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902.03(d) Patent Information and Search Tools: the Cassis CD-ROM Series [R-3] - 900 Prior Art, Classification, >and< Search
902.03(d) Patent Information and Search Tools: the Cassis CD-ROM Series [R-3]
Access to a great deal of patent information as well as various search tools is available in the Cassis *>DVD<-ROM series. These include:
(A) Patents CLASS: Provides a list of all classifications of a patent number and a list of all patent numbers in a classification, showing ORs and XRs.
(B) Patents BIB: Bibliographic information for utility patents issued since 1969 (other patents, since 1977), **>and patent application publications since March 15, 2001, including inventor, issue or publication< date, title, current classifications, assignee at time of issue, status (withdrawn, reexamined, extended term, certificate of correction issued or expired due to nonpayment of maintenance fee), and abstracts **>since 1988<.
(C) Patents >and Trademarks< ASSIGN: Shows assignment of patent >and trademarks< rights recorded at the USPTO from August 1980 to present.
(D) Patents ASSIST: This disc provides a variety of files: Manual of Classification; >Classification Definitions;< Manual of Patent Examining Procedure; Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System; Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Classification Orders Index showing Classes/subclasses abolished or established since 1976; IPC-USPC Concordance; Classification, Art Unit, Supervisory Patent Examiner and Telephone Number (CAST) showing which Art Units examine which art according to classification; ** and Patentee-Assignee File showing assignment of patent rights at time of issue since 1969 for utility patents (other patents, since 1977), and inventor names since 1975.
The above *>DVD<-ROMs are text-searchable. Search results can be viewed on-screen, printed, or *>downloaded< to diskette. Patents CLASS>,< * Patents BIB>, and Patents and Trademarks ASSIGN< are updated with new information every two months; ** Patents ASSIST *>is< updated every three months.
In addition to the text-searchable discs, USAPat offers full facsimile images on *>DVD<-ROM of U.S. patents issued weekly. The backfile includes patents issued since *>1790<. Intended as a document delivery system, USAPat allows retrieval of patents by document number only. Excellent printed copies can be obtained using a laser printer. >USAApp offers full facsimile images on DVD-ROM of U.S. patent application publications beginning with March 15, 2001, and is issued weekly.<