Cassis Currents No. 22
November 2004
PATENTS BIB TO BE PUBLISHED ON TWO DISCS
Due to the rapid growth of patent application publication information, the
Patents BIB database has grown too large to fit on a dual-layer DVD-ROM, which
holds up to 9 GB. Despite attempting a number of interim “fixes”
to save space, it has became necessary to split Patents BIB into two discs.
Patents BIB: Grants will contain patent grants and Patents BIB: Apps will
contain patent application publications. This change will begin with the December
2004 issue, which you will receive in early 2005.
A short-term resolution to the problem was to remove abstracts from September
1988 through December 1990. This began with the August 2004 issue. These abstracts
will be restored to the Patents BIB: Grants disc once the product splits.
Figure 1 New Patents BIB Disc Products
In order to make this transition easier for our subscribers, we have developed
a special install process that will allow you to search both discs at the
same time. This is possible for subscribers with two DVD-ROM drives. The install
process will associate the two discs and searching the two discs will be seamless
and appear as it does now.
Subscribers may also use this install process if you have a hard drive with
sufficient space to hold the two databases from the DVD discs. We anticipate
the size to be up to 14 GB. Detailed instructions for copying data to the
hard drive and associating them to the user interface will be included on
the DVD discs.
For those users that do not have two drives, there will be only a minor change
in the user interface. When you install either of the new discs, Patents BIB:
Grants or Patents BIB: Apps, you will see a Patents BIB tab instead of the
familiar Patents BIB icon in the left sidebar. This is shown in Figure 2.
Once you select that tab, you will have two icons to choose from. To do a
complete search of the Patents BIB database, you will need to conduct two
searches.
Figure 2 New Patents BIB Tab
Remember that you can save your history from your search session on one disc
and then load the history to the second disc and rerun it. This will save
you retyping the entire search a second time. Step-by-step instructions for
using this feature follow.
While you are searching, the history of your entire session is automatically
being saved. It is possible to view the history and then re-use search statements
to save retyping them later. It is possible to save individual queries (one
search statement) or entire search histories to re-use in subsequent search
sessions. Queries or search histories are saved and reloaded from the Session
History window.
To view the session history, click on the Session History icon on the toolbar 
or click on the Tools menu and select the Session History option. The Session
History window displays the current session’s history and is shown in
Figure 3.
Figure 3 Session History Window
Each history entry includes the Set Number (S#) that corresponds to the order
in which the search statement was entered, the number of occurrences of the
search term(s) in the database, the number of documents retrieved, and the
query as the search engine interpreted it. This is important to note, as the
search as it was interpreted by the search engine may appear differently than
you entered it. If you highlight a query, it will be displayed in the text
entry box at the bottom of the window.
It is also possible to reuse and combine queries from the current search
session without having to retype the statements. You just need to type the
numbers of the sets. For example, if you wanted to combine sets 3 and 4, type
3 and 4 in the text window. Do not type S3 and S4 as the system will search
for S3 and S4 as search terms. If you are looking for the numbers 3 and 4
as search terms, enclose them in quotation marks “3” and “4”
and send the search query.
To save the session history to rerun on the second Patents BIB disc, or at
a later time, use the Save History option detailed below. Close the program
you have already searched and remove the disc from the disc drive. Insert
the next disc to search and open the corresponding Patents BIB product (Grants
or Apps). Use the Load History feature detailed below to rerun the search
on the new second disc.
Session History Toolbar Icons are displayed in Figure 4 (from left to right):
Figure 4 Session History Toolbar
Load Query - Load a saved query (one search statement) from
a previous search session. To load the query, locate the file that contains
the query. Click on the Load Query icon, select the drive letter and query
file, and click on Open. Once the query is displayed in the Query History
window, click on the Paste icon and press Enter to send the query to the Command
Search Screen.
Edit Query - Edit a query from a current or previous search
session. Highlight the query and click on the Edit Query icon. Edit the query
in the text entry box.
Paste - Send a query from a current or previous search session
to the search engine. Highlight the query and click on the Paste icon. This
will display the query in the Command Search Screen text window. Press Enter
to send the query to the Command Search Screen and click on Search to send
query to search engine.
Save - Save a query from your current search session. To
save a query, highlight the query entry and click on the Save icon. Select
the drive and name the file. Click on Save.
Load History - Load a saved history from a previous search
session. Click on the Load History icon, locate the file that contains the
history and click Open. Once the history is displayed in the Session History
window, highlight individual queries, click on the Paste icon and press Enter
to send the query to the Command Search Screen.
Save History - Save the history of your current search session.
To save a history, click on the Save History icon. Select the drive and click
on Save.
Print - Print the Session History. This can also be performed
by selecting the Print option from the History window File menu.
Clear - Delete the entire session’s search history.
Close the Query History window by clicking on the X in the top right corner,
or clicking on the File menu option and selecting Close.
Please contact us if you have other questions about the changes to Patents
BIB.
OEIP MOVES TO NEW USPTO CAMPUS IN ALEXANDRIA
The OEIP staff will move to the new USPTO campus on November 29. Effective
November 30, our address, telephone number, and fax number will change.
Our new address will be:
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Office of Electronic Information Products
MDW 4C18
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Our new numbers will be:
Telephone: 571-272-5600
Fax: 571-273-0110
Our email address remains the same - cassis@uspto.gov.
Figure 5 shows the atrium between the two Madison buildings, East and West.
OEIP will be located in the Madison West building.
Figure 5 New USPTO Headquarters in
Alexandria, Virginia
The new campus will consist of six buildings, the Madisons, Jefferson, Knox,
Randolph, and Remson. As of November 8, more than half of the staff has been
relocated to the new location. The projected completion date for the full
USPTO move is March 2005.
2005 Cassis PRICELIST
New prices for the Cassis products will go into effect on January 1, 2005.
These prices will only apply to new or renewed subscriptions placed on or
after January 1. Current subscriptions prices will not be affected.
The new price schedule is given below:
eOG:P: $415/yr or $20 for a single copy
eOG:P Annual Index - 2005: $415
Patents and Trademarks ASSIGN: $470/yr
Patents ASSIST: $315/yr
Patents BIB: $470/yr*
*Note: Since Patents BIB has split into two discs, each title may now be
purchased separately:
Patents BIB: Grants: $235/yr
Patents BIB: Apps: $235/yr
Patents CLASS: $470/yr
Trademarks BIB: $470/yr
USAApp: $3,550/yr
USAMark: $365/yr
USAPat: $3,550/yr
Prices for retrospective years of calendar year subscription products have
also changed. Please contact us for more specific information on these changes.
INTERESTING PATENTS
Lillian Russell, a famous vaudeville singer and actress billed as “The
English Ballad Singer,” appeared on stage between 1880 and 1912. She
sang “Sabre Song” over the first long distance telephone line
from New York to audiences in Boston and Washington when Alexander Graham
Bell introduced the new service on May 8, 1890. While touring with a number
of companies, Ms. Russell saw the need for and later invented a traveling
“Dresser Trunk,” U.S. Patent #1,014,853, which was patented on
January 16, 1912.
Figure 6 Drawings for U.S. Patent #
1,014,853
Figure 7 Specifications for U.S. Patent
# 1,014,853
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