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WORLD PATENT INFORMATION The international journal for patent documentation, classification and statistics A joint periodical of the Commission of the European Communities and the World Intellectual Property Organization Volume Contents, Author and Subject Index to Volume 13, 1991 © Pergamon Press Oxford - New York - Seoul + Tokyo WORLD PATENT INFORMATION The international journal for patent documentation, classification and statistics of the Commission of the European Communities and the World Intellectual Property Organization Published on their behalf by Pergamon Press plc Editor-in-Chief: V. S. Dodd Consultant Editor: Michael W. Hill Editorial Office: 29 Starling Lane, Cuffley, Herts EN6 4JX, U.K. [Tel. (0707) 874868] MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE L. Kostikov, Deputy Director General, WIPO P. Claus, Director, WIPO V. Parajon Collada, Deputy Director General, DG XIII, CEC H. Bank, Principal Administrator, CEC EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Patent Offices Brazil: Paulo A. 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The Item-fee Code for this publication indicates that authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by the copyright holder for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Transactional Reporting Service provided the stated fee for copying, beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Law, is paid. The appropriate remittance of $5.00 per copy per article is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970. Permission for other use. The copyright owner’s consent does not extend to copying for general distribution, for promotion, for creating new works, or for resale. Specific written permission must be obtained from the publisher for such copying. The Item-fee Code for this publication is: 0172-2190/92 $5.00 + .00. CONTENTS VOLUME 13, NUMBER 1 V. S. Dodd : Editorial A. Sugden The Community Patent — The Luxembourg Agreement of 1989 D. M. Raduazo USPTO experience in training examiners on the Automated Patent System (APS) . M. Bridges : Organization of an online search service in a patent office + Dy Cole Liverpool Patents Clinic P. Claus, S. di Palma The electronic register of international marks at WIPO and R. Unterkircher A. de Pastors European patent applications in biotechnolcgy in the 1980s: some statistical data Zhao Meisheng é The patent and trademark systems of China S. M. Kaback k ONLINE Patent Information Communications Selective Calendar of Events Meetings and Conferences Literature Review Book Announcements Abstracts Software Survey Section VOLUME 13, NUMBER 2 V. S. Dodd Editorial J. Michel The future of patent information products J. van der Drift Effective strategies for searching existing patent rights Contents A. Wittmann and Distribution of patent applications and patent documents as a S. Greif function of language G. W. A. Milne Generic formulation of chemical composition W. A. Turner, P. Buffet LEXITRAN for an easier public access to patent database and F. Laville S. Bukumirovic and Patents protection activities in Yugoslavia in the period L. Milosevic 1975-1987. An analysis of the legal status of patents R. Kazandjieva Patent information — priority activity Shanghai Patent Agency Mediation and resolution of patent infringement disputes in China S. M. Kaback ONLINE Patent Information Communications WIPO Standards, Regulations and Guidelines Selective Calendar of Events Meetings and Conferences Literature Review Abstracts Software Survey Section VOLUME 13, NUMBER 3 V. S. Dodd Editorial A. Nakamura Paperless plan of the Japanese Patent Office and its dissem- ination policy E. Hearle CD-ROM — A new means of searching and storing patent information P. Valkonen and O. Nykanen ‘ An expert system for patent classification N. Lambert A succinct history of the Patent Information Users Group J.-P. Dintzner and J. Van Thielen % Image handling at the European Patent Office: BACON and First Page S. Bukumirovi¢ Patent protecticn activities in Yugoslavia in the period 1975-1987 Contents E. H. Karasinska, T. Ebe New patent information resources from Chemical Abstracts and J. F. Corning Service S. M. Kaback ONLINE Patent Information Communications Selective Calendar of Events Meetings and Conferences Literature Review Book Review Book Announcements Abstracts Software Survey Section VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4 V. S. Dodd Editorial . Dixon The video revolution — or why the 1990s will be the decade of the image in the information industry . Segura and B. Zea Designing online/(CD-ROM services to meet user needs: experiences from an emerging information market Patent information to stimulate innovation in small and medium sized companies . G. Bjorklund Online patent information: perspectives for the future . Kurt Japanese patent trends . V. Popov and M. Y. Epstein Dynamic patent search in the “SOVA” information retrieval system H. Dou, P. Hassanaly Automatic generation of strategic matrices from online and S. Snee databases V. S. Dodd Survey of the Annual Technical Reports 1990 of the Patent Offices on Patent Information activities S. M. Kaback ONLINE Patent Information Communications Contents Selective Calendar of Events Literature Review Abstracts Software Survey Section