Transcript Overview of PubWEST - GT Library Intranet

Overview of PubWEST
Patent and Trademark Depository Library
Training Seminar
April 2006
PubWEST is a collection of
databases
PubWEST
U.S. Patents
Full-Text
EPO
Abstracts
U.S. Pre-Grant
Publications
JPO
Abstracts
U.S. OCR
Full-Text
Foreign Document
Retrieval
(access via Search Form)
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PubWEST
WEST stands for Web-based Examiner’s
Search Tool, an internal USPTO database
for use by USPTO patent examiners.
PubWEST is the “public” version of WEST
offered only in the Public Search Facility
and PTDLs.
WEST is not a commercial service and has
nothing to do with WESTLAW®.
Examiners also can use a search gateway
called EAST which accesses the same
databases as WEST, but has different
search features.
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Default Search Form
PubWEST will always initially default to
the Freeform Search Screen
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Other Search Form Options
Using the Pull Down Menu, you can
select other search forms.
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Structured vs. Freeform
Search
For most users the simplicity of the
Structured Search Form may be enough
for their searches.
The Freeform Search Form allows for
more complex searches using multiple
terms which then can be nested. If
fields are not given the search engine
assumes all fields are being used.
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Classification Search Form
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Classification Search Form
Options
Classification searches may be run on
the Structured, Free Form or
Classification search forms.
The Classification search form has
additional keyword access to the Index
to the U.S. Patent Classification System
and the Manual of U.S. Patent
Classification.
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Dictionary Search
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Thesaurus Search
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Aid for Assignee Names
Access to Thesaurus for aid in Assignee
names since exact names of companies
can vary over the life of the company.
(not on USPTO web and more up to
date than Assignee Code on Cassis
Patents Bib disc)
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Foreign Document Retrieval
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Foreign Images Database
Searchers have access to all foreign patent
images stored in the Foreign Images
database.
32 countries, EPO and WIPO, summarized in
“Foreign Patent Holdings at USPTO” sheet
sent out periodically via ALLPTDLS list.
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PubWEST Advantages
This is the search tool used by USPTO
patent examiners and professional
patent searchers in the USPTO Public
Search Facility, so your customer is
searching patents using the same
interface as the professionals.
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Precision Searching
Proximity Operators (NEAR, ADJ,
SAME, WITH) can focus full-text
searching (not on USPTO Web).
More focused searching means fewer
patents to wade through, saving time for
searcher.
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Easier Printing
Multiple page US patent printing with
one click. (not on USPTO Web)
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Faster Viewing
Another time saver: Can move from
front page image to front page image in
a list of patents with one click (multiple
clicks needed on USPTO web).
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Key Word in Context
Text display choice can be “KWIC” Key
Word in Context, displays only
paragraph(s) containing search term(s)
saving valuable time wasted scrolling
through a patent of hundreds of pages
(not possible on USPTO web).
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Power Searching with Set #
Searches are saved in set numbers that
can easily be combined without typing
out the whole search all over again.
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Multiple Database Searching
Multiple database searching possible
(when there are shared fields), e.g.
granted patents and pre-grant
publications can be searched at same
time (not possible on USPTO web).
Hold down CTRL key to select
additional databases.
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Foreign Patents Access
Foreign patent searching access for a more
thorough coverage of prior art (not on USPTO
web).
English language searching of EPO Abstracts
and JPO Abstracts.
Also available, a separate database of foreign
patents and published applications
searchable only by patent number or
application number.
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Full Text back to 1920
OCR Full-Text database provides full-text
access to U.S. patents from 1920 to 1975.
(Caveat: Optical Character Recognition
scanning process may miss some text
characters.)
USPTO website only provides full-text access
back to 1976.
Espacenet provides limited bibliographic text
access to U.S. patents back from 1920 to
1975.
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User Profiles
User Profiles provide custom tailoring of
searches and search results.
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Questions?
Let’s go PubWest Live!!!
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