IP Researchers can now access Patent File histories through Dialog

Thomson Scientific has revealed that patent researchers can now access file histories via patent and trademark databases on the Dialog platform.

Thomson Scientific says the benefit to researchers is that the full information on a patent or trademark is now available in one place. File histories or file wrappers are updated documentation that provide the full history of a patent or trademark file including the correspondence between a patent office and the applicant and/or their representatives.

Thomson Scientifics’ file histories consist of documentation from over 40 countries and languages.

Commenting on the announcement David Brown, Vice President, Thomson Scientific, corporate markets said, “Providing access to file histories through Dialog enhances the productivity of intellectual property researchers by giving them streamlined access to the resources they need.”

Thomson File Histories are available from the following Dialog databases:

Patents
CLAIMS®/Current Patent Legal Status (File 123)
CLAIMS®/U.S. Patents (File 340)
Chinese Patent Abstracts in English (File 344)
Derwent Patents Citation Index (File 342)
Derwent World Patents Index (for users in Japan) (File 352)
Derwent World Patents Index First ViewSM (File 331)
Derwent World Patents Index® (File 351)
Derwent World Patents Index® (File 350)
Ei EnCompassPat™ (File 353)
European Patents Fulltext (File 348)
French Patents (File 371)
German Patents Fulltext (File 324)
IMS Patent Focus (File 447, 947)
INPADOC/Family and Legal Status (File 345)
JAPIO - Patent Abstracts of Japan (File 347)
LitAlert® (File 670)
U.S. Patents Fulltext (1971-1975) (File 652)
U.S. Patents Fulltext (1976-present) (File 654)
WIPO/PCT Patents Fulltext (File 349)

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