Report:Thomson Innovation/Data Coverage/Patent Coverage/Updates
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Updates
Most patent data collections in Innovation are updated on a weekly basis. Below is a list of the stated update frequencies for each collection according to Thomson Innovation help materials:[1]
| Collection | Update Frequency |
|---|---|
| US | Weekly |
| EP | Weekly |
| WO | Weekly |
| JP - English | Weekly |
| JP - Japanese | Weekly |
| CN | Weekly - documents usually available within 2 weeks of publication date |
| GB | weekly |
| FR | biweekly |
| KR | Weekly - documents usually available within 2 weeks of publication date |
| INPADOC | Weekly |
| DWPI | Approximately every 3 days |
| Corporate Tree Data | Monthly |
Notes
- INPADOC legal status and worldwide patent database is updated on a weekly basis. This would be a standard expectation for most subscriber patent search databases.
- Update schedules are not known for legal status information such as United States (US) maintenance data, reassignment data, post-issuance and litigation data.
- For information about the update schedules of the business and literature collections, please see the Business and Literature data coverage sections of this report.
Sources
- ↑ Thomson Innovation help guide, http://www.thomsoninnovation.com/tip-innovation/support/help/index.htm#files_folders.htm?deployDate=5-25-201003:03. Accessed on June 14, 2010.
