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[November 2002]
Enhanced English Language Japanese Patent Database
FIZ Karlsruhe, the European Service Centre of STN International, has
recently made available an improved version of the JAPIO patent database.The new version of the file has been enhanced with bibliographic data from
the European Patent Office's INPADOC records and many records now include
images from the front page of patent documents.Other improvements include the availability of simultaneous left and right
truncation (SLART) on the basic index and the rebuilding of the record
accession number from the original patent number.As a result of these new features, patent searchers will be able to pinpoint
relevant patent documents more effectively and efficiently and - by viewing
the associated images in TIFF format - assess their relevance more quickly.The images can be viewed directly on the screen during an STN on the web
session or be captured for later viewing using any programme that handles
TIFF and JPG images compressed in Group 4 fax format, including STN's
proprietary search software, STN Express.
ENDS