Help:Resource Finder Category Definitions
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The following is an Intellogist Help Topic Major Headings
Business TopicsGeneral Business TopicsAll resources that are directed to general business news, general business practices, or other resources that might be useful to business method prior art searchers may be placed here. Can also contain literature on Economics topics.
Product GuidesAll resources that contain a large number of commercial product listings (from any discipline).
Chemical EngineeringCatalogs
CatalogsAll commercial chemical catalogs and catalogs for industrial parts that could be used in chemical engineering. Same as entry under Chemistry.
Process EngineeringAny resources that specifically mention process engineering as a point of coverage. Wikipedia: Process engineering is often a synonym for chemical engineering and focuses on the design, operation and maintenance of chemical and material manufacturing processes. Process engineering and process engineers are found in a vast range of industries, such as the petrochemical, mineral processing, material, Information Technology, food and pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. Process engineering also involves developing new processes, project engineering and troubleshooting.
General Chemical EngineeringA wide overview of the field that contains any resource with significant coverage directed to general chemical engineering, databases of raw product suppliers, or databases containing physical property data and chemical reactions. Any other resource that could be useful to a chemical engineering prior art search may be classified here.
Petroleum IndustryAny resource described as specifically directed to the petroleum industry. Geological resources with some petroleum focus are also included.
Reaction ChemistryAny resource that contains information about chemical reactions and/or catalysis.
ChemistryFertilizers
FertilizersAny resource specifically directed to fertilizers.
PesticidesAny resource specifically directed to pesticides or herbicides, or other crop protection.
Analytical ChemistryAny resource directed (in significant part) to the sub-discipline of analytical chemistry (using instruments or other methods to elucidate the structure or properties of matter). From Wikipedia: Analytical chemistry is the study of the chemical composition of natural and artificial materials.
CatalogsAll commercial chemical catalogs and catalogs for industrial parts that could be used in chemical engineering. Same as entry in Chemical Engineering.
CosmeticsAny resource directed to the field of cosmetics, or naming it as an area of significant coverage.
Dyes and Pigments ChemistryAny resource directed to the field of dyes and pigments, or naming it as an area of significant coverage.
ElectrochemistryAny resource directed to the field of electrochemistry, or naming it as an area of significant coverage. More generally, resources that cover the electrical properties of atoms and molecules are also covered here. From Wikipedia: Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies chemical reactions which take place in a solution at the interface of an electron conductor (a metal or a semiconductor) and an ionic conductor (the electrolyte), and which involve electron transfer between the electrode and the electrolyte or species in solution.
Food ScienceAny resource directed to the field of food science, or naming it as an area of significant coverage. This category excludes agriculture and alternative, complementary and supplementary medicine. Wikipedia: Activities of food scientists include the development of new food products, design of processes to produce these foods, choice of packaging materials, shelf-life studies, sensory evaluation of the product with trained expert panels or potential consumers, as well as microbiological and chemical testing.
General ChemistryAny database broadly covering chemical topics should be placed here (in addition to any other specific categories of significant coverage).
General Inorganic ChemistryResources broadly directed to inorganic chemistry should be placed here. This category can also include resources with specific topics related to inorganic chemistry. Organometallic compounds can be placed in this header as well.
General Organic ChemistryResources broadly directed to organic chemistry should be placed here. This category can also include resources with specific topics related to organic chemistry.
General BiochemistryAny resource related to biochemistry or molecular biology that does not fit into Genes and Proteins or General Pharmaceuticals.
General PharmaceuticalsAny resource which relates to (or is useful during) any phase of the drug development cycle, from initial development to clinical testing. Databases directed to specific pathologies, such as cancer or aids, are included here.
Materials – ChemicalResources relating to the understanding of the chemical properties of materials. Recourses include crystallography and chemical bonding, for understanding how atoms in a material are arranged; corrosion, for understanding how materials react in different environments; etc. this category would include corrosion and reactivity data.
NanomaterialsAny resource directed to nanomaterials or useful for prior art searching in the field should be placed here. The resources in this area may overlap with Materials- Chemical.
Polymers (and plastics)Any resource directed to the field of polymers, or naming it as an area of significant coverage. The resources in this area may overlap with Materials - Chemical.
SemiconductorsAny resource directed to the field of semiconductors, or naming it as an area of significant coverage. The resources in this area may overlap with Integrated Circuits, Microelectronics,Semiconductors under General Mechanical Engineering. Semiconductors are electronic materials with a conductivity between that of an insulator and conductor.
Paper ChemistryAny resource directed to the field of paper chemistry, or naming it as an area of significant coverage.
Petroleum IndustryAny resource described as specifically directed to the petroleum industry. Geological resources with some petroleum focus are also included.
Polymers (and plastics)Any resource directed to the field of polymers, or naming it as an area of significant coverage. The resources in this area may overlap with Materials - Chemical.
Reaction ChemistryAny resource that contains information about chemical reactions and/or catalysis.
Civil EngineeringAny databases specifically related to, or containing coverage of, topics especially pertinent to civil engineering.
Computer ScienceArtificial Intelligence
Artificial IntelligenceThis is a generic category for artificial intelligence type computers and digital data processing systems and corresponding data processing methods and products for emulation of intelligence (i.e., knowledge based systems, reasoning systems, and knowledge acquisition systems); and including systems for reasoning with uncertainty (e.g., fuzzy logic systems), adaptive systems, machine learning systems, and artificial neural networks.
Computer GraphicsThis category is for selective electrical control of two or more light-generating or light-controlling display elements in accordance with a received or stored image data signal. The image data includes character, graphical information or display attribute data. The image data may include, for example, information data from a peripheral input device, from the reception of a television signal, from the recognition of image data, or from the generation or creation of image data by a computer.
Communications SecurityThis category is for algorithms and protocols for reliably communicating data across different shared or dedicated media. It will also include practical aspects of securing computer systems and computer networks as well as cryptography which applies results from complexity, probability and number theory to invent and break codes, and analyze the security of cryptographic protocols.
DatabasesThis is the category is for data processing and for the retrieval of data stored in a database or as computer files. This category is also for organizing and inter-relating data or files (e.g., relational, network, hierarchical, and entity-relationship models); generic data, file and directory upkeep; file naming; and file and database maintenance which includes integrity consideration, recovery, and versioning. The three main fields that should be included in this category should be database and file accessing, database schema and data structure and file and database maintenance.
General Computer ScienceThis is the category is generally for *theory* of computer science and/or resources that can’t be classified elsewhere in the hierarchy. (Note: many General Computer Science resources have been propagated down into sub-levels of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Categories. However, pure Electrical Engineering resources are not currently propagated down into EE sub-levels).
Software EngineeringThis category is for software program development tools and techniques including processes and apparatus for controlling data processing operations pertaining to the development, maintenance, and installation of software programs. This will include program development functions such as specification, design, generation, and version management of source code programs; debugging of computer program including monitoring, simulation, emulation, and profiling of software programs; translating or compiling programs from a high-level representation to an intermediate code representation and finally into an object or machine code representation, including linking, and optimizing the program for subsequent execution; updating, installing, and version management of developed code; and reverse engineering.
Electrical EngineeringCommunications
CommunicationsThis category is for subject matter, not elsewhere classified, relating to communication by means which are in part or in whole electrical. Communications is defined, for the purpose of this definition, as being the handling of information or intelligence and is not restricted to the conveying of said information or intelligence between geographically spaced points. Information or intelligence is defined, for the purpose of this definition, as being the subject matter which is handled by signaling systems or signaling devices (such as telegraph systems) or by that portion of non-signaling systems or non-signaling devices (such as power supply systems) which is designated as having a control function (such as the supervisory circuits which control the circuit breakers of an electric power network). Handling is defined as being the active coaction between the tangible communication system or device and the intangible information or intelligence, and such coaction may assume various forms, such as transmission, storage, exhibiting, etc.
Computer EngineeringComputer engineering deals with the design of computers and computer systems such as computer architecture. This also involves ASIC design, FPGA development, firmware development, hardware-(firmware/software) integration, circuit design, and system-level design and integration.
Control SystemsCould also be called Control Engineering. This category is for the modeling of a diverse range of dynamic systems and the design of controllers that will cause these systems to behave in the desired manner.
Electrical DevicesResources that pertain to electrical devices – currently specifically directed to the calibration of electrical devices.
General Electronics and Electrical EngineeringThis category encompasses databases that are generally directed to the entire field of electronics. This is also the category is for publications/databases that can’t be classified elsewhere in the hierarchy. (NOTE: many General Computer Science resources have been propagated down into sub-levels of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Categories. However, pure Electrical Engineering resources are not currently propagated down into EE sub-levels).
Integrated Circuits, Microelectronics, SemiconductorsThis category is for the design and microfabrication of very small electronic circuit components for use in an integrated circuit or sometimes for use on their own as a general electronic component. The most common microelectronic components are semiconductor transistors, although all main electronic components (resistors, capacitors, inductors) can be created at a microscopic level.
Materials – ElectricalResources relates to the electronic, optical, thermal, and magnetic properties of materials. Recourses include electron theory, solid-state physics, and quantum mechanics for understanding of the interaction of electrons in a material and between materials. Databases that appear in this category may also appear in Materials – Optical.
NanotechnologyThis field is for the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size of 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. It ranges from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale.
NetworkingThis category is for anything related to networking.
Power Systems (Power Engineering)This category is for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity as well as the design of a range of related devices. These include transformers, electric generators, electric motors, high voltage engineering and power electronics.
Signal ProcessingSignal processing is analysis, interpretation, and manipulation of signals. (This might be a little bit more broad as it might include things in telecommunications, but there are things in here that might not go into telecommunications, such as Fourier Transforms. )
TelecommunicationsThis category is for the transmission of information across a channel such as a coax cable, optical fiber or free space. Transmissions across free space require information to be encoded in a carrier wave in order to shift the information to a carrier frequency suitable for transmission, this is known as modulation. Popular analog modulation techniques include amplitude modulation and frequency modulation (such as FDMA, TDMA, FDD, TDD, FDM, TDM).
EnergyGeneral EnergyAny database that says it generally covers energy technologies including nuclear power, power plant design, environmental concerns, etc. but excluding petroleum industry publications.
Petroleum IndustryAny resource described as specifically directed to the petroleum industry. Geological resources with some petroleum focus are also included.
GamesGeneral Amusement and GamesAny resource that is directed to amusement and/or gaming.
General DatabasesGeneral Science and TechnologyNon-patent or mixed patent and non-patent literature databases that encompass most or all areas of science without any particular focus.
General DesignsIndustrial designs and other broadly technologically focused resources which might be helpful to a design patent or industrial design search. Specific resources (e.g. watch guides, guns illustrated, etc.) have been omitted.
Product DatabasesAll resources that contain a large number of commercial product listings (from any discipline).
ProtocolsAll protocol resources, from any discipline.
Life SciencesFertilizers
FertilizersAny resource specifically directed to fertilizers, or naming it as an area of significant coverage.
General AgricultureAll resources directed to, or with significant coverage of, agricultural topics. Some major food science databases that claim significant agricultural content are included. Botany topics are excluded from this category.
PesticidesAny resource specifically directed to pesticides or herbicides, or other crop protection, or naming one of these as an area of significant coverage.
Veterinary ScienceAny resource specifically directed to, or with significant coverage of, veterinary science. General medical and pharmaceutical topics and clinical animal studies are excluded from this category.
BotanyThis category includes any database directed to, or with significant coverage of, plant biology - databases in this category may also refer to "plant science." Gardening is also included in this category, but agriculture is excluded.
Cell BiologyThis category includes any resource directed to, or with significant coverage of, cell biology. It includes stem cell research. From Wikipedia: Cell biology is the study of the cell on a microscopic and molecular level. It is related to biochemistry and microbiology. It is specifically related to the workings of the cell.
EcologyThis category includes any resource directed to, or with significant coverage of, ecology. In addition to resources directly targeted to ecological topics, databases directed to the environment and toxicity in the environment may also be included here. From Wikipedia: Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their natural environment.
General BiochemistryThis category includes all resourced directed generally to biochemistry and molecular biology. Databases covering all organic chemistry topics have been placed in the General Organic Chemistry category instead of this category. Databases directed to genetic information has been placed in Genes and Proteins, while genetic information sequence resources have been placed in Sequence Databases. Resources directed to Cell Biology and Microbiology resources specifically have been placed in those respective categories. All resources related to the drug development cycle have been placed in General Pharmaceuticals. Molecular biology is the study of interactions between systems within a cell on the molecular level - it heavily overlaps with the field of biochemistry. It is the study of the process of replication, transcription and translation of genetic material. Biochemistry is more general - it goes beyond genetic material to study all chemical processes of life and biologically active molecules.
Genes and ProteinsAny resource directed specifically to genes and/or proteins is included here. Databases which include searchable sequence information are also separated and classified in Sequence Databases.
Macromolecular Structure DatabasesAny resource directed to, or useful during the searching of, protein structure information is included here.
Sequence DatabasesAny resource which contains searchable genetic sequence information, either in nucleotide or amino acid format.
General PharmaceuticalAny resource which relates to (or is useful during) any phase of the drug development cycle, from initial development to clinical testing. Databases directed to specific pathologies, such as cancer or aids, are included here. Major search systems directed to genetic sequence information can also be included here; however, for a full list of genetic sequence searching resources, see Sequence Databases.
MicrobiologyThis category includes any resource directed to, or with significant coverage of, microbiology. From Wikipedia: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. This includes eukaryotes such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes, which are bacteria and archaea. Viruses, though not strictly classed as living organisms, are also studied. In short; microbiology refers to the study of life and organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Microbiology is a broad term which includes virology, mycology, parasitology, bacteriology and other branches.
General BiotechnologyThis category includes any resource with a focus on general biotechnology topics. Databases directed primarily to agriculture, food science, or medicinal topics are placed in those respective categories and excluded from this one unless they claim substantial focus on biotechnology topics. Genetic sequence databases are excluded from this category. Stem cell resources may be included in this category, but should also be included in Cell Biology. From Wikipedia: Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. It is often used to refer to genetic engineering.
General Life SciencesThis category is used to tag any database directed generally to life sciences or biology or which contains significant coverage of multiple sub-fields in said categories. It can also be used to categories specific topics in life sciences that are not covered elsewhere in this tree.
MathematicsGeneral MathematicsDatabases described as being generally related to the field of mathematics.
MaterialsCeramics
CeramicsResources relating to metal oxide materials with a long term crystal structure, their behavior, and processing
CompositesResources relating to composite materials including processing and properties of mixtures of materials used for their improved performance. Composites are similar to alloys, however, alloys are all metal, while composites are mixtures of different materials used to improve the performance of the final product.
General MaterialsResources relating to the broad topic of materials science. This category contains databases related to materials research in general, and also contains databases that may not be exactly classified in any of the other categories. It may also contain databases that span not all of the material science discipline, but which is related to several major categories in materials science. (Large databases of material constants are additionally tagged in the General Material Properties.)
General Material PropertiesLarge databases of material constants are tagged in this category if they contain physical data and are not principally targeted specifically to chemical, electrical, mechanical or optical properties.
Materials – ChemicalResources relating to the understanding of the chemical properties of materials. Resources include crystallography and chemical bonding, for understanding how atoms in a material are arranged; corrosion, for understanding how materials react in different environments; etc. this category would include corrosion and reactivity data.
Materials – ElectricalResources relates to the electronic, optical, thermal, and magnetic properties of materials. Resources include electron theory, solid-state physics, and quantum mechanics for understanding of the interaction of electrons in a material and between materials. Databases that appear in this category may also appear in Materials – Optical.
Materials – MechanicalResources relates to understanding the mechanical properties of materials including behavior of materials and testing methods for their elastic and plastic behavior, impact and fracture toughness, fatigue, and creep properties.
Materials – OpticalResources relating to the optical properties of materials for an understanding of the interaction of photons with a material, including reflection, refraction, transmission, luminescence, and fluorescence. Databases that appear in this category may also appear in Materials – Electrical.
General Materials ProcessesResources relating to the processing and production of materials including Machining, Casting, Surface Engineering, Thin-Film Deposition, Ion Implementation, etc. - generally anything to do with processing or making materials.
Surface EngineeringResources relating to interfacial phenomenon, surface chemistry, interparticle forces, and surface modification. This category is focused on the characterization/modification of surfaces.
AlloysResources relating to advanced metals, their behavior, and processing.
General Metals and MetallurgyResources relating to metals, their behavior, and processing.
NanomaterialsResources relating to the material properties and processing of small particles and the differences in material properties and processing the result from the decrease in the size of the particles.
Polymers (including plastics)Resources relating to the chemistry, behavior, and processing of polymers and plastics
SemiconductorsAny resource directed to the field of semiconductors, or naming it as an area of significant coverage. The resources in this area may overlap with Integrated Circuits, Microelectronics,Semiconductors under General Mechanical Engineering. Semiconductors are electronic materials with a conductivity between that of an insulator and conductor.
TextilesResources relating to woven and other cloth-like materials. Mechanical EngineeringFirearms
FirearmsThis category contains any resource specifically directed to firearms. It may include resources on firearm design, or the technology/engineering of firearms.
MotorsThis category contains resources directed to, or containing significant coverage of, information related to motors.
Optical DevicesThis category is directed to any resources regarding photography or video recording devices. It may overlap with some subject matter in the Semiconductors category.
Tools and FastenersThis category is directed to any resources regarding tools and fasteners.
General Mechanical EngineeringThis category contains resources directed to, or claiming significant coverage of, the general field of mechanical engineering or topics closely related to the field. It may also contain resources directed to a specific aspect of mechanical engineering that cannot be sub-classified elsewhere.
Industrial EngineeringThis category contains resources that are directed specifically to industrial engineering, or which have a focus that would make them of interest to a prior art searcher involved in industrial engineering topics. From Wikipedia: Industrial engineering is also operations management, systems engineering, production engineering, manufacturing engineering or manufacturing systems engineering; a distinction that seems to depend on the viewpoint or motives of the user. Recruiters or educational establishments use the names to differentiate themselves from others. In healthcare, industrial engineers are more commonly known as management engineers or health systems engineers.
Materials – MechanicalResources relates to understanding the mechanical properties of materials including behavior of materials and testing methods for their elastic and plastic behavior, impact and fracture toughness, fatigue, and creep properties.
NanotechnologyThis field is for the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size of 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. It ranges from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale.
RoboticsThis category contains resources directed to robotics. From Wikipedia: Robotics is the science and technology of robots, and their design, manufacture, and application.
TransportationThis category encompasses and database or resource that describes itself as being directed to the transportation industry in general.
AerospaceThis category encompasses any database specifically described as covering aerospace topics. Databases that select articles from a range of sub-disciplines are categorized here if their overwhelming theme/interest is aerospace. This category includes both aeronautical and astronautical resources.
AutomotiveThis category covers all resources directed to the manufacture of vehicles or the automotive industry. The resources may be directed at a single specific aspect of the vehicle, or may generally cover the industry at large.
NauticalThis category covers any resources directed to ocean/nautical transportation.
MedicalGeneral MedicalThis category contains any resource directed to medical topics. Pure biotechnology resources which describe themselves as such are excluded, and can be found in the General Biotechnology category.
General Medical DevicesThis category contains any resources directed to, or stating specific coverage of, medical devices or the medical devices industry. Eyewear is included in this category.
NewsGeneral NewsThis category contains both general news resources and any news resource directed to a specific industry.
Optical EngineeringOptical DevicesThis category is directed to any resources regarding photography or video recording devices. It may overlap with some subject matter in the Semiconductors category.
General Optical EngineeringThis category includes any resource directed to, or with significant coverage of, optics or optical engineering. This category may overlap with some databases in Materials – Electrical.
Materials – OpticalResources relating to the optical properties of materials for an understanding of the interaction of photons with a material, including reflection, refraction, transmission, luminescence, and fluorescence. Databases that appear in this category may also appear in Materials – Electrical.
TrademarksTrademark ResourcesAny resource directed to trademarks, without a technology or industry focus. |
