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WORLD PATENT INFORMATION The International Journal for Industrial Property Documentation, Information, Classification and Statistics Volume Contents, Subject Index and Author Index Volume 17 (1995) Pergamon WORLD PATENT INFORMATION The International Journal for Industrial Property Documentation, Information, Classification and Statistics Editor-in-Chief: J. F. Sibley Editorial Office: 40 Toynbee Road, Wimbledon, London SW20 8SS, U.K. Tel.: +44 (0) 181 395 7276; Fax: +44 (0) 181 395 4696 e-mail: [email protected] AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of World Patent Information is to provide a worldwide forum for the exchange of information between people working professionally in the field of Industrial Property information and documentation, and to promote the widest possible use of the associated literature. Regular features include: ¢ papers concerned with all aspects of Industrial Property information and documentation; ¢ new regulations pertinent to Industrial Property information and documentation; e short reports on relevant meetings and conferences; e bibliographies, together with book and literature reviews. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Mr R. Baré, Principal Director, Documentation, European Patent Office, Rijswijk, The Netherlands Dr P. Claus, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland Mr P. Gardner, Managing Director, Derwent Publications Ltd, London, UK Dr S. M. Kaback, Scientific Advisor, EXXON Research and Engineering Co., Linden, NJ, USA Dr U. Schoch-Griibler, Head, Scientific Information Department, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany Production Editor: Euan Stillie ([email protected]) Production, Subscription and Advertising Offices: Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. [Tel.: +44 (0) 1865 843000; Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843010] Published quarterly in March, June, September and December Annual Subscription Rates (1996) Annual Institutional Subscription Rates 1996: North, Central and South America US$366.00, Rest of the World £230.00. Prices exclude VAT. Non-VAT-registered customers in the European Community will be charged the appropriate VAT in addition to the price listed. Prices include postage and insurance and are subject to change without notice. Subscription enquiries from customers in North America should be sent to: Elsevier Science Inc., 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591-5153, U.S.A., and for the Rest of the World to: Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. Back Issues Back issues of all previously published volumes are available direct from Elsevier Science offices. Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd Founded in 1979, jointly by the European Commission and the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Since 1996, published by Elsevier Science Ltd under its sole responsibility. Volume Contents Issue 1 V. S. Dodd Editorial B. Hansson and M. Makarov The sixth edition of the IPC C. Oppenheim and V. A. Rodgers An evaluation of the PatentView CD-ROM database R. Nedela and J. Maire 21 CD-ROM infrastructure at the Swiss Federal Intellectual Property Office M. Todd 24 The new United Kingdom Trade Marks Law G. Mengistie 29 The patent system in Ethiopia A. D. Khodyrev, G. A. Negouliaev and 35 Problems and perspectives of development of patent information V. V. Varfolomeev in Russia V. S. Dodd 41 Survey of the Annual Technical Reports 1993 of the Patent Offices on patent information activities S. Adams 48 Survey of patent documentation from the Pacific Rim Countries S. M. Kaback 62 ONLINE Patent Information 63 Communications 67 Meetings and Conferences 69 Book Announcements 71 Literature Review 73 Abstracts iii iV Volume Contents Issue 2 V. S. Dodd 83 Editorial U. Schoch-Griibler 85 Patent offices and commercial patent services: partners or competitors? P. Gardner 91 Political issues surrounding the public/private sector debate in the patent information area C. Oppenheim 97 Will patentees suffer if the USA moves to a different lifetime for its patents? 100 Utilisation of patent protection in Europe S. Hahnemann 106 Patent CD-ROMs: five years of experience and 2500 in jukeboxes D. J. Dickinson 112 MIMOSA—mixed-mode CD-ROM software M. Blackman 115 Provision of patent information: a national patent office perspective A. F. Duque 124 The structuring of patent information services in the offices of developing countries: strategic considerations Annual report on trademark activities in 1993 in the USA S. M. Kaback 137 ONLINE Patent Information Communications Meetings and Conferences Book Announcements Literature Review Abstracts Volume Contents Issue 3 V. S. Dodd Editorial R. H. Taylor TECHSOURCE: a project to automate the patent operations of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office H.-R. Schoeppel and R. Naetebusch Patent searching in a large electrical company, as exemplified by the situation at Siemens L. G. Bjorklund and U. Jansson A new dawn for the Swedish Patent Office J. Alvarez Alvarez Patent information and industrial policy in Spain K. M. Dell’ Orto The USPTO’s Foreign Patent Access System (FPAS PLUS) A. de Pastors Supplementary protection certificates. Situation after two years of operation of the EC1768/92 SPC regulation P. Ganguli Commentary on the Patent Ordinance 1994 No. 13 of 1994 supplementing the Indian Patents Act 1970 M. Blackman Chemical patent footballs V. Stefanov Some possibilities of a “patents” database in determining a firm’s policy S. M. Kaback ONLINE Patent Information Communications Meetings and Conferences Literature Review Selective Calendar of Events Abstracts vi Volume Contents Issue 4 J. F. Sibley 223 Editorial W. H. Brown 225 Trends in patent renewals at the United States Patent and Trademark Office D. M. Mills 235 Some observations on the new Patent Law of Ghana D. C. Newton and P. P. Paranjpe 241 A survey of patent information in India P. Ganguli and M. J. R. Blackman 245 Patent documents: a multi-edge tool W. Lépée 257 EPOS, building blocks for search strategies Shen Jialian 263 Progress, problems and prospects—the first decade of the Chinese Patent System V. S. Dodd 267 Survey of the Annual Technical Reports 1994 of the Patent Offices on Patent Information Activities S. M. Kaback 273 ONLINE Patent Information Communications Abstracts