DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY TREATING COMPOSITIONS

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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.

EAST or WEST is used for full text, inventor, and class/subclass searching. Queries may include classification parameters when combined with other terms to be searched in the technical content of the application.

ABSS (Automated Biotechnology Sequence Search System)

Coverage: - Current, Full Text: - Current

Genetic sequence search system.

USPTO internal genetic sequence search system composed of commercially available databases such as Genbank/EMBL, Geneseq, PIR, and UniProt. In-house databases (pending applications, issued patents, and published applications (PGPubs)) are also available for interference and prior art purposes. Useful for routine sequence searching as well as specialized searches, including alignments, length-limited, oligomer, and score/length.

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.

Includes the ability to formulate queries by classification.

PALM (Patent Application Locating and Monitoring)

USPTO Coverage: - Current, Full Text: - Current

Pending patent applications, recent patents, and abandoned files.

The Patent Application Locating and Monitoring (PALM) system is a large database system that maintains records for each patent application. PALM is designed to provide on-line access to information on all pending applications, as well as most recently patented and abandoned files. Useful for searching by inventor/assignee name, and for locating related applications.

PGPUBS

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

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

U.S. published applications.

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

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.

EAST or WEST is used for broad 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.

EAST or WEST is 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 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.

Provides PDF images for the full text of patents from a number of countries. Has text search capabilities in the title and abstract fields as well as retrieval by IPC and ECLA classification numbers. While it can be used for searching, it is primarily used as a foreign document retrieval system. Useful for obtaining images.

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.

EAST or WEST is used for text and assignee/inventor searching.

JPO Industrial Property Digital Library

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

Japanese patent information.

Has text search capabilities in the title and abstract fields as well as retrieval by FI classifications and F-Terms. This resource is used primarily 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.

BIOSIS Previews

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

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

Comprehensive worldwide coverage of research in the biological and biomedical sciences.

Contains information on life sciences, including biological and biomedical areas. Used for text and inventor searching, and for non-medical virology information.

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.

Useful in text, inventor, structure, and registry number searching. Covers a broad range of subject areas.

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. Useful in text, inventor, structure, and registry number searching.

Dissertation Abstracts Online

Dialog Coverage: 1861 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1861 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Subject, title, and author guide to virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution.

Useful for obtaining information on the latest technology.

Dissertations and Theses - Full Text

ProQuest Coverage: 1861 - present, Full Text: Dates - vary

Doctoral dissertations and Master's theses.

Useful for obtaining information on the latest technology.

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.

Comprehensive bibliographic database covering biomedical and pharmaceutical literature worldwide. Used for text and inventor searching, as well as for health policy and pharmaceutical information.

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.

Used to locate medical information and for a broad survey of medical journals. All AIDSLine database citations were incorporated into Medline in 2001.

REGISTRY

STN Coverage: - Current, Full Text: - Current

Substance database containing records for substances identified by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry System.

Used for searching structures, registry numbers, small oligonucleotides or nucleic acids, and alternative names.

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)

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

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

Bibliographic database consisting of records for literature citations of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, translations, microforms, audiovisuals, software, and technical reports.

Used for veterinary cases.

AIDSinfo

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

The latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers.

ATCC

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

Global nonprofit bioresource center.

Used to obtain information on viruses and cell lines.

CAB ABSTRACTS

Dialog Coverage: 1972 - present, Full Text: - N/A

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

Covers literature from all areas of agriculture and related sciences.

Used for veterinary cases.

CANCERLIT

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

Bibliographic records referencing cancer research publications.

Used for viruses that cause cancer.

CONFSCI (Conference Papers Index)

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

Bibliographic database that provides access to international research papers and findings presented at scientific and technical conferences and meetings throughout the world.

This resource may provide relevant information on the latest technology.

Derwent Biotechnology Resource

Dialog Coverage: 1982 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Questel Orbit Coverage: 1982 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1982 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Formerly Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts. Covers journal articles, patents, and conference proceedings describing research in the field of biotechnology.

Used for industrial processes such as large-scale virus purifications.

DIALINDEX

Dialog Coverage: - Current, Full Text: - Current

Master index to DIALOG databases.

Used to identify databases that contain references to the technology. Search topics can be tested in a group of files of the user's choosing or in one or more database categories provided by DIALOG (OneSearch). It can then be determined which databases should be selected for a more detailed search.

Dictionary of Immunology

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 4th ed. - 1995

Herbert, W. J., et al.

This book provides definitions of immunology and allergy terms.

Fields' virology

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 4th ed. - 2001

Fields, Bernard N., et al.

Reference book on the molecular biology of viruses and the pathogenesis of viral diseases.

Fundamental immunology

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 5th ed. - 2003

Paul, William E.

Immunology reference book.

GenBank (R)

STN Coverage: 1982 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Nucleic acid database.

GenBank ® (registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service) is a nucleic acid database produced by the National Institute of Health. GenBank contains sequences and data such as the GenBank Locus Number, sequence description, source organism, sequence length, and references. Contains all sequences in EMBL and DDBJ (DNA DataBank of Japan).

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 may provide relevant information.

Remington's pharmaceutical sciences

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 18th ed. - 1990

Remington, Joseph Price

Used to identify known carriers.

STNindex

STN Coverage: - Current, Full Text: - Current

Master index to STN databases.

Used to identify databases that contain references to the technology. Text search performed to determine which databases contain references to technology being searched. Databases with the most references are selected for a more detailed search.

VETU (Derwent Veterinary Drug File)

STN Coverage: 1983 - 2001, Full Text: - N/A

References from the world's journals on developments and applications of veterinary drugs, including hormones, vaccines and growth promotants, etc., for use in farm, domestic and other animals.

Used to identify current developments and applications of veterinary drugs.

Webster's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster Coverage: - , Full Text: Current - edition

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: Various - editions

Dictionary and thesaurus.

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 scholar

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

Scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.

Used to locate full text articles and papers.

Google TM

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

Internet search engine.

Used for broad text searching, to locate dates of discovery and publication, and for translations. Also used to locate news sites that have information about current and emerging diseases before the peer-reviewed literature publishes findings.

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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