FACSIMILE AND STATIC PRESENTATION PROCESSING

Classification 358/all - subclasses >> 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.

All patent documents in a classification are viewed by USPC for relevance to the patent application being searched. Classification search is useful when looking for physical components (input/output trays, keyboard/keypad, rollers) of a facsimile or printer device (picture search). This search is best used when the claim calls for excluding the black (K) component or manipulating it in some way. The subclasses for black and white image processing, including the aspects of the facsimile device, are separate from the subclasses for color image processing. A text search is best for dependent claims containing details (type of color transform, memory) that are not specifically disclosed in the primary reference. Combining classification and text searching is useful when there is a broad concept, such as color correction, but a specific feature is being claimed.

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.

All patent documents in a classification are viewed by USPC for relevance to the patent application being searched. Classification search is useful when looking for physical components (input/output trays, keyboard/keypad, rollers) of a facsimile or printer device (picture search). This search is best used when the claim calls for excluding the black (K) component or manipulating it in some way. The subclasses for black and white image processing, including the aspects of the facsimile device, are separate from the subclasses for color image processing. A text search is best for dependent claims containing details (type of color transform, memory) that are not specifically disclosed in the primary reference. Combining classification and text searching is useful when there is a broad concept, such as color correction, but a specific feature is being claimed.

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.

Source for 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.

JPO Industrial Property Digital Library

NCIPI Coverage: 1976 - present, Full Text: 1976 - present

Japanese patent information.

This resource is used as a source for machine translations of Japanese patent documents from 1993 to present.

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 provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

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 provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

Computer News Fulltext

Dialog Coverage: 1989 - present, Full Text: 1989 - present

Full text articles from Computerworld and Network World.

This resource provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

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

Comprehensive database of engineering literature.

This resource provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

Gale Group GlobalbaseTM

Dialog Coverage: 1986 - 2002, Full Text: - N/A

Worldwide coverage of companies, products, and industries with a primary focus on Europe.

This resource provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

Gale Group Newsletter DatabaseTM

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

Facts, figures, analysis, and current information affecting a broad range of industries and sectors.

This resource provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

Gale Group PROMT

Dialog Coverage: 1990 - present, Full Text: 1990 - present

STN Coverage: 1978 - present, Full Text: 1978 - present

International coverage of companies, products, markets, and applied technologies for all industries.

This resource provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin

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

Defensive disclosure database.

This resource provides relevant data on image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

Inside Conferences

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

Contains details of all papers given at every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received at the British Library Document Supply Centre.

This resource provides relevant data on image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

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 provides relevant data on image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

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 provides relevant data on image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, and graphics.

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 provides relevant data on facsimile, image processing, fingerprint, watermarking, graphics, CAD/CAM, and product data.

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 such as MPEGs, RFC's (Request for Comments) and ISO/IEC, etc. In addition, this resource 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:

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Commissioner for Patents
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Electronic submission is preferred. The Office will respond to comments in writing.