Cassis Currents No. 23
March 2005
TRADEMARKS BIB TO BE PUBLISHED ON TWO DISCS
In the November 2004 issue of Cassis Currents, the opening article reported
that the Patents BIB product was splitting into two discs because of the growth
of data. Trademarks BIB has come to the same point and will be splitting into
two discs with the next issue - February 2005. The Trademarks BIB database
has also 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 Trademarks BIB into two discs. Trademarks
BIB:Live will contain pending and active, registered U.S. trademarks and Trademarks
BIB: ACE will contain abandoned trademark applications and cancelled and expired
U.S. trademarks.
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 with one disc.
Figure 1 New Trademarks BIB Disc Products
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, Trademarks
BIB:Live or Trademarks BIB:ACE, you will see a Trademarks BIB tab instead
of the familiar Trademarks BIB icon in the left sidebar. This is shown in
Figure 2. Once you select that tab, you will have two icons to choose. To
do a complete search of the Trademarks BIB database, you will need to conduct
two searches.
Figure 2 New Trademarks 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 Trademarks 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 Trademarks 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 Trademarks
BIB.
ANNUAL INDEX FOR 2004 IS NOW AVAILABLE
The 2004 Annual Index of Patents Issued from the USPTO is now available.
This electronic annual index contains both the indexes and Electronic Official
Gazette – Patents (eOG:P) bibliographic records for the year in one
source.
The eOG:P records contain bibliographic information, including classification,
inventor and assignee, as well as a representative claim and drawing (if applicable).
The eOG:P records are indexed and browsable by classification and type of
patent (utility, plant, etc.) in addition to patentee name and geographical
location of the inventor. Links are provided from all indexes to the record
for that patent.
The year’s Official Gazette Notices, covering both patents and trademarks,
are included as is the Consolidated Listing of Official Gazette Notices Re-Patent
and Trademark Office Practices and Procedures. This publication is a compilation
of the most important notices and rule changes which have been published in
the Official Gazette from July 1, 1964, through December 31, 2004.
Appendices include a summary of the number of Patents, Defensive Publications,
and Statutory Invention Registrations issued from 1836 through 2004 and a
listing of Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs).
Due to the large amount of data, the 2004 Annual Index is published on one
DVD-ROM disc, not on CD-ROM. The price of the index is $315.00.
USAMark MIGRATES TO DVD-ROM
USAMark migrated from CD-ROM to DVD-ROM with issue USM-187, February 2005.
The incoming data used to produce USAMark changed during the past month and
the image files are now in the JPG format rather than TIFF. Because the JPG
images are so much larger than the previously used TIFF images, it became
necessary to move to DVD-ROM.
Cassis DISC SCHEDULE NOW ON USPTO WEB SITE
Have you ever wondered what the date of the latest Cassis disc was or when
a disc was mailed? Now you just have to check on the USPTO web site at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/cio/cis/schedule.htm.
The schedule will be updated as products are distributed.
CORRECTION TO THE 2005 Cassis PRICELIST
The new price list that appeared in the November 2004 issue of Cassis Currents
contained an error. The price given for the eOG:P Annual Index - 2004 was
$415. The correct price is $315.
NEW Cassis2 INSTALLATION INFORMATION
As mentioned earlier in this issue, some changes were recently made to the
Cassis2 user interface due to the growth of two Cassis products, Patents BIB
and Trademarks BIB. Both of these products exceeded the space on a dual-layer
DVD-ROM disc. In order to continue to provide all of the available data and
indexes, each of the products was converted to a two-disc set.
Installation procedures were distributed to subscribers to explain how to
install the product as a single database using two DVD drives or as two separate
databases using one DVD drive. These installation choices will be reflected
on all Cassis products that are published after January 2005. If you do not
have a copy of the new installation procedures, they are provided in a readme.txt
file in the root directory of both the Patents BIB and Trademarks BIB discs.
Please note that if you subscribe to multiple products you will encounter
incorrect search results if you install earlier (pre-2005) products after
installing newer versions of a Cassis product. For example, if you have both
Patents BIB and Patents ASSIST products installed on your computer, reinstalling
an older version of Patents ASSIST would overwrite the new user interface
with an older version and cause Patents BIB to not function properly. To correct
the problem, you would need to reinstall the newer Patents BIB product.
INTERESTING PATENTS
Usually known for being the “straight man” in a funnier-than-average
family, Herbert (Zeppo) Marx was also an inventor and received three U.S.
patents. On March 18, 1952, he received the patent shown below, U.S. Patent
# 2,590,026, for a Vapor Delivery Pad for Distributing Moist Heat. He also
received two patents, #3,426,747, patented on February 11, 1969, and #3,473,526,
patented on October 21, 1969, as a co-inventor. Both of these patents pertained
to cardiac pulse monitoring.
Figure 5 Drawings for U.S. Patent # 2,590,026
Figure 6 Specifications for U.S. Patent # 2,590,026
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