A new addition to IP Menu's Database Networks is Minesoft's PatBase. PatBase is a searchable, international, patent family & full text patent database covering over 75 authorities.

"PatBase offers over 20 million full-text searchable documents from the US, EP, PCT, GB, DE and FR patent-issuing authorities. A hit map and keyword-in-context hit analysis assist users in document examination. PatBase also offers citation searching enabling users to navigate through patent and no-patent documents cited against US, EP, and WO publications as well as a citation tree visual analysis tool. An alerting service, which provides clients with up-to-date reports on their search criteria, is available on a weekly or monthly basis."

Minesoft also offers other software products related to PatBase:

"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 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."

The PatBase website is located at: http://www.patbase.com

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