INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS: PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, AND ELEMENTS

Classification 376/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.

Determine whether the search is for an apparatus or method. If it is a method the item is likely to be found in one of the subclasses. If the search is for an apparatus the search is broadened to include non-nuclear classes, e.g., class 250 (Radiant Energy) or class 220 (Receptacles). If the case covers cold fusion use the internal database Examiner's Electronic Digest (EEDD), which has a large number of cold fusion materials. Generally, classification search is done first, and then classification is combined with text. Forward and backward citation is useful for this class.

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.

Classification search is done first, and then classification is combined with text.

PGPUBS

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

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

U.S. published applications.

Classification search is done first, and then classification is combined with text.

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 searching. Sometimes old foreign art is useful for this class.

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.

Used for text searching. Sometimes old foreign art is useful for this class.

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.

Used for text searching. Sometimes old foreign art is useful for this class.

JPO Industrial Property Digital Library

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

Japanese patent information.

This resource may be useful for quick translations.

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.

CA SEARCH: Chemical Abstracts

Dialog Coverage: 1967 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Questel Orbit Coverage: 1967 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1907 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Database of the worldwide literature of chemistry and its applications. Abstracts available via STN.

Covers a broad range of areas including chemical engineering, electrochemistry, biochemistry, and applied, macromolecular, organic, physical, inorganic, environmental and analytical chemistry.

CAOLD (Pre-1967 Chemical Abstracts File)

STN Coverage: 1907 - 1966, Full Text: - N/A

Chemical Abstracts (CA) references from 1907 through 1966.

Searchable by Registry number, CA reference numbers, authors, patent assignees and title keywords. Structure diagrams are available.

CAplus

STN Coverage: 1907 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Chemistry bibliographic database.

Covers the same material as file CA but contains early access to bibliographic information and patent family information for the documents in the process of being indexed. Covers a broad range of areas including chemical engineering, electrochemistry, biochemistry, and applied, macromolecular, organic, physical, inorganic, environmental and analytical chemistry.

CSA Technology Research Database (TRD)

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

Megafile of the technical bibliographic databases provided by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

Subjects covered include materials science, engineering, aerospace, and high technology. Includes journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, books and standards.

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.

Energy Science & Technology

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

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

Multidisciplinary file containing worldwide references to basic and applied scientific and technical research literature.

Examiner's Electronic Digest Database

USPTO Coverage: - , Full Text: -

USPTO internal database that contains examiner contributed articles relating to class 376.

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.

Inspec (The Database for Physics, Electronics and Computing)

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

Dialog DataStar Coverage: 1898 - 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.

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.

Index to Japanese scientific and technical journals, conferences, and reports, with English citations and abstracts.

NTIS: National Technical Information Service

Dialog Coverage: 1964 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1964 - present, Full Text: - N/A

U.S. government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.

Nuclear Science Abstracts (NSA)

Dialog Coverage: 1948 - 1976, Full Text: - N/A

Comprehensive abstract and index collection to the international nuclear science and technology literature.

PASCAL

Dialog Coverage: 1973 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Questel Orbit Coverage: 1967 - present, Full Text: - N/A

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

Multidisplinary, multilingual bibliographic database covering the major international literature in science, technology, and medicine.

Produced by the French National Research Council. Index to scientific and technical literature. Each citation includes the original title and usually French- and English-translated titles and indexing terms. Most abstracts are in French.

ProQuest Direct

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

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

SciSearch: A Cited Reference Science Database

Dialog Coverage: 1974 - 1989, Full Text: - N/A

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

Cited reference index.

SPINŽ (Searchable Physics Information Notices)

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

Covers all major areas of physics research and provides indexing and abstracting of the major American, Russian, and Ukrainian physics and astronomy journals.

Abstracts of journal articles, conference proceedings, and patents covering all aspects of physics.

Wilson Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

Dialog Coverage: 1983 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Science and technology journal abstracts.

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.

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Public Comments on the Search Templates

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