Report:EAST/Data Coverage/Summary

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System Data
Overview
Major Recent Updates
System Features
Data Coverage
- Summary
- Patent Coverage
  - Available Databases
  - Full Text Coverage
    - United States (US)
  - Bibliographic Coverage
  - Images
  - Family Data
  - Legal Status Information
  - Citation Coverage
  - Updates
Search Interface
- Introduction
- Login and Logout
- The Workspace
Search Syntax
- Searchable Datafields
- Allowed Operators
  - Boolean and Proximity Operators
  - Truncation or Wildcard Operators
  - Other Operators
Viewing Results
Import, Export, and Download
Search History Interface
Usability
Company Strength
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Pricing
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Other Features
Sources and Notes
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Summary

Full and Partial Text Collections

The following coverage dates were obtained from the system's user guide materials and represent the reported start dates for each collection. Please note that gaps in coverage may exist in any collection due to a number of factors, such as missing documents, scanning errors, OCR errors, even failure of national and regional patent offices to report data. No data source can be considered 100% complete, and searchers should consult as many unique data sources as possible.

Available text for each collection is noted in the table.

Code	Document Types	Dates of Coverage
United States (US)	Published Applications; Full Text	From March 15, 2001
	Granted Patents backfile (scanned by OCR); Full Text	1836-1970
	Granted Patents; Full Text	From January 01, 1970
European Patent Office (EP)	Published Applications and Granted Patents; English Abstracts	From February 20, 1978
Patent Cooperation Treaty (WO/PCT)	Published International PCT Applications; English Abstracts	From January 25, 1979
Japan (JP)	Published Unexamined Applications; English Abstracts	From October 01, 1976
France (FR)	Published Applications and Granted Patents; English Abstracts	From January 06, 1982
Germany (DE)	Published Applications and Granted Patents; English Abstracts	From June 03, 1982
Switzerland (CH)	Published Applications and Granted Patents; English Abstracts	From January 13, 1978
United Kingdom (GB)	Published Applications and Granted Patents; English Abstracts	From January 4, 1979

Other Coverage

Citations: Citations are available for the US from 1971, with the EP and WO available from inception.

Legal Status: There is no legal status data in EAST.

Family Data: Derwent (DWPI) family data is available.

Images: Full document images are available for patent documents in the US and FPRS collections (FPRS is described further in the Available Databases section). EAST can be used for viewing and printing patent documents, but cannot be used for obtaining electronic document copies.

Bibliographic Coverage

The table below presents the earliest dates of bibliographic coverage for each database accessed by EAST. To learn more about these individual databases, see the Available Databases page.

Authority	Database
	USPAT	Derwent	EPO	JPO	FPRS
US	1790-present	1961-present
JP		1961-present		1976-present
EP		1961-present	1978-present
Other					1623-present

Please note that gaps in coverage may exist in any collection due to a number of factors, such as missing documents, scanning errors, OCR errors, even failure of national and regional patent offices to report data. No data source can be considered 100% complete, and searchers should consult as many unique data sources as possible. See the following articles for a discussion of unique worldwide bibliographic and family data collections: INPADOC, Derwent World Patents Index, and CAplus.