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AVANTIQ

About AvantIQ

  • AvantIQ
    AvantIQ represents one of the largest independent International Online Trademark Search Services. With over 15 years experience in trademarks, AvantIQ provides one of the most flexible search systems at very competitive prices. AvantIQ offers the renowned IQ Intelligent Phonetic Search, the IMS Pharmaceuticals IN-USE database, over 15 multinational trademark databases as well as an unequalled personal service and support.
  • INSPIRO is Avantiq's new platform to both conduct online searches and to manage offline search requirements. And, it does more than a search system usually does: legal opinion editor, risk assessment, work monitoring, team work capabilities...

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DATASTAR

About DataStar:

  • DataStarWeb
    Web connection to over 350 databases offering worldwide business and technical information. The target user markets are aimed at sales professionals, marketing professionals, R&D professionals and consultant information professionals.($) Content includes:
    - News and media.
    - Business and finance.
    - Law and government.
    - Medicine, biosciences and healthcare.
    - Pharmaceuticals.
    - Chemicals.
    - Food and agriculture.
    - Energy and environment.
    - Technology, engineering and computing.
    - Social sciences.

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DIALOG

About Dialog:

  • Dialog
    Dialog's online information resource provides access to intellectual property, business, legal, scientific and technical information. ($) Subject areas covered:
    - Company profiles
    - Brokerage and analysts reports
    - Product/technology announcements
    - Mergers and acquisitions
    - International, national, and local news
    - Scientific and technology reports
    - Market research
    - Physics and electronic abstracts
    - Industry overviews
    - Financial data
    - Business and trade news
    - Industry and professional news
    - R&D plans
    - Patent and trade marks
    - Medical and drug reports
    - Government contracts.

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IPR-HELPDESK

About the Intellectual Property Rights Help Desk:

  • Intellectual Property Rights Help Desk
    The European Commission established the IPR-Helpdesk as the central reference point for IPR inquiries throughout the European Union.  This website provides a gateway entry point to the http://ep.espacenet.com/ service as well as numerous other services.

    "The website provides a wealth of information for visitors from diverse backgrounds and with varied interests. It is multilingual, and is of course completely accessible to those with limited computer facilities."

    "The Helpline is a service provided free of charge for participants in RTD projects. After registering, users can ask questions by telephone, fax or email. Written responses will be provided by the IPR- Helpdesk legal experts."
LEXIS-NEXIS

About Lexis-Nexis:

  • Lexis-Nexis
    Lexis-Nexis provides access to a large number of databases including($):
    - legal (incl. case law and patents)
    - government
    - business
    - high-tech.

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MICROPAT
OPTIPAT

About MICROPAT:

  • MICROPAT
    MICROPAT allows full-text and front-page research using United States, Europe, PCT(WIPO), and Japan databases.  Full copies of over 30 million patent specifications are available for downloading.($)

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OVID

About OVID:

  • OVID
    Ovid licenses more than 90 databases that address scientific and academic research requirements ($). These databases are arranged in seven subject categories:
    - Allied Health
    - Biomedical
    - Business
    - General Reference
    - Humanities
    - Science & Technology
    - Social Sciences.
    In addition, the Ovid Full Text Collections are Ovid's own implementations of the electronic full text of more than 80 leading biomedical journals, such as:
    - Annals of Internal Medicine
    - Journal of the American Medical Association
    - The Lancet
    - New England Journal of Medicine
    - Science.
    Ovid Full Text allows users to search articles, illustrations, graphs, references and numerous other parts of biomedical literature, with the ability to link within a document, to other documents, and to bibliographic databases.

OVID Features: 

  • OVID - Information
    Database descriptions and other research material information.
PATBASE

About PatBase:

  • Patbase
    PatBase is a searchable, international, patent family & full text patent database covering over 75 authorities  

PatBase databases:

  • PatBase Express
    PatBase Express offers a simple and intuitive way of investigating patents by subject, competitor or number. Based on the original PatBase database, which was developed by Minesoft and RWS Group as a search tool for patent professionals, PatBase Express draws upon the same comprehensive data, but offers a simplified way of searching so it can be used by anyone in a corporation who would like to find out about patents or competitor activities. Used by research engineers & chemists, paralegals and business managers.
  • Minesoft Patent Family Portal
    Minesoft Patent Family Portal is an ideal service for fast, up-to-date checks on patent families and corresponding legal status. Designed for users who require the very latest comprehensive patent family and legal status data in a well-organised, concisely tabulated layout, it provides fast, concise access to INPADOC and Patent Office Registry records covering over 70 countries.
PatDL

About PatDL:

  • Pat-DL ($) - PatDL is a software of Patent Searcher and Downloader which is custom-made for general scientific researcher and patent staff. The software provides allows users to download patents from several databases, EPO V2 database, EPO V3 database, SIPO database, USPTO database (including granted US patents and published US patent applications), JPO database (including all JP patents), JPO English (PAJ), TIPO database (Taiwan patent gazette), TWPat database( Taiwan patent document), and SIPO English. In addition, it can automatically download a patent’s full text, abstract, legal state in batches; and merge all of the pages to one file in PDF, including the abstract and legal status.

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QUESTEL-ORBIT

About Questel-Orbit:

  • Questel-Orbit ($) - Questel•Orbit is a service dedicated to Intellectual Property information: patents, scientific and technical (sci-tech) information, trademarks and Internet domain names.

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  • Questel-Orbit "Factsheets" providing full database descriptions.
STN

About STN International:

  • STN
    STN International is a full-featured online service that offers information for a broad range of scientific fields, including chemistry, engineering, life sciences, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, regulatory compliance, patents, business, and more.($)

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  • STNEasy
    "Fee-based, web access to selected, key STN databases with STN Easy. No training needed".
  • STN Express
    "Comprehensive desktop access for experienced online searchers".
  • STN on the Web
    "has full STN functionality - all traditional commands and capabilities".

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WIPS
  • Worldwide Intellectual Property Search (WIPS)
    (WIPS) Patent Search database developed by WIPS Co., Ltd. contains information from patent offices all over the world that the company has saved in a uniform format so that it may be easily accessed through an integrated web-based search system. The database includes collection of US (A) & (B), EP (A) & (B), PCT Applications, Patent Abstract of JAPAN, KOREA Patent Abstract Unexamined and Examined, China and INPADOC.