Described as the most significant non-patent prior art database in the world, containing cutting edge disclosures going back decades with over 27,000 records and full text and images
Fiz Karlsruhe, a provider of information services and European partner of science and technology online service STN International, has launched Rdisclosure, which it says is the most significant non-patent prior art database in the world, containing cutting edge disclosures going back decades. Industrial patent searchers, legal firms and individual inventors wishing to locate prior art, check for patentability or undertake validity or opposition searches, will all find Rdisclosure on STN a convenient and powerful information access.
Produced by Kenneth Mason Publications, Rdisclosure provides the full text including images of technical disclosure records from the defensive publication journal Research Disclosure.
For over 40 years Research Disclosure has held an unrivalled place as the primary rapid-disclosure mechanism for companies and individual inventors wishing to place their research findings in the public domain. Research Disclosure is the only dedicated rapid disclosure journal included in the PCT Minimum Documentation, ensuring its use during search examination by all leading patent offices or national IP authorities around the world.
The database Rdisclosure covers descriptions of inventions from all areas of science and technology, ie, all classes of the IPC, and contains records from 1960 to the present.
It is updated monthly. Current-awareness alerts (SDIs) are also available monthly.
The records comprise the title, a detailed description and illustrations of the invention, as well as a statement as to whether the invention is disclosed anonymously or by company name.
The full text is loaded in Ascii for search and display. Page images of the complete records including all illustrations can be displayed in Tiff format.
In order to pinpoint relevant information quickly and effectively in Rdisclosure, STN users can utilise a range of powerful proprietary full-text retrieval tools.
The Slart (simultaneous left and right truncation) feature, for example, allows wildcards and truncation to be used on both sides of a search term, enabling users to locate multiple variations of a word or phrase, and so achieve a greater degree of precision in their searches.
STN International can be accessed by dialling into STN's online service using its user-friendly client software STN Express with Discover. Alternatively, it can be accessed directly over the internet using a standard web browser or secure server.
At a later time, Rdisclosure may also be available in STN Easy, the point-and-click interface for occasional searchers unfamiliar with the STN command language.
