Report:MicroPatent PatentWeb/System Features
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System Features
| Feature | Comments |
| Browser-based or Desktop interface: | Browser-Based |
| Data Coverage | |
| Patent data collections created/indexed by topic: | None |
| Contains data indexed by non-patent-office developed classification schemes (e.g. Derwent Manual Codes): | No |
| Search Capabilities | |
| IPC code searching: | Yes |
| US Classification searching: | Yes |
| ECLA code searching: | Yes |
| Japanese F-terms or File Indexing: | No |
| Date-limited searching: | Yes, Filing/Publication/Priority dates are all searchable. |
| Section-specific Text Searching (e.g. a search in “claims only”?): | Yes, available choices range from Full Patent Spec, to Claims/Title/Abstract (and variations), to English Title only |
| Country/Collection-specific searching: | Yes, collections are split by kind code (for example, the EP-A file is separate from EP-B) |
| Chemical Structure Draw/Search Tool: | No |
| Command line interface: | No, a command line for MicroPatent was introduced in 2004, but has since been withdrawn as a product offering because of the high infrastructure costs of maintaining the service. |
| Web-Browser Search Form: | Yes, the system is used via a single advanced search form; it supports Boolean logic when searching by data field or text string, or both. |
| Combining (stacking) Search Queries: | Yes, two or more queries can be combined using AND, OR, or NOT. |
| Viewing Results | |
| Uses a relevancy ranking when listing search results: | No |
| Advanced Keyword Highlighting (the ability to define terms to be highlighted when viewing full text results ): | No, user-defined highlighting schemes cannot be created; however, search keywords do appear as blue hyperlinks in full-text view. Clicking one of these will jump to the next in sequence. |
| Keyword In Context Display (generates excerpts containing searched-for terms for quick review): | No, The system does not create any shortened versions or excerpts of the documents in question; searched keywords are highlighted in the text, however. |
| Linear Reference Viewing (clicking “Next” takes you to the next patent in the hitlist): | Yes, available when reviewing hitlists, but not available within saved results sets. |
| Saving Results | |
| Saving Results Sets: | Yes, once references are saved (into a file called a WorkSheet), they can be manipulated, de-duplicated by INPADOC family, and data-extracted. |
| Flagging Individual Results: | Yes, documents can be flagged to be saved/exported/downloaded, but not annotated individually. |
| Saving Search Histories: (Automated/User command required/Not possible) |
Automated, queries not saved in a designated search history will be stored for 18 hours in a temporary history. |
| Analyzing Results | |
| Statistical Analysis: | Yes, limited graphical/statistical analysis can be performed via the saved results “WorkSheet” page. This can be performed on up to 20,000 records. |
| Other (In-Program) Analysis Tools: | No |
| Import/Export/Document Delivery | |
| PDF document delivery: (Individual only/Batch/None) |
Batch. Patent copies can be ordered in a number of different formats (PDF, TIFF, Lotus Notes, etc.) via a browser input window where users can type or paste desired document numbers. Batch orders can also be selectively placed for hitlist or saved WorkSheet results. |
| Data Export: | Yes |
| Data Import: | Yes, Document numbers can be imported via a browser window, and saved to a results file (WorkSheet). Only those documents actually contained in the MicroPatent PatentWeb collection will appear in resulting WorkSheet. |
| Alerts | |
| Alerts: | Yes, alerts can be run on either a weekly or monthly basis. PDF, html or text reports of the results may be generated in response. |
| Customer Support | |
| Online Help Guide: (Detailed/Cursory/None) |
Detailed. The online help guide provides screenshots, and examples of why/how the features can be useful. |
| Web Seminars: | Yes, once-monthly online web seminars are available; users must search/register for these using the Thomson Reuters website. |
| Live Help: | Yes, Thomson Reuters supports multiple live customer support centers in different regions across the globe. |
| Security | |
| Automatic Logoff: | Yes, the system will automatically log-out if a browser window is inactive for greater than 30 minutes. |
| Secure Connection Option: | Yes |
| Pricing | |
| Pricing: (Free/Pay-per-use/Flat fee/Combination) |
Flat fee yearly access, or per-day access by credit card |
