Non-Patent Literature Core Databases (Figure NPL-1)

All Class 705 applications will be searched in the following databases:

ABI/INFORM® [Bell & Howell Information and Learning]
Business & Industry™ [Responsive Database Services, Inc.]
Business Week [The McGraw-Hill Companies Publications Online]
Business Wire [Business Wire] Computer Database™ [The Gale Group]
Conference Papers Index [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
Dissertation Abstracts Online [Bell & Howell Information and Learning]
Globalbase™ [The Gale Group]
Inside Conferences [The British Library]
INSPEC [INSPEC, Inc.]
Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts® [Information Today, Inc.]
The McGraw-Hill Companies Publications Online [The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.]
Microcomputer Software Guide Online® [R. R. Bowker Company]
New Product Announcements /Plus® (NPA/Plus) [The Gale Group]
Newsletter Database™ [The Gale Group]
Newspapers
· Financial Times Abstracts
· New York Times Abstracts
· San Jose Mercury News
· Wall Street Journal Abstracts PR Newswire [PR Newswire Association, Inc.]
PROMT® [The Gale Group]
Softbase: Reviews, Companies, and Products [Information Sources, Inc.]
Trade & Industry Database™ [The Gale Group]
Wilson Applied Science and Technology Abstracts [The H.W. Wilson Company]
World Reporter [The Dialog Corporation, Dow Jones & Company, and Financial Times Information]

Subject Specific Databases (Figure NPL-2)

Many databases contain significant non-patent literature resources relevant to specific Class 705 subclasses. Therefore, additional core databases are listed for the subclasses indicated in this section. Examiners are required to search these databases during the examination of cases classified under these subclasses. In this list, the subclass numbers have been listed to the left of the subclass description.

Subclass 2 Health Care Management

In addition to Core databases, search:

American Medical Association Journals [The American Medical Association]
BIOSIS Previews® [BIOSIS®] EMBASE® [Elsevier Science, B.V.]
Health & Wellness DatabaseSM [The Gale Group]
Health News Daily [F-D-C Reports, Inc.]
HealthSTAR® [U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)]
MEDLINE® [U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)]
New England Journal of Medicine [Massachusetts Medical Society]
SciSearch® [Institute for Scientific Information® (ISI®)]

If drugs/pharmaceuticals are involved. . . . .

Drug News & Perspectives [Prous Science Publishers]
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts [American Society of Health-System Pharmacists]
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry News Database [PJB Publications Ltd.]
Pharmaceutical News Index (PNI®) [Bell & Howell Information and Learning]

Subclass 4 Insurance

In addition to Core databases, search:

American Banker Financial Publications [American Banker-Bond Buyer]
Insurance Periodicals Index [NILS Publishing Company]
The Journal of Commerce [The Journal of Commerce, Inc.]

Subclass 7 Operations Research

In addition to Core databases, search:

Inventory Monitoring Databases

Subclass 13 Transportation Facility Access (Figure NPL-3)

In addition to Core databases, search:

Aerospace/Defense Markets & Technology® [The Gale Group]
Aerospace Database [AEROPLUS ACCESS]
The Journal of Commerce [The Journal of Commerce, Inc.]
NTIS - National Technical Information Service [National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce]
Transportation Research Information Services [Transportation Research Board]

Subclass 14 Advertising/Coupon Redemption/Incentives

In addition to Core databases, search:

Business Dateline® [Bell & Howell Information and Learning]
Marketing & Advertising Reference Service® [The Gale Group]

Newspapers:

The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution
The Arizona Republic/The Phoenix Gazette (Phoenix)
The Sun (Baltimore)
The Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
The Christian Science Monitor
Detroit Free Press
The Denver Post
Houston Chronicle
Independent (London)
The Irish Times
Los Angeles Times
The Miami Herald
Newsday and New York Newsday
The Oregonian (Portland)
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
San Francisco Chronicle
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Petersburg Times
Times/Sunday Times (London)
USA Today
Washington Post Online

Subclass 26 Electronic Shopping (Figure NPL-4)

In addition to Core databases, search:

Advertising/Coupon Redemption/Incentives Databases

Magazine Database™ [The Gale Group]

Subclass 28 Inventory Monitoring

In addition to Core databases, search:

Ei Compendex® [Engineering Information, Inc.]
ISMEC: Mechanical Engineering Abstracts [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
JICST-EPlus - Japanese Science & Technology [Japan Information Center for Science and Technology (JICST)]
NTIS: National Technical Information Service [National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce]
SciSearch® [Institute for Scientific Information (ISI®)]
Social SciSearch® [Institute for Scientific Information (ISI®)]

Subclass 35 Banking/Finance/Investments

In addition to Core databases, search:

American Banker Financial Publications [American Banker-Bond Buyer]
Banking Information Source [Bell & Howell Information and Learning]
Bond Buyer Full Text [American Banker-Bond Buyer]
DIALOG Finance and Banking Newsletters [The Dialog Corporation]
EconLit [American Economic Association]

Subclass 36 Portfolio Selection

In addition to Core databases, search:

Banking/Finance/Investment Databases

Subclass 37 Trading, Matching or Bidding

In addition to Core databases, search:

Banking/Finance/Investment Databases

Subclass 38 Credit Processing or Loan Processing

In addition to Core databases, search:

Banking/Finance/Investment Databases

Subclass 39 Including Funds Transfer or Credit Transaction

In addition to Core databases, search:

Banking/Finance/Investment Databases

Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News™ [Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News]