; PAINTER GEORGE R; BARRY DAVID; ROUSSEAU 

PA TRIANGLE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 

PAS TRIANGLE PHARMACEUTICALS INC 

PIT 

PI 

DS 

EPA1 PUBL. OF APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT 

EP 1382343 A1 20040121 

Here a new re-assignment 

R: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT assignee LI LU MC name NL PT (/LSPA) 

AI EP 2003-77543 A 19991102 

was provided. This is 

PRAI EP 1999-961553 A3 19991102 (EDPR 20040115) important, e.g. for statistical 

US 1998-106664P P 19981102 (EDPR 20000531) 

assignee analysis, and/or 

LEGAL STATUS HIT 

AN 225579331 INPADOC 

due diligence studies. 

20041103 EPRAP1 APPLICANT REASSIGNMENT (CORRECTION) 

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. 


.............................................20041104 

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Additional tips for name searches 

• Allow for misspellings due to typos or 

transliteration 

• Inventor names can be Surname Initial(s) 

(no full first name given) 

• Non alpha-numeric characters are replaced with 

an (S) operator by STN 

– Use quotation marks to retain special characters 

=> S “FISCHER & PORTER”/PA 

– Use truncation to retrieve names in which the query 

phrase is embedded 

=> S “FISCHER & PORTER”?/PA 

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52

Number and date searching: 

fields and formats 

• Publication numbers and dates (PN, PD) 

– EP1116932/PN, 20010718/PD 

• Application numbers and dates (AP, AD) 

– EP2000-126646/AP, 20001205/AD 

• Priority numbers and dates (PRN, PRD) 

– US2000-176284P/PRN, 20000114/PRD 

Date searching is easy with STN date edit 

• Enter dates in your favorite format 

=> OCTOBER 1, 2002/PD (Publication Date) 

=> 3 APRIL 1999/AD (Application Date) 

=> NOV 2005/PRD (Priority Date) 

• Use Publication Year (PY) where possible 

=> S 2000-2001/PY 

• Use paragraph (P) to link kind codes and 

dates 

=> S EPB#/PK (P) JUNE 88/PD 

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54

Publication (PK), Application (AK) and 

Priority (PRK) Kind codes are available 

• Find US publications which resulted from 

Japanese Utility Models 

=> S US/PC AND JPU/PRK 

• INPADOCDB and CAPLUS kind codes are now 

the same, i.e., US AA => US A1 

• EXPAND PK to see all publication kind codes 

covered by INPADOCDB 

• Browse by descriptions using EXPAND in e.g. 

the Patent Information Type (PIT) field 

• PIT, AIT and PRAIT are included in MAX 

See http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/details/pk_codes.pdf. 

Kind codes are appended to the end of 

numbers in overlapping series 

• Utility model numbers in INPADOCDB are 

uniquely indexed with an appended U 

– FI9500103U/PN or JP2001-2409U/AP 

• US provisional (series 60) application numbers 

have a P appended, i.e., US2003-440129P/PRN 

• Patent authorities with overlapping number 

series for different publication types 

– Append a kind code letter in INPADOCDB 

• CN1060260/PN, CN1060260B/PN 

– Use EXPAND to determine the correct search format 

for patent numbers 

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55 

56

Divide results into granted patents and 

applications using new field STA 

• Patent status field /STA has two possible values 

– PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 

–GRANTED 

=> S (H01J0037-34?/EPC NOT H01J0037-34/IPC) AND GRANTED/STA 

L6 8 L5 AND GRANTED/STA 

=> D STD IND 


AN 53080300 INPADOCDB . . . 

TI Magnetron-Sputterverfahren und Magnetron-Sputtervorrichtung. 

TL German . . . 

PI DE 112005001299 T5 20070503 

DAV 20070503 printed-with-grant 

STA GRANTED . . . 

EPC H01J0037-34M2A; C23C0014-35D 

Search for countries using 2-letter 

codes or names 

• Publication Country (PC), Application 

Country (AC) and Priority Country (PRC) 

• WO and EP designated States (DS) 

• Supersearch field PCS (PC + DS) 

• PCT-application (AC.WO) and PCT- 

New ! 

priority countries (PRC.WO) are 

searchable and displayable for analysis 

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New ! 

57 

58

Search tip: unknown application year 

=> S US!!!!-126372/AP 

L1 9 US!!!!-126372/AP 

=> D AI TI 1-3 


AI US 2005-126372 A 20050511 

TI Speech signal processing apparatus and method, and 

storage medium. 


AI US 2002-126372 A 20020419 

TI Method of handling a silicon wafer. 


AI US 1995-126372 A 19950126 

TI Apparatus for whole-body hyperthermia. 

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If the application year is not 

known, use internal truncation 

“!” (exactly one character). 

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60

Patent families 

• INPADOCDB definition of a patent family 

• Patent family display format options 

• FSEARCH and FSORT 

record 1 

publication 1 

INPADOCDB patent family 

PI DE10009756 A1 

publication 2 

PI DE10009756 B4 

legal status 

record 2 

publication 1 

PI EP1130059 A1 

publication 2 

PI EP1130059 B1 

legal status 

31 

... 

record n 

publication 1 

PI US20010031805 A1 

publication 2 

PI US6528560 B2 

legal status 

63 mil publications | 51 mil records | 35 mil patent families 

All publications which are directly or indirectly linked via a 

priority application number form an INPADOCDB patent family. 

61 

62

Theoretical patent family example 

FAMILY P1 

Document D1 Priority P1 

Document D2 Priority P1 Priority P2 



Document D5 Priority P3 

INPADOCDB “extended” family 

INPADOCDB family display (FAM) 

• INPADOCDB patent families are displayed 

using a choice of flexible display formats 

• INPADOCDB patent families are compiled 

dynamically each time they are displayed 

• The INPADOCDB FAM table has the form 

PRAI AI 

AI PI 

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INPADOCDB family display (FAM) 


PATENT FAMILY INFORMATION 


Family members (PI) are grouped 

together in application number order. 

+-------------PRAI-------------+ +--------------AI--------------+ 

DE 2000-10009756 A 20000301 DE 2000-10009756 A 20000301 

DE 2001-50100062 A 20010221 

EP 2001-104187 A 20010221 

JP 2001-55733 A 20010228 

US 2001-796907 A 20010228 

DE 2001-50100062 A 20010221 DE 2001-50100062 A 20010221 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

DE 2000-10009756 A 20000301 DE 10009756 A1 20010913 

DE 10009756 B4 20040325 

DE 2001-50100062 A 20010221 DE 50100062 D1 20030109 

EP 2001-104187 A 20010221 EP 1130059 A1 20010905 

EP 1130059 B1 20021127 

JP 2001-55733 A 20010228 JP 2001310999 A 20011106 

US 2001-796907 A 20010228 US 20010031805 A1 20011018 

US 6528560 B2 20030304 

2 priorities, 5 applications, 8 publications 5 INPADOCDB records (applications) 

represent 8 separate publications. 

Use this format 

CFAM 

FAM 

FAM2 

FFAM 

LFAM 

FFAM.PC 

MFAM 

IFAM 

New ! 

A simple table of publication numbers only 

A table of priority, application and publication 

numbers (connected by application number) 

A table of priority, application and publication 

numbers (connected by publication number) 

Full bibliographic detail and legal status 

Short version of FFAM with publication 

numbers and Legal Status ONLY 

FFAM for a single publication authority, e.g. 

FFAM.US for the USPTO 

FFAM plus 1) all available author abstracts 

2) cited references 

A COMBINATION of indented FAM and MFAM 

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To display… 

65 

66

New ! 

Indented family display format (IFAM) 



TITLE: Laser-cuttable multi-layer sheet material. 

=> S US6824849/PN 


L1 1 US6824849/PN 


=> D IFAM 

+-------- Publications --------+ +-------- Applications --------+ 

AT 331773T T 20060715 AT 2001-959579 T 20010806 

AU 2001081118 A 20020218 AU 2001-81118 D 20010806 

CA 2418954 A1 20020214 CA 2001-2418954 A 20010806 

DE 60121190 D1 20060810 DE 2001-60121190 A 20010806 

EP 1179577 A1 20020213 EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 

EP 1322719 A1 20030702 EP 2001-959579 A 20010806 

EP 1322719 B1 20060628 

JP 2004506240 T 20040226 JP 2002-517704 T 20010806 

US 20030207062 A1 20031106 US 2003-333704 A 20030123 

US 6824849 B2 20041130 

WO 2002012411 A1 20020214 WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 

+--------- Priorities ---------+ 

EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 

EP 2001-959579 A 20010806 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 

US 2003-333704 A 20030123 

+-------------------------------------------------+ 

| AUSTRIA (AT) | 

+-------------------------------------------------+ 

----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 

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1. Table of publication, 

application, and priority 

numbers. 

Indented family display format, cont. 

FULL field names, 

not field tags. 

2. Bibliographic 

information for the 

first publication 

resulting from the 

first member of the 

Applications table. 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 10375923 INPADOCDB Full-text 

UP 20061107 

TITLE: LASER-SCHNEIDBARES MEHRSCHICHTMATERIAL. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: German 

INVENTOR(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: WEBER, PETER; HERZOG, SILKE 

STANDARDIZED: WEBER PETER, DE; HERZOG SILKE, DE 


NON-STANDARD.: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 

STANDARDIZED: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO, US 

PATENT INFORMATION: 

NUMBER KIND DATE 

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

AT 331773T T 20060715 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: ATT TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION 

or EP PATENT VALID IN AT [FROM 01082005 ONWARDS] 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20060715 printed-with-grant . . . 

67 

68

+-------------------------------------------------+ 

| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) | 

+-------------------------------------------------+ 

----------- 

MEMBER 8 

----------- 

IFAM display: United States section 

First publication resulting from the 

eighth member of the Applications 

table. 


UP 20070105 


TITLE LANGUAGE: English 

INVENTOR(S): 

All bibliographic 

NON-STANDARD.: HERZOG SILKE; WEBER PETER information 

STANDARDIZED: HERZOG SILKE, DE; WEBER PETER, DE (BIB). 


NON-STANDARD.: HERZOG SILKE; WEBER PETER 



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

US 20030207062 A1 20031106 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: USA1 FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20031106 unexamined-printed-without-grant 

PATENT STATUS: PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 

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1. US published 

application (USA1). 

IFAM includes all indexing and abstracts: USA1 

APPLICATION INFO.: US 2003-333704 A 20030123 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: USA Patent application 

PRIORITY APPL. INFO.: US 2003-333704 A 20030123 (USA) 

EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 

PRIO. APPL. INFO. TYPE: USA Patent application 

EPA Patent application 

WOWW Additional PCT application 

IPC VERSION(1-7): 7 

INT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 

All indexing (IND). 

MAIN: B32B0009-00 (not assigned by patent authority) 

IPC RECLASSIF. (ADV): C09J0007-02 [I,A] 

IPC RECLASSIF. (CORE): C09J0007-02 [I,C*] 

NAT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 428 401 

EPC CLASSIF. (ECLA): C09J0007-02K9B4; C09J0007-02K9F 

ICO CLASSIF.: M09J0433:00S 

All abstracts (AB). 

ABSTRACT (ENGLISH): The invention relates to the use of a halogen-free 

multi-layer sheet material comprising (i) a base 

film of a polymer comprising the reaction product 

of a precursor mixture comprising at least one ... 

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE: English 

ABSTRACT SOURCE: national office 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; 

IPCR; NCL; PA; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

69 

70

IFAM includes details for each publication 


UP 20070103 



INVENTOR(S): 


STANDARDIZED: HERZOG SILKE, DE; WEBER PETER, DE 


2. Details for 


STANDARDIZED: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO, US the granted 


patent (USB2). 


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

US 6824849 B2 20041130 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: USB2 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED 

PATENT 

AS SECOND PUBLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20041130 printed-with-grant 

PATENT STATUS: GRANTED 

All bibliographic 

APPLICATION INFO.: US 2003-333704 A 20030123 information (BIB). 



EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 

IFAM includes cited references: USB2 




CITED PATENT REF.: EP 617711 A (SEA, pat) 

US 2884126 A (APP, pat) 

Cited references (RE). 

US 24906E E (APP, pat) 

US 3843390 A (APP, pat) 

US 4772512 A (APP, pat) 

US 5593785 A (APP, pat) 

US 5626966 A (APP, pat) 

US 5688573 A (APP, pat) 

US 5780559 A (APP, pat) 

US 5843547 A (APP, pat) 

US 5977256 A (APP, pat) 

CA 2155233 A (APP, pat) 

DE 813861 U1 (APP, pat) 

DE 4141914 A (APP, pat) 

EP 359532 B1 (APP, pat) 

EP 359532 A (APP, pat) 

JP 02120042 A (APP, pat) 

JP 11296089 A (APP, pat) 

WO 9800456 A (APP, pat) 

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71 

72

IFAM includes all indexing and abstracts: USB2 


All indexing (IND). 





NAT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 428 401; X4284231; X428 415; X428 413; X524730; 

X525125; X283 81; X525124; X428355; X428343 




multi-layer sheet material comprising (i) a base 


of a precursor mixture comprising at least one 

hydroxy-functional resin and an aminoplast 

All abstracts (AB). cross-linking agent; (ii) an adhesive layer; and 

(iii) optionally, a release liner, as a label or a 

label stock or in the manufacture of a laser 

cuttable and/or laser markable article. The 

invention also relates to the use of a halogen-free 


of a precursor mixture comprising at least one. . . 




IPCR; NCL; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REP; TI 

IFAM includes legal status 

LEGAL STATUS 

AN 49180703 INPADOCDB Full-text 

20030123 USAS ASSIGNMENT 

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY P.O. BOX 33427ST. 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:HERZOG, 

SILKE 

/AR;REEL/FRAME:014132/0276 

20030108 


20060523 USCC CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION 

. . . 

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Display fields for customized formats 

Record-based Record-based Family-based 

(latest publication) (all publications) (all family members) 

TI TI.M TI.F 

PA PA.M PA.F 

IN IN.M IN.F 

PI PI.M PI.F 

BIB BIB.M BIB.F 

STD STD.M STD.F 

ALL ALL.M ALL.F 

MAX MAX.M MAX.F 

....... ....... ....... 

All INPADOCDB bibliographic display fields and 

formats are available in these three versions. 

=> D PA.F CFAM FFAM 

38 

New ! 

Combine new and old family display formats for one price 

PA.F display. 

L1 ANSWER 

PATENT 

1 OF 

FAMILY 

1 INPADOCDB 

INFORMATION 

COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

PA SYNGENTA 

AN 

PARTICIPATIONS 

49457681 INPADOCDB 

+ CFAM display. 

AG 

PA SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS ----------- AG 

PA SYNGENTA 

+--------------PI--------------+ 

PARTICIPATIONS MEMBER 1 AG 

+ FFAM display. 

PA SYNGENTA 

AU 2006225290 

PARTICIPATIONS AG 

A1 20061026 

----------- 

PA SYNGENTA 

BR 2002012170 

PARTICIPATIONS AG 

A 20050510 

PA SYNGENTA 

CA 2457477 

PARTICIPATIONS AN 51919816 AG 

A1 INPADOCDB 20030306 UP 20061207 UW 200649 

PA SYNGENTA 

CN 1564866 

PARTICIPATIONS TI Self-processing AG 

A 20050112 plants and plant parts. 

PA SYNGENTA 

CN 1821412 

PARTICIPATIONS TL English AG 

A 20060823 

PA SYNGENTA 

EP 1432798 

PARTICIPATIONS IN WEN CHEN; AG 

A2 MICHAEL 20040630B. 

LANAHAN; MARK KINKEMA; JOYCE 

PA LANAHAN 

EP 

MICHAEL 

1432798 

B.; CRAIG; BASU SHIB SHIB A4 20051012 

SANKAR; SANKAR BASU; BATIE CHRISTOPHER J. J.; BATIE 

CHEN WEN; 

HU 2006000305 

CRAIG INS JOYCE; CHEN KINKEMA WEN; A2 LANAHAN 20060728 

MARK MICHAEL B; KINKEMA MARK; CRAIG JOYCE; 

PA SYNGENTA 

JP 2005503153 

PARTICIPATIONS BASU SHIB AG 

T SANKAR; 20050203BATIE 

CHRISTOPHER J 

PA SYNGENTA 

MX 2004001802 

PARTICIPATIONS PA SYNGENTA AG 

A PARTICIPATIONS 20040708 AG 

PA SYNGENTA 

RU 2004109143 

PARTICIPATIONS PAS SYNGENTA AG; 

A PARTICIPATIONS LANAHAN, 

20050420 

MICHAEL, AG B.; BASU, 

SHIB, 

US 

SANKAR; 

20030135885 

BATIE, CHRISTOPHER, 

A1 20030717 1 DT Patent 

J.; CHEN, WEN; CRAIG, 

JOYCE; 

US 

KINKEMA, 

7102057 PI MARK AU 2006225290 B2 20060905 A1 20061026 

PA SYNGENTA 

US 20060200877 

PARTICIPATIONS PIT AUA1 OPEN AG; 

A1 

LANAHAN, TO 20060907 PUBLIC MICHAEL, INSPECTION B.; [FROM BASU, 24052001 ONWARDS] 

SHIB, 

WO 

SANKAR; 

2003018766 DAV BATIE, 20061026 CHRISTOPHER, 

A2 unexamined-not-printed-without-grant 

20030306 

J.; CHEN, WEN; CRAIG, 

JOYCE; 

WO 

KINKEMA, 

2003018766 STA MARK PRE-GRANT A3 PUBLICATION 

20040129 

PA SYNGENTA 

WO 2003018766 

PARTICIPATIONS AI AU 2006-225290 AG; 

A9 

LANAHAN, 

20040304 

MICHAEL, A 20061006 B.; BASU, 

SHIB, 

YU 

SANKAR; 

2004000183 AIT BATIE, AUA CHRISTOPHER, Patent A 20061027 application J.; CHEN, WEN; CRAIG . . . 

ZA 2004001480 PRAI WO 2002-US27129 A 20050606 W 20020827 (WOWW) 

US 2001-315281P P 20010827 (USP) 

4 priorities, PRAIT WOWW 15 applications, Additional PCT 19 application 

publications 

USP Provisional application . . . 

st publication in CFAM table. 

75 

76

Tips for cost effective family displays 

• Price for family displays cut in half - $4.80 

• On STN, this includes legal status and 

citations for all family members 

• To incur only one family display charge 

– Use multiple formats in one display command 

• => D CFAM TI.F PA.F IFAM 

– Search for only one publication per family, then 

display the entire family 

– To choose display format 

• => D BROWSE 

• At each : prompt, enter a display format (CFAM, FFAM,…) 

• To exit, type “END” at the : prompt 

Use this 

feature 

FSORT 

FSEARCH 

Family search and family sort 

To… 

Group records into invention families 

defined by a common AP, PRN, or PN 

number 

Retrieve additional records containing 

a common AP, PRN, or PN number, 

finishing with an FSORT 

39 

77 

78

=> S H01J0037-34/EPC 

L1 91 H01J0037-36/EPC 

=> FSEARCH L1 

*** ITERATION 1 *** 

SET SMARTSELECT ON 


SET HIGHLIGHTING OFF 


SET AUDIT OFF 


SEL L1 1- PN,APPS 

L2 SEL L1 1- PN APPS : 200 TERMS 

SEA L2 

L3 100 L2 

Example: FSEARCH and FSORT 

Subject search for specific 

uses of sputter coating. 

FSEARCH does the following: 

1. Selects PN and APPS from a previous 

search result (starting with L1 in this 

case) 

2. Searches them in the database 

3. REPEATS steps 1 and 2 UNTIL no 

additional records are retrieved. 

4. Performs an FSORT on the final set. 

FSEARCH and FSORT: final steps 

*** ITERATION 2 *** 

SEL L3 FSORT 1- PN,APPS L3 

Last step performed by FSEARCH 

L2 L4 SEL L1 116 1-FSO PN L3 APPS : 218 TERMS 

is the FSORT command. 

SEA L2 

17 Multi-record Families Answers 1-101 

L3 116 L2 Family 1 Answers 1-10 

Family 2 Final iterations of Answers FSEARCH. 11-23 

*** ITERATION 3 *** Family 3 Answers 24-26 

FSORT groups Family 4 Answers 27-36 

SEL L3 1- PN,APPS Family 5 Answers 37-40 

L4 into families 

L2 SEL L1 1- PN Family APPS 6 : 248 TERMS Answers 41-43 

by PN and 

Family 7 Answers 44-53 

SEA L2APPS, 

yielding Family 8 Answers 54-59 

L3 17+15=32 116 L2 Family 9 Answers 60-65 

unique patent Family 10 Answers 66-69 

families. 








15 Individual Records Answers 102-116 

0 Non-patent Records 

40 

79 

80

After FSORT, use patent family display option (PFAM) 

=> DISPLAY PFAM 

ENTER (L4) OR L#:L4 

ENTER PATENT FAMILY NUMBER OR RANGE (1):1- 

ENTER ANSWER NUMBER OR RANGE (1):1 

ENTER DISPLAY FORMAT (BIB.M):AN TI EPC 

L4 ANSWER 1 OF 116 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN FAMILY 

DUPLICATE 1 

AN 47790594 

TI Arc source macroparticle filter. 

EPC C23C0014-08H; C23C0014-22A; H01J0037-32G; H01J0037-36; H05H0001-46 


DUPLICATE 2 

AN 43744717 

TI SPUTTER COATING APPARATUS WITH SHROUDING MEANS. 

EPC C23C0014-02A2; C23C0014-34; C23C0014-50B 


DUPLICATE 3 

AN 43680710 

TI METHOD FOR DEPOSITING THIN FILMS ON THIN ELONGATED ELECTRICALLY 

INSULATING SUBSTRATES. 

EPC C03C0025-22D; C23C0014-35; H01J0037-36 

Agenda 









41 

L4 is the result of a subject 

search, followed by FSEARCH 

(which includes FSORT). 

81 

82

Legal status searching 

• Legal status data are available for 48 patent 

authorities for about 12 million records 

• Legal status information is searchable with over 

2,600 legal status codes (LSC, LSTX) 

• Great variety of search and display options, e.g. 

applicant reassignment LSPA 

opponent LSOP 

legal effect date LSDF 

For a complete list of legal status search options see: 

http://www.stn-international.de/training_center/patents/inpadoc903.pdf 

Searching legal status events 

• Two methods 

– Search for the code in the LSC field 

– In the LSTX field, search for text terms linked 

by the sentence operator (S) to limit to the 

same legal status events 

=> S (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 

• Use the L-operator to link LSTX or LSC to 

the INPADOC Legal Status Date (LSD) 

42 

83 

84

Legal status display options 

• Standard format legal status display – LS 

• Detailed, fielded legal status – LS2 

• Legal status is included in the MAX format 

• Legal status is included in the FFAM, 

LFAM, MFAM, and IFAM family display 

formats 

Legal status searching using LSTX 


Find all Syngenta patents that have expired due 

to failure to pay maintenance fees. 

43 

85 

86



Step 2. Search for the assignee in the 

Patent Assignee Super Search field, 

PASS 

Step 3. Find the expired patents by 

performing a text search in the 

LSTX field 

Search for expired Syngenta patents using /LSTX 


=> S SYNGENTA/PASS AND (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 

6474 SYNGENTA/PA 

6480 SYNGENTA/PAS 

2595 SYNGENTA/LSPA 

8429 SYNGENTA/PASS 

(SYNGENTA/PA,PAS,LSPA) Search in the legal 

1846430 EXPIR?/LSTX 

status text field, /LSTX, 

1071404 FAIL?/LSTX 

when you don’t know the 

894633 (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 

legal status codes. 

L1 122 SYNGENTA/PASS AND (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 

44 

/PASS searches PA, PAS, 

and LSPA simultaneously. 

Out of 8,429 Syngenta patents, 122 have 

expired due to failure to pay maintenance fees. 

87 

88

LS and LS2 for an expired Syngenta patent 

89 

... 

=> D PI.M LS LS2 

PI.M displays all publication information 

AN 48958959 INPADOCDB Detailed, fielded 

for the national patent family. 

LSD 20030225 

legal status LS2. 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 122 INPADOCDB 

LSC 

COPYRIGHT 

USAS 

2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

PI US 6603065 B2 20030805 

LSTX ASSIGNMENT 

LSPA SYNGENTA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 2200 

LEGAL STATUS 

CONCORD PIKEW 


LSFT ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST; 

... 

ASSIGNOR:NOVARTIS FINANCE CORPORATION; 


REEL/FRAME:013774/0373 

SYNGENTA INVESTMENT LSDF CORPORATION 20030129 2200 CONCORD PIKEW 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS LSC2 CHG INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:NOVARTIS 

Change of Owner, Inventor, 

FINANCE CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:013774/0373 

Applicant 

20030129 

CHG Change of Owner, Inventor, AN 48958959 Applicant INPADOCDB UPLS 20070927 

20070925 USFP - EXPIRED DUE TO FAILURE TO EWLS PAY 200739 MAINTENANCE FEE 

20070805 

LSD 20070925 

NIF Lapses, Expiries, LSC Withdrawals, USFP Refusals 

200739.................................20070927 

LSCI - 

Standard legal 

LSTX EXPIRED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY 

MAINTENANCE FEE 

status display 

LSDF 20070805 

format, LS. 

LSC2 NIF Lapses, Expiries, Withdrawals, 

Refusals 

New STN-assigned legal status categories 

simplify legal status searches New ! 

Not-in-force 

Licensing 

Reinstatement 

SPCs 

Change of 

owner 

45 

Examination 

Opposition 

90

New STN-assigned legal status categories 

simplify legal status searches (/LSC2) 


EXA Examination, Search Report 

LIC Licensing 

NIF Lapses, Expiries, Withdrawals, Refusals 

ORE Opposition, Reexamination 

REI Reinstatement or Restoration 

SPC Supplementary Protection Certificate 

Summary information on INPADOCDB SPC coverage is provided at: 

http://www.european-patent-office.org/inpadoc/faq/spc_cov.htm 

Legal status searching using legal status 

categories, LSC2 


Find all Syngenta patents that have lapsed, 

expired, or been withdrawn or refused. 

46 

91 

92



Step 2. Search for the assignee in the 

Patent Assignee Super Search field, 

PASS 

Step 3. Find the expired patents by 

searching for the NIF category in 

the legal status category field, LSC2 

Lapse, expiry, withdrawal or refusal (NIF) 

of Syngenta publications 

=> S SYNGENTA/PASS AND NIF/LSC2 

L1 1106 SYNGENTA/PASS AND NIF/LSC2 

=> D PI LS 

L1 ANSWER 1011 OF 1106 INPADOC COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO on STN 

PI EP 929222 B1 20020515 

Display legal status with 

LEGAL STATUS 

the display field LS. 


..... 

20050525 EPGBPC-GB: EUROPEAN PATENT CEASED THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF 

RENEWAL FEE 

20041003 


...........................................20050527 

20050606 EPREG REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE 

DKEBP-DK: PATENT LAPSED 


...........................................20050625 

..... 

47 

The category NIF includes 

lapses, withdrawals, 

expiries, and/or refusals. 

93 

94

Agenda 









Common SDIs in INPADOCDB 

• New published documents from 

competitors or in a technology area 

• New family members of known patents 

• Changes in legal status of known patents 

48 

95 

96

INPADOCDB has sophisticated update 

codes to deliver clear, uncluttered SDIs 

• Record-based update codes can be used 

to track changes of individual records 

• Family-based update codes can be used 

to track changes of all family members 

For a list of all SDI options see the INPADOC Workshop Manual (page 90): 

http://www.stn-international.com/training_center/patents/inpadoc_wm.pdf 

INPADOCDB update code options 

Record Family 

New family ("basic") - EDF 

New record (MEMBER) EDP UPFD 

New document (publication) ED UPFP 

Update to bibliography UP UPFB 

Update to legal status UPLS UPFL 

New document or LS EDLS UPFE 

All updates (any changes) UPM UPFA 

Use Record update codes to track changes to individual documents. 

Use Family update codes to track changes to all patent family members. 

49 

97 

98

Monitor key Pfizer patent applications for 

new family members or legal status changes 

=> S (WO2005067620 OR WO2005080313 OR WO2003102130 OR 

WO2005004839 OR WO2005009965 OR WO2005089728.......)/PN 

L1 10 (WO2005067620 OR WO2005080313 OR WO2003102130 OR .... 

=> SDI For automatic current awareness searches use the SDI command. 

ENTER QUERY L# FOR SDI REQUEST OR (END):L1 

ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?: UPFE 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA007/S), OR END:PFIZER/S 

o o o 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N): N 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB.M) OR ?: CFAM FFAMED 

HIGHLIGHT HIT TERMS? (Y)/N:. 

ARCHIVE ANSWERS? Y/(N):. 

The combination of UPFE update code 

REDISTRIBUTE ANSWERS? Y/(N):. 

and FFAMED display format provides 

ENTER MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS TO BE PRINTED PER RUN (100):. 

any new records, new publications, or 

o o o 

new Legal Status for each SDI run. 

Monitor key Pfizer patent applications for 

new family members or legal status changes 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 INPADOC COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO on STN 



+--------------PI--------------+ 

AU 2005224182 A1 20050929 

CA 2559640 A1 20050929 

EP 1729746 A2 20061213 

SE 2004000685 D0 20040319 

WO 2005089728 A2 20050929 

WO 2005089728 A3 20060511 

6 publications 

----------- 

MEMBER 5 

----------- 

PI WO 2005089728 A3 20060511 

This SDI regularly delivers a simple 

list of publication numbers (CFAM), 

and details of new publications, 

and/or legal status changes from the 

latest database update (FFAMED). 

50 

For WO 2005089728 we have 

new legal status information in 

the latest database update. 

LEGAL STATUS CURRENT UPDATE 


20060915 WOENP ENTRY INTO THE NATIONAL PHASE IN: 

JP 2007503440 A 

...........................................20070209 

99 

100

Field changes from the latest update are 

indicated in the CHG display field 

• Indicators 

– A added 

– C changed 

CHG ABEN A; IPC C; AIOR A; DS A 

Indicates: 

English Abstract ADDED 

IPC CHANGED 

Original Application Information ADDED 

Designated States ADDED 

51 

New ! 

Some things to remember for SDIs 

• The ALL format now includes abstracts 

– To eliminate them, change to IND 

• To use IPCs in SDIs 

– Check IPC schedules for important changes 

–Use /IPC, not /ICM, /ICS, /IC, etc. 

• The kind codes have recently changed 

See http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/details/pk_codes.pdf. 

101 

102

Agenda 









New ! 

INPADOCDB patent citations 

• Cited references from 12 patent authorities 

including both patent and non-patent 

literature citations 

• Citations from all searches made at the 

EPO for EP, BE, CH, FR, GB, NL and TR 

• Cited references from US, WO, JP, AU 

and DE publications 

52 

103 

104

More than 10 million records with cited 

references from 12 patent authorities 

Patent 

Country 

US 

EP 

WO 

JP 

DE 

FR 

GB 

AU 

NL 

BE 

CH 

TR 

Total 

Records 

4,587,069 

1,627,727 

1,149,011 

1,100,228 

1,097,578 

522,667 

255,811 

177,779 

17,690 

10,136 

3,696 

3,249 

From Search 

Report 

53 

4,442,813 

1,135,928 

1,135,586 

1,091,165 

1,021,998 

488,762 

252,877 

163,776 

17,617 

10,049 

3,688 

3,078 

By 

Applicant 

708,603 

63,892 

46,882 

0 

2 

14,194 

0 

0 

2,002 

362 

77 

11 

Patent citations sample display 

from EP 1384565 

REP US 6245281 B1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

US 6136948 (SEA, pat, Cat: Y) 

EP 0703036 A2 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

Cited Patent 

Numbers /RPN 

Search report 

type /SRT 

• Search Report Types /SRT 

– APP, SEA, EXA, OPP, 115 

• Search Report Categories /CAT 

– A E L O P T X Y 

• Linked with (S)-proximity 

Search report 

categories /CAT 

are assigned by 

EPO to indicate 

relevance. 

105 

106

Literature citations sample display 

from EP 1384565 

XP-numbers from EPO /REXP. 

REXP XP002213140 (SEA, Cat: X) 

XP000656866 (SEA, Cat: X) 

REN KELLER PETER: "Der Stoff, aus dem die Prototypen sind" 

KUNSTSTOFFE, CARL HANSER VERLAG. MUNCHEN, DE, vol. 89, 

no. 11, 1 November 1999 (1999-11-01), pages 58-61, 

XP002213140 ISSN: 0023-5563 

SCHMACHTENBERG E ET AL: "LASERSINTERN VON POLYAMID. 

LASER-SINTERING OF POLYAMIDE" KUNSTSTOFFE, CARL HANSER 

VERLAG. MUNCHEN, DE, vol. 87, no. 6, 1 June 1997 

(1997-06-01), pages 773-774,776, XP000656866 

ISSN: 0023-5563 

Cited non-patent literature /REN. 

Search Report Type definitions /SRT 

SEA citation from search report 

APP cited by applicant 

EXA revealed during examination 

OPP revealed during opposition 

115 observation by third parties 

54 

107 

108

Search report category definitions /CAT 

A technological background 

D document cited in the application 

E earlier application or patent but published on or after 

the international filing date 

L document cited for other reasons 

O non-written disclosure 

P intermediate document 

T theory or principle underlying the invention 

X particularly relevant if taken alone 

Y particularly relevant if combined with another 

document of the same category 

Qiagen citation search #1 


Find all Qiagen publications which have been 

cited in another company’s publications. 

55 

109 

110



Step 2. Search for Qiagen in the Patent 

Assignee Super Search field, PASS 

Step 3. Select all Qiagen publication numbers 

Step 4. Search for all Qiagen publication 

numbers in the Referenced Publication 

Number field, RPN, but exclude those for 

whom Qiagen is the patent assignee 

=> S QIAGEN/PASS 

L1 553 QIAGEN/PASS 

=> SEL PN 

E1 THROUGH E553 ASSIGNED 

Cited Qiagen publications 

excluding self-citations 

=> S E1-553/RPN NOT QIAGEN/PASS 

L2 314 E1-553/RPN 

=> D PA PI RE 

PA ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH 

PI WO 200044759 A1 20000803 

REP WO 9521179 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

WO 9521178 (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

WO 9521177 (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

WO 9308894 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 


US 4833239 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 



...... 

56 

1. Company search for Qiagen. 

2. Select publication numbers. 

3. Search selected numbers as 

cited patent numbers in /RPN. 

4. Use RE field to display all 

reference information. 

The cited Qiagen 

patent publication. 

111 

112

Qiagen citation search #2 


Find all Qiagen publications which have been 

cited by another company’s publications with a 

search report category type of “X”. 

Background: An “X” search report category 

indicates that the Qiagen publication is 

particularly relevant to the citing document, 

which could mean that the citing patent assignee 

is beginning to branch out into Qiagen’s 

technology area. 



Step 2. Search for Qiagen in the Patent 

Assignee Super Search field, /PASS 

Step 3. Select all Qiagen publication numbers 

Step 4. Use the (S) operator to link all Qiagen 

publication numbers in the Referenced 

Publication Number field, /RPN, to a 

category of X in the search report 

category field, /CAT 

57 

113 

114

Cited Qiagen publications with a search 

report category type of “X” 

=> S E1-553/RPN(S)X/CAT 

=> D BIB RE 

AN 24241641 INPADOCDB ED 20061123 UP 20061123 

TI Synergistic liposomal adjuvants...... 

IN KONUR, ABDO, DR.; GRASER, ANDREAS 

PA PHARMEXA A/S 

PI EP 1550458 A1 20050706 English 

AI EP 2003-29801 A 20031223 

PRAI EP 2003-29801 A 20031223 

REP US 2003224010 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

US 2003161834 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

WO 03028656 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

EP 0356340 (SEA, pat, Cat: Y) 


XP000102991 (SEA, Cat: X).... 

1. Use (S)-proximity to link Qiagen 

cited publication numbers /RPN with 

search report category /CAT. 

REN RICHARDS R L ET AL: "LIPOSOMES LIPID A AND ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE 

ENHANCE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO A SYNTHETIC MALARIA SPOROZOITE"..... 

58 

The Qiagen 

publication cited as 

an X document. 

Key features and benefits of the new 

INPADOCDB database on STN 

• More than 63 million documents from 80 patent 

authorities - 14 million more than INPADOC 

• Addition of substantial backfile data 

• Author abstracts for 42 patent authorities – 10 

more than INPADOC 

• Enhanced International (IPC) and European 

(ECLA) classification searching 

• Addition of new classification data (ICO, IDT) 

• Simplified legal status searching 

• Comprehensive patent and non-patent literature 

citations for 12 patent authorities 

115 

116

Visit www.fiz-k.com/inpadocdb 

for the latest INPADOCDB news and reference materials 

INPADOCDB on STN ® 

www.fiz-k.com/inpadocdb 

terri.dockter@fiz-k.com 

Prepared by Terri Dockter Version 20080425 

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INPADOCDB Indented Family display format (IFAM) example 


=> S US6824849/PN 

L1 1 US6824849/PN 

=> D IFAM 





+-------- Publications --------+ +-------- Applications --------+ 

AT 331773T T 20060715 AT 2001-959579 T 20010806 

AU 2001081118 A 20020218 AU 2001-81118 D 20010806 

CA 2418954 A1 20020214 CA 2001-2418954 A 20010806 

DE 60121190 D1 20060810 DE 2001-60121190 A 20010806 

EP 1179577 A1 20020213 EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 

EP 1322719 A1 20030702 EP 2001-959579 A 20010806 

EP 1322719 B1 20060628 

JP 2004506240 T 20040226 JP 2002-517704 T 20010806 

US 20030207062 A1 20031106 US 2003-333704 A 20030123 

US 6824849 B2 20041130 

WO 2002012411 A1 20020214 WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 

+--------- Priorities ---------+ 

EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 

EP 2001-959579 A 20010806 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 

US 2003-333704 A 20030123 

61


+-------------------------------------------------+ 

| AUSTRIA (AT) | 

+-------------------------------------------------+ 

----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 10375923 INPADOCDB 

UP 20061107 



INVENTOR(S): 








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

AT 331773T T 20060715 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: ATT TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION or 

EP PATENT VALID IN AT [FROM 01082005 ONWARDS] 



APPLICATION INFO.: AT 2001-959579 T 20010806 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: ATT Translation 

PRIORITY APPL. INFO.: EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

PRIO. APPL. INFO. TYPE: EPA Patent application 



MAIN: C09J0007-02 (not assigned by patent authority) 

SECONDARY: G09F0003-10 

IPC RECLASSIF. (ADV): B65D0065-40 [I,A]; B32B0027-00 [I,A]; C09J0007-02 

[I,A]; C09J0201-00 [I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,A] 

IPC RECLASSIF. (CORE): B65D0065-40 [I,C*]; B32B0027-00 [I,C*]; C09J0007-02 

[I,C*]; C09J0201-00 [I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 

EPC CLASSIF. (ECLA): C09J0007-02K9B4; C09J0007-02K9F; G09F0003-10 

ICO CLASSIF.: M09J0433:00S; M09J0475:00S 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; 

IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20061215 ATRER - CEASED AS TO PARAGRAPH 5 LIT. 3 LAW INTRODUCING PATENT 

TREATIES 


200703 

62


+-------------------------------------------------+ 

| AUSTRALIA (AU) | 

+-------------------------------------------------+ 

----------- 

MEMBER 2 

----------- 


UP 20061107 

TITLE: A laser-cuttable multi-layer sheet material. 


INVENTOR(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: PETER WEBER; SILKE HERZOG 

STANDARDIZED: WEBER PETER; HERZOG SILKE 



STANDARDIZED: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO 



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

AU 2001081118 A 20020218 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: AUA OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20020218 claims-only-available 


APPLICATION INFO.: AU 2001-81118 D 20010806 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: AUD 


WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 








[I,A]; C09J0201-00 [I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,A] 


[I,C*]; C09J0201-00 [I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 



FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; 

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TITLE: A LASER-CUTTABLE MULTI-LAYER SHEET MATERIAL. 

MATERIAU EN FEUILLE MULTICOUCHE POUVANT SE COUPER AU 

LASER. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: English; French 

INVENTOR(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: HERZOG, SILKE; WEBER, PETER 







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CA 2418954 A1 20020214 English 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: CAA1 PATENT (PUBLISHED FROM 1973 ONWARDS) [FROM 1 TO 

1275150] or APPLICATION LAID OPEN [FROM 2000001 ON] 



APPLICATION INFO.: CA 2001-2418954 A 20010806 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: CAA Patent application 


WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 






SECONDARY: B32B0007-12; B32B0027-30; B32B0027-36; B32B0031-18; 

C09J0007-02; G09F0003-10 


[I,A]; C09J0201-00 [I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,A] 


[I,C*]; C09J0201-00 [I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 




multi-layer sheet materia l comprising (i) a base film 

of a polymer comprising the reaction product of a 

precursor mixture comprising at least one 


cross-linking agent; (ii) an adhesive layer; and (iii) 

optionally , a release liner, as a label or a label 

stock or in the manufacture of a lase r cuttable 

and/or laser markable article. The invention also 

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relates to the us e of a halogen-free film of a 

polymer comprising the reaction product of a precursor 

mixture comprising at least one hydroxy-functional 

resin and an aminoplast cross-linking agent in a laser 

cuttable and/or laser-markable article. 



FIELD AVAILABILITY: AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; 

IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20030206 CAAFNE + NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY 

20060802 CAEEER + EXAMINATION REQUEST 


200648 

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NON-STANDARD.: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO. 




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

DE 60121190 D1 20060810 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: DED1 GRANTED EP NUMBER IN BULLETIN [FROM 1,400,000 ON] 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20060810 gazette-pub-announcement 


APPLICATION INFO.: DE 2001-60121190 A 20010806 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: DEA Patent application 


WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 



IPC ORIGINAL (ADV): C09J0007-02 [I,A]; G09F0003-10 [I,A] 

IPC ORIGINAL (CORE): C09J0007-02 [I,C*]; G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 


[I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A] 


[I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*] 



FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; 

PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

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TITLE: Laserstanzbares, mehrschichtiges Folienmaterial. 

A laser-cuttable multi-layer sheet material. 

Feuille multi-couches decoupable au laser. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: German; English; French 

INVENTOR(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: HERZOG, SILKE; WEBER, PETER 







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

EP 1179577 A1 20020213 English 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: EPA1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20020213 examined-printed-without-grant 


DESIGNATED STATES: 

R: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT 

SE 

APPLICATION INFO.: EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: EPA Patent application 



CITED PATENT REF.: EP 359532 A2 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

DE 813861 U1 (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

DE 4141914 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

JP 11296089 A (SEA, npl, Cat: A) 

CITED NON-PATENT LIT.: (1) PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 01, 31 

January 2000 (2000-01-31) & JP 11 296089 A (TORAY IND 

INC), 29 October 1999 (1999-10-29) (SEA, Cat: A) 






[I,A]; C09J0201-00 [I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,A] 


[I,C*]; C09J0201-00 [I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 



ABSTRACT (ENGLISH): The invention relates to a halogen-free multi-layer 

sheet material comprising (i) a base film of a 

polymer comprising the reaction product of a precursor 

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mixture comprising at least one hydroxy-functional 

resin and an aminoplast cross-linking agent; (ii) an 

adhesive layer; (iii) and, optionally, a release 

liner.al. 


ABSTRACT SOURCE: EPO 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AB; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; 

IPC; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20020213 EPAK + DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: 

EP A1 

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

20020213 EPAX + EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT TO 

AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI 

20021030 EPAKX + PAYMENT OF DESIGNATION FEES 


DE8566 - DE: DESIGNATED COUNTRY DE NOT LONGER VALID 


20030521 EP18D - DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN 

20020804 


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EP 1322719 A1 20030702 English 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: EPA1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 





SE TR 




EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 

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CITED PATENT REF.: JP 11296089 A (EXA, npl, Cat: A) 

CITED NON-PATENT LIT.: (1) DATABASE WPI Week 200003, Derwent Publications 

Ltd., London, GB; Class A23, AN 2000-028636 & JP 11 

296 089 A (TORAY IND INC) 29 October 1999 (EXA, Cat: 

A) 

(2) Computer-generated translation of JP-A-11296089 

(EXA, Cat: A) 

(3) See also references of WO 0212411A1 (EXA) 





IPC RECLASSIF. (ADV): C09J0007-02 [I,A]; G09F0003-10 [I,A] 

IPC RECLASSIF. (CORE): C09J0007-02 [I,C*]; G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; LA; 

PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 


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EP 1322719 B1 20060628 English 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: EPB1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 





SE TR 




EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 



IPC ORIGINAL (ADV): C09J0007-02 [I,A]; G09F0003-10 [I,A] 

IPC ORIGINAL (CORE): C09J0007-02 [I,C*]; G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; LA; PA; PAS; 

PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


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TR 

20030702 EPAX + EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT TO 

AL LT LV MK RO SI 

20030702 EP17P + REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED 

20030304 


20040225 EP17Q + FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT 

20040108 



EP B1 


TR 


GBFG4D + GB: EUROPEAN PATENT GRANTED 


CHEP + CH: ENTRY IN THE NATIONAL PHASE 


IEFG4D + IE: EUROPEAN PATENTS GRANTED DESIGNATING IRELAND 

20060810 EPREF CORRESPONDS TO: 

DE 60121190 P 20060810 

20061201 EPNLV1 - NL: LAPSED OR ANNULED DUE TO FAILURE TO FULFILL THE 

REQUIREMENTS OF ART. 29P AND 29M OF THE PATENTS ACT; NO 

LEGAL EFFECT FROM 


200651 


CHPL - CH: PATENT CEASED 


200702 

20070216 EPET + FR: TRANSLATION FILED 

200709.................................20070301 

20070530 EP25 - LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT 

INFORM. FROM NAT. OFFICE TO EPO 

SE: 20060928 


200722.................................20070531 



FI: 20060628 


200722.................................20070531 



AT: 20060628 


200722.................................20070531 



CH: 20060628 


200722.................................20070531 



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LI: 20060628 


200722.................................20070531 



ES: 20061009 


200722.................................20070531 



PT: 20061128 


200722.................................20070531 



BE: 20060628 


200722.................................20070531 



NL: 20060628 


200722.................................20070531 



MC: 20060831 


200722.................................20070531 



DK: 20060928 


200722.................................20070531 

20070606 EP26N + NO OPPOSITION FILED 

20070329 

ORE Opposition, Reexamination 

200723.................................20070608 

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JP 2004506240 T 20040226 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: JPT UNEXAM. PAT APPLICATION ON FOREIGN APPL. 

[PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ON] 



APPLICATION INFO.: JP 2002-517704 T 20010806 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: JPT Translation 


WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 





MAIN: G09F0003-02 (not assigned by patent authority) 

SECONDARY: B32B0027-00; B65D0065-40; C09J0007-02; C09J0201-00; 

G09F0003-10 


[I,A]; C09J0201-00 [I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,A] 


[I,C*]; C09J0201-00 [I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 



FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IPC; IPCR; PI; 

PIT; PRAI 

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US 20030207062 A1 20031106 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: USA1 FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 






EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 









NAT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 428 401 




multi-layer sheet material comprising (i) a base film 





optionally, a release liner, as a label or a label 

stock or in the manufacture of a laser cuttable and/or 

laser markable article. The invention also relates to 

the use of a halogen-free film of a polymer comprising 

the reaction product of a precursor mixture comprising 

at least one hydroxy-functional resin and an 

aminoplast cross-linking agent in a laser cuttable 

and/or laser-markable article. 


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INVENTOR(S): 








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US 6824849 B2 20041130 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: USB2 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT 

AS SECOND PUBLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 






EP 2000-116953 A 20000807 (EPA) 

WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 (WOWW) 




CITED PATENT REF.: EP 617711 A (SEA, pat) 

US 2884126 A (APP, pat) 

US 24906E E (APP, pat) 

US 3843390 A (APP, pat) 

US 4772512 A (APP, pat) 

US 5593785 A (APP, pat) 

US 5626966 A (APP, pat) 

US 5688573 A (APP, pat) 

US 5780559 A (APP, pat) 

US 5843547 A (APP, pat) 

US 5977256 A (APP, pat) 

CA 2155233 A (APP, pat) 

DE 813861 U1 (APP, pat) 

DE 4141914 A (APP, pat) 

EP 359532 B1 (APP, pat) 

EP 359532 A (APP, pat) 

JP 02120042 A (APP, pat) 

JP 11296089 A (APP, pat) 

WO 9800456 A (APP, pat) 






NAT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 428 401; X4284231; X428 415; X428 413; X524730; 

X525125; X283 81; X525124; X428355; X428343 

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IPCR; NCL; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REP; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY P.O. BOX 33427ST. 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:HERZOG, SILKE 

/AR;REEL/FRAME:014132/0276 

20030108 


20060523 USCC CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION 

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TITLE: A LASER-CUTTABLE MULTI-LAYER SHEET MATERIAL. 


LASER. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: English; French 

INVENTOR(S): 




NON-STANDARD.: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY; WEBER, PETER; 

HERZOG, SILKE 

STANDARDIZED: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO, US; WEBER PETER, DE; 

HERZOG SILKE, DE 



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WO 2002012411 A1 20020214 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: WOA1 INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION WITH INTERNATIONAL 

SEARCH REPORT 

FILING DETAILS: WO100000 With international search report; 

WO030000 Before expiration of time limit for amending 

the claims and to be republished in the event of the 

receipt of the amendments 




W: AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR 

CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EC EE ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID 

IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD 

MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL 

TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US UZ VN YU ZA ZW 

RW (ARIPO): GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW 

RW (EAPO): AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM 

RW (EPO): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE 

TR 

RW (OAPI): BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GQ GW ML MR NE SN TD TG 

APPLICATION INFO.: WO 2001-US24653 W 20010806 English 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: WOW International application Number 



CITED PATENT REF.: EP 359532 A (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

DE 8130861 U (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

DE 4141914 A (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

JP 11296089 A (SEA, npl, Cat: A) 

CITED NON-PATENT LIT.: (1) PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 01, 31 

January 2000 (2000-01-31) & JP 11 296089 A (TORAY IND 

INC), 29 October 1999 (1999-10-29) (SEA, Cat: A) 

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(2) See also references of EP 1322719A1 (SEA) 






[I,A]; C09J0201-00 [I,A]; G09F0003-02 [I,A]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,A] 


[I,C*]; C09J0201-00 [I,C*]; G09F0003-02 [I,C*]; 

G09F0003-10 [I,C*] 



















ABSTRACT (FRENCH): La presente invention concerne l'utilisation d'un 

materiau en feuille multicouche exempt d'halogene 

contenant: (a) un film de base en polymere renfermant 

le produit de reaction d'un melange precurseur 

contenant au moins une resine a fonction hydroxy et un 

agent de reticulation aminoplaste; (b) une couche 

adhesive; et (c) eventuellement, un revetement 

anti-adhesif, tel qu'une etiquette ou un film a 

etiquette, utilises dans la fabrication d'un article 

pouvant se couper/marquer au laser. Par ailleurs, 

l'invention concerne l'utilisation d'un film polymere 

exempt d'halogene contenant un produit de reaction 

d'un melange precurseur contenant au moins une resine 

a fonction hydroxy et un agent de reticulation 

aminoplaste dans un article pouvant se couper/marquer 

au laser. 

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE: French 


FIELD AVAILABILITY: AB; ABFR; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; 

INS; IPC; IPCR; LAF; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; 

TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20020214 WOAK + DESIGNATED STATES 

WO A1 

AE AG AL AM AT AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR 

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CU CZ CZ DE DE DK DK DM DZ EC EE EE ES FI FI GB GD GE GH 

GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU 

LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI 

SK SK SL TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US UZ VN YU ZA ZW 

20020214 WOAL + DESIGNATED COUNTRIES FOR REGIONAL PATENTS 

WO A1 

GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU 

TJ TM AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT 

SE TR BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GQ GW ML MR NE SN TD TG 

20020321 WODFPE REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FILED PRIOR TO 

EXPIRATION OF 19TH MONTH FROM PRIORITY DATE (PCT 

APPLICATION FILED BEFORE 20040101) 


20020410 WO121 EP: THE EPO HAS BEEN INFORMED BY WIPO THAT EP WAS 

DESIGNATED IN THIS APPLICATION 


JP 2002517704 A F 


CA 2418954 A 

20030206 WOWWE + WIPO INFORMATION: ENTRY INTO NATIONAL PHASE 

KR 1020037001710 

200642 

20030618 WOREG REFERENCE TO NATIONAL CODE 

DE8642 - DE: IMPACT ABOLISHED FOR DE - I.E. PCT APPL. NOT ENT. 

GERMAN PHASE 


20040409 WOWWP + WIPO INORMATION: PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL OFFICE 

KR 1020037001710 

200642 

4 priorities, 9 applications, 11 publications 

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