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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.

Text search performed to obtain an initial picture of the art, which provides leads to other class and subclass codes. Search run in the full text of records to maximize retrieval. Class/subclass and inventor/assignee searches are also performed.

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.

Text search performed to obtain an initial picture of the art, which provides leads to other class and subclass codes. Search run in the full text of records to maximize retrieval. Class/subclass and inventor/assignee searches are also performed.

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 inventor name searches, for finding related and copending applications, and for looking up continuation data.

PGPUBS

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

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

U.S. published applications.

Text search performed to obtain an initial picture of the art, which provides leads to other class and subclass codes. Search run in the full text of records to maximize retrieval. Class/subclass and inventor/assignee searches are also performed.

PLUS

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

USPTO search system for U.S. patents.

PLUS (Patent Linguistics Utility System) is a USPTO search system for US patents that produces a list of the most closely related patents to the application searched. The system provides a list of classes/subclasses where the suggested patents are classified.

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.

Searched simultaneously with EPO, JPO, and IBM TDB databases. This database is used for text and inventor/assignee searching.

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.

Searched simultaneously with JPO, Derwent, and IBM TDB databases. This database is used for text and inventor/assignee 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.

This resource is used to retrieve PCT search reports and English family members of foreign patents.

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.

Searched simultaneously with EPO, Derwent, and IBM TDB databases. This database is used for text and inventor/assignee searching.

JPO Industrial Property Digital Library

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

Japanese patent information.

Used for machine 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.

ACM Digital Library

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

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

Used for inventor name searches.

IEEE Xplore

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

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

Used for inventor name searches.

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.

Abstracts of worldwide literature in computers, electrical engineering, electronics, control theory and technology.

A friendly guide to wavelets

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: - 1994

Kaiser, G.

ABI/INFORM

Dialog Coverage: 1971 - present, Full Text: 1991 - present

STN Coverage: 1971 - present, Full Text: 1991 - present

Covers worldwide business and management issues.

Full text journal articles covering new product announcements, computers, telecommunications, transportation, healthcare, finance, and management.

Advances in kernel methods : support vector learning

netLibrary Coverage: - , Full Text: Current - edition

Schölkopf, B., et al.

This book provides basic practical information.

ANTE

STN Coverage: 1981 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Abstracts from approximately 350 academic and trade publications from the U.K. and U.S.

Covers information technology, computers and control, electronics, communications, mechanical and production engineering, military technology, aerospace, and medical technology.

Automatic control systems

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 6th ed. - 1991

Kuo, B.

Business & IndustryTM (B&I)

Dialog Coverage: 1994 - present, Full Text: 1994 - present

Facts, figures, and key events dealing with public and private companies, industries, markets products for all manufacturing and service industries at an international level.

Full text file covers automotive industry, computers, software, electronics, telecommunications, and transportation.

Business Dateline

Dialog Coverage: 1985 - present, Full Text: 1985 - present

Full text of major news and feature stories from regional business publications from throughout the United States and Canada.

Coverage includes the computer industry, new product development, electronics, retailing, telecommunications, transportation and more.

Business Wire

Dialog Coverage: 1999 - present, Full Text: 1999 - present

Full text of news releases issued by approximately 10,000 corporations, universities, research institutes, hospitals, and other organizations.

Subject areas include computers, new products and more.

CiteSeer

Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology Coverage: - N/A, Full Text: - N/A

Scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science.

Full text scientific research papers. Useful for text and inventor searching.

CMP Computer Fulltext

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

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

COMPUSCIENCE

STN Coverage: 1972 - 2002, Full Text: - N/A

Complete computer science section from the Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik/ Mathematics Abstracts as well as all material from ACM's (Association for Computing Machinery) Computing Reviews and Guide to Computing Literature.

Bibliographic database covering computer science and technology, with emphasis on software, computer systems organization, information systems, image processing, algorithms, and artificial intelligence.

Computer and Information Systems Abstracts

Dialog Coverage: 1968 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Coverage of the world's technical literature on storing, processing, and accessing information.

Abstracts from sources covering the world's literature on artificial intelligence, computer applications, programming, and systems organization, hardware, software engineering, information systems, and the mathematics of computing.

Computer News Fulltext

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

Full text articles from Computerworld and Network World.

Full text file covers computer-related technologies and companies within the computer and network industries.

Computers, Electronics, and Telecommunications R&D OneSearch

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

Dialog OneSearch category.

Multiple databases containing computers, electronics, and telecommunications research and development information are searched simultaneously to determine which contain references to the technology or process.

CSA Aerospace & High Technology Database

Dialog Coverage: 1962 - present, Full Text: - N/A

STN Coverage: 1962 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Provides references, abstracts, and controlled-vocabulary indexing of key scientific and technical documents.

Abstracts of worldwide aerospace R&D, with information on artificial intelligence, circuits, communications, networks, databases, and software engineering.

DIALOG Telecommunications Newsletters

Dialog Coverage: 1995 - present, Full Text: 1995 - present

Full text telecommunications newsletters that provide information on companies, products, markets, and technologies.

Covers telecommunications, providing information on companies, products, and technologies, such as hardware, storage, integrated circuits, chips/semiconductors, and imaging technology.

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.

Dissertations and Theses - Full Text

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

Doctoral dissertations and Master's theses.

EBSCOhost Research Databases

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

Multidisciplinary collection of databases.

Coverage includes computer science topics such as artificial intelligence, expert systems, robotics and cybernetics, human-computer interaction, software engineering, and programming.

EECOMP

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

Electrical engineering OneSearch category.

Multiple databases containing electrical engineering information are searched simultaneously to determine which contain references to the technology or process.

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.

Abstracts from worldwide literature on computers and engineering, including civil, geological, energy, electrical, control, mechanical, power, automotive, aerospace, environmental, and industrial engineering.

ELCOM (Electronics and Communications Abstracts)

STN Coverage: 1981 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Abstracted literature from sources covering electronic engineering and telecommunications, including circuits, control and systems, instrumentation, components, and materials.

Elements of artificial neural networks

netLibrary Coverage: - , Full Text: Current - edition

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: - 1997

Mehrotra, K., et al.

Fundamentals of artificial neural networks

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: - 1995

Hassoun, M.

Gale Group Computer DatabaseTM

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

Information about the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.

Gale Group New Product Announcements/Plus (NPA/Plus)

Dialog Coverage: 1985 - present, Full Text: 1985 - present

Full text press releases from all industries covering announcements related to products, with a focus on new products and services.

Gale Group Newsletter DatabaseTM

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

Full text of specialized industry newsletters that provide information on companies, products, markets, and technologies.

Subject areas include computers, electronics, telecommunications, and transportation.

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.

Abstracts and full text records from trade and business journals, newsletters and releases, and analyst reports.

Gale Group Trade & Industry DatabaseTM

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

Multi-industry database covering international company, industry, product, and market information.

Genetic programming : on the programming of computers by means of natural selection

netLibrary Coverage: - , Full Text: Current - edition

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: - 1992

Koza, J.

IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin

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

Defensive disclosure database.

INFODATA

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

German and international literature in the field of information science and information work.

Bibliographic database covering international literature on information science, including databases, networks, new media and communication technology, artificial intelligence, expert systems, and computational linguistics.

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.

Introduction to linear algebra

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 2nd ed. - 1998

Strang, G.

This book provides highly relevant information on artificial intelligence principles.

IP.com

IP.com Coverage: 1958 - present, Full Text: 1958 - present

Prior art database.

IP.com contains the most complete electronic source of IBM TDBs with coverage from 1958 to the present. Documentation includes all TDB images. IP.com also hosts disclosure document backfiles from Motorola, Siemens, Sony, Xerox & Air Products, and Internet RFCs. This resource frequently provides highly relevant information.

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.

Library Literature and Information Science

Dialog Coverage: 1984 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Bibliographic database that provides information on library and information science, including artificial intelligence, CD-ROMs, storage, internet, online information retrieval, and telecommunications.

MATH (MATHematics Abstracts)

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

Bibliographic database covering worldwide literature in pure and applied mathematics, including computer science, operations research, mathematical programming, systems and control theory.

Includes theoretical computer science, automata theory, systems and control theory, and mathematical physics.

MathSci

Dialog Coverage: 1910 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Coverage of mathematics, statistics, computer science, algorithms, and operations research.

Full text or abstract coverage of mathematics, optics, systems control, computer systems organization, quantum mechanics, and more.

MathWorld

Wolfram Research Coverage: - N/A, Full Text: - N/A

Mathematics resource.

McGraw-Hill Companies Publications Online

Dialog Coverage: 1985 - present, Full Text: 1985 - present

Provides the complete text for many major McGraw-Hill publications.

Subject areas include electronics, communications, computers, and more.

Microsoft computer dictionary

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 5th ed. - 2002

Microsoft Press

MIT

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

Used to obtain information from the MIT Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab and the MIT Lectures Open Courseware.

Neural networks : a comprehensive foundation

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 2nd ed. - 1999

Haykin, S.

This book provides highly relevant information on neural networks.

Neural networks and fuzzy systems : a dynamical systems approach to machine intelligence

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: - 1991

Kosko, B.

New Scientist

Dialog Coverage: 1994 - present, Full Text: 1994 - present

EBSCO Coverage: 1990 - present, Full Text: 2002 - present

ProQuest Coverage: 1989 - present, Full Text: 2002 - present

Science and technology news.

Full text file provides in-depth coverage on a wide range of topics including computers, engineering, telecommunications and more.

Newton's telecom dictionary

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: 20th ed. - 2004

Newton, H.

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.

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.

Periodical Abstracts PlusText

Dialog Coverage: 1986 - present, Full Text: 1992 - present

Abstracts or full-text journal articles on science, technology, business, finance, and computers.

PR Newswire

Dialog Coverage: 1999 - present, Full Text: 1999 - present

Complete text of news releases prepared by U.S. companies, public relations agencies, trade associations, city, state, federal and municipal government agencies, and other sources covering the entire spectrum of news.

Subject areas include new products, science, transportation, and more.

Quantum computation and quantum information

STIC online catalog Coverage: - , Full Text: - 2000

Nielsen, M. and I. Chuang

RDISCLOSURE (Research DISCLOSURE)

Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. Coverage: 1960 - present, Full Text: 1960 - present

Full text defensive disclosure information. Includes documents from over 5,000 companies, including IBM.

San Jose Mercury News

Dialog Coverage: 1985 - present, Full Text: 1985 - present

Full text file provides local, national, and international news coverage with particular emphasis on high technology and industry developments in Silicon Valley.

Science

AAAS Coverage: 1995 - present, Full Text: 1995 - present

Dialog Coverage: 1996 - present, Full Text: 1996 - present

EBSCO Coverage: 1984 - present, Full Text: 1997 - present

JSTOR Coverage: 1880 - 1999, Full Text: 1880 - 1999

ProQuest Coverage: 1986 - present, Full Text: 1988 - present

Weekly journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Full text journal articles with multidisciplinary coverage of scientific and technical subjects.

SciSearch: A Cited Reference Science Database

Dialog Coverage: 1990 - present, Full Text: - N/A

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

Cited reference index.

Cited reference index to the literature of science, technology, and related disciplines.

TecInfoSource (formerly SoftBase: Reviews, Companies, and Products)

Dialog Coverage: 1994 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Covers emerging technologies, established technology products and their track record in the marketplace across multiple industries.

Bibliographic file covers review records, product records, and company records covering computer technology, data mining, databases, communications, image processing, internet, networks, and programming.

TEME - Technology and Management

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

STN Coverage: 1990 - present, Full Text: - N/A

Worldwide engineering literature.

Bibliographic file with German and international publications relating to technology and management.

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.

Google TM

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

Internet search engine.

Used to obtain general information and definitions.

Internet Archive

Internet Archive Coverage: - N/A, Full Text: - N/A

Provides permanent access to historical collections that exist in digital format.

Wayback Machine used to obtain dates for earlier versions of web sites.

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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