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Classification 178/19.010 - 19.070 >> view this class definition

U. S. PATENT RESOURCES

As general guidance, a complete search of U. S. patents in this art area will include the following:

1. A classified search of the original classification class and subclass for the subject matter and the other highly relevant art areas in the US patent documents
2. A text search of the US patent documents; patents, PG PUB, and OCR databases:
• Broad text search for the general inventive concept(s), not limited by classification
• Narrow text search for the specific claimed invention
• Boolean text search employing the relevant inventive terms

The resources listed below are internal USPTO search tools. However, the information that they cover is available either commercially, on the USPTO web site, or in the Public Search Facility on the USPTO Headquarters campus and the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries.

EAST/WEST

EAST Coverage: 1971 - present, Full Text: 1971 - present

WEST Coverage: 1971 - present, Full Text: 1971 - present

Full text patent and inventor searching.

Patents are viewed by USPC for relevance to the patent applications being searched. Class/subclass search is used for all input devices. The drawings found in the prior art, and their associated text, can be used determine structural and circuit layouts of input devices such as keyboards, joysticks or cursor controllers. For most applications, text searching can supplement class/subclass searching by using specific claimed features or keywords and their synonyms to locate relevant text within the prior art.

BRS Search/USOCR Database

EAST Coverage: 1920 - 1970, Full Text: 1920 - 1970

WEST Coverage: 1920 - 1970, Full Text: 1920 - 1970

Full text of U.S. patent grants.

All patent documents in a classification are viewed by USPC for relevance to the patent application being searched.

PGPUBS

EAST Coverage: 2001 - present, Full Text: 2001 - present

WEST Coverage: 2001 - present, Full Text: 2001 - present

U.S. published applications.

Patents are viewed by USPC for relevance to the patent applications being searched. Class/subclass search is used for all input devices. The drawings found in the prior art, and their associated text, can be used determine structural and circuit layouts of input devices such as keyboards, joysticks or cursor controllers. For most applications, text searching can supplement class/subclass searching by using specific claimed features or keywords and their synonyms to locate relevant text within the prior art.

FOREIGN PATENT RESOURCES

Searched separately from the U.S. Patent Search. These databases consist of abstract documents. Text searching abstracts requires the use of different search logic e.g. the use of broad Boolean and/or operators instead of narrow proximity operators.

Derwent World Patents Index and the contents of the EPO Abstracts and JPO Abstracts are available commercially.

Derwent World Patents Index, Classification and Text Search

EAST Coverage: 1963 - present, Full Text: - N/A

WEST Coverage: 1963 - present, Full Text: - N/A

English abstracts database of patent documents from more than 40 patent-issuing authorities.

Used for text and assignee/inventor searching. Queries may include classification parameters when combined with other terms to be searched in the technical content of the application.

EPO Abstracts, Text and Classification Search

EAST Coverage: 1978 - present, Full Text: - N/A

WEST Coverage: 1978 - present, Full Text: - N/A

English abstracts database of patents and published applications from EPO, WO/PCT, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland. USPC searching is limited to documents added to the database from 1978 to September 30, 1995.

EPO patent documents in a USPC or an IPC classification are viewed for relevance to the patent application being searched. Used for text and assignee/inventor searching.

EPO esp@cenet

esp@cenet Coverage: 1920 - present, Full Text: 1920 - present

National patent information from all member states of the EPO as well as bibliographic data from patents worldwide.

Used to obtain translations.

FPAS3

Coverage: 1980 - present, Full Text: -

USPTO foreign document retrieval system.

JPO Abstracts, Text and Classification Search

EAST Coverage: 1976 - present, Full Text: - N/A

WEST Coverage: 1976 - present, Full Text: - N/A

English abstracts database of Japanese published unexamined applications. USPC searching is limited to documents added to the database from 1978 to September 30, 1995.

JPO patent documents in a USPC or an IPC classification are viewed for relevance to the patent application being searched. Used for text and assignee/inventor searching.

NON-PATENT LITERATURE RESOURCES

The resources listed are those that USPTO staff have found consistently yield the most relevant search results. Commercial databases available through a single vendor can generally be searched simultaneously, although it is preferable to search full text and bibliographic databases in separate groupings. In addition to the use of subscription databases and public Internet sites, it is recommended that books, manuals, standards and specifications be considered in the search for prior art.

ACM Digital Library

ACM Coverage: Dates - vary, Full Text: Dates - vary

Citations and full text articles from ACM journals, newsletters, and conference proceedings.

This resource contains relevant data on flat panel displays, touch panels, and digitizers.

IEEE Xplore

IEEE Coverage: 1952 - present, Full Text: 1988 - present

Full text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.

This resource contains relevant data on digitizers, touch panels, and touch screens.

CMP Computer Fulltext

Dialog Coverage: 1988 - present, Full Text: 1988 - present

Full text information about the computer, communications, and electronic industries.

This resource contains relevant data on flat panel displays, touch panels, and digitizers.

Ei Compendex

Dialog Coverage: 1970 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Questel Orbit Coverage: 1970 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1970 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Abstracted information from 4,500 journals plus conference proceedings in engineering and technology.

This resource contains relevant data on digitizers, touch panels, screens, and pads.

EMBASE

Dialog Coverage: 1993 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1974 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Index of the world's literature on human medicine and related disciplines.

This resource may provide relevant information if the device is used in the medical field.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

Dialog Coverage: 1966 - present, Full Text: - N/A

US Department of Education Coverage: - , Full Text: -

Bibliographic database containing education-related documents, technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, and state of the art reviews.

This resource may provide relevant information if the device is used in assistive technology.

Gale Group Computer DatabaseTM

Dialog Coverage: 1983 - present, Full Text: 1988 - present

Information about the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.

This resource contains relevant data on flat panel displays, touch panels, and digitizers.

Health Devices AlertsŪ (HDA)

Dialog Coverage: 1977 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Database of reported medical device problems, hazards, recalls, evaluations, and updates.

This resource may provide relevant information if the device is used in the medical field.

IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin

EAST/WEST Coverage: 1958 - 1998, Full Text: -

Defensive disclosure database.

This resource contains limited data on digitizers, and may be relevant for records on touch panels and touch screens.

Inspec (The Database for Physics, Electronics and Computing)

Dialog Coverage: 1898 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Dialog DataStar Coverage: 1969 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Questel Orbit Coverage: 1969 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1969 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Inspec (The Database for Physics, Electronics and Computing) corresponds to the three Science Abstracts print publications: Physics Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, and Computer and Control Abstracts.

This resource contains relevant records for digitizers, touch panels, touch screens, and touch pads.

JICST-EPlus - Japanese Science & Technology

Dialog Coverage: 1985 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1985 - present, Full Text: - N/A

English citations and abstracts covering the literature published in Japan on all fields of science, technology, and medicine.

This resource contains relevant data on digitizers, touch panels, screens, and touch pads.

MEDLINE (Medical Literature, Analysis, and Retrieval System Online)

Dialog Coverage: 1951 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1950 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Bibliographic database containing references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.

This resource may provide relevant information if the device is used in the medical field.

PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)

Dialog Coverage: 1975 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1975 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Bibliographic database containing information on business and technological developments in packaging, printing, publishing, pulp, paper, imaging, and nonwovens.

This resource contains relevant data on digitizers for CAD/CAM and 3D graphics.

ProQuest Direct

ProQuest Coverage: Dates - vary, Full Text: 1986 - present

Current periodicals and newspapers, as well as archives of major newspapers.

This resource contains relevant data for specific products or software.

Society for Information Display

SID Coverage: - N/A, Full Text: - N/A

Society of professionals in all of the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing, and sales.

Bibliographic file covers review records, product records, and company records including e-commerce, accounting, computer technology and engineering.

INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS

An Internet search should be considered when a search of the resources listed above fails to locate relevant prior art. A preliminary Internet search may be performed to obtain an overview of the technology, and to identify additional search terms and related product information.

Google TM

Google Coverage: - N/A, Full Text: - N/A

Internet search engine.

This resource provides relevant information for the following: inventor papers and/or web sites, assignee or company product data or specifications, manuals, standards. In addition, provides access to resources that can define the meaning of acronyms, or terms of art.

Public Comments on the Search Templates

Public comments on the search templates are invited. Comments should address the points enumerated in the Criteria for Evaluating Recommended Search Resources. Comments can be submitted via the Search Template Project e-mail link on each template page or by mail addressed to:

Mail Stop Patents Search Template Comments
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Electronic submission is preferred. The Office will respond to comments in writing.