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Data Coverage
- Summary
- Patent Coverage
- Non Patent Coverage
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Summary

Full and Partial Text Collections

The following coverage dates were obtained from the system's user guide materials and represent the reported start dates for each collection. Please note that gaps in coverage may exist in any collection due to a number of factors, such as missing documents, scanning errors, OCR errors, even failure of national and regional patent offices to report data. No data source can be considered 100% complete, and searchers should consult as many unique data sources as possible.

Country Code	Document Types	Dates of Coverage
United States (US)	Published Applications	Full Text From 2001
	Granted Patents	Full Text From 1971
European Patent Office (EP)	Granted Patents(EP-B);	Full Text From 1991
	Published Applications (EP-A)	Full Text From 1986
Patent Cooperation Treaty (WO/PCT)	Published PCT Applications	Full Text From 1978
Germany (DE)	Published Applications (Kind A) Granted Patents (Kinds B and C) Utility Models	Full Text From 1967 From 1967 From 1967
France (FR)	Granted Patents Brevets Spéciaux Médicaments (BSM, or Special Pharmaceutical Patents)	Biblio, Abstracts and Status From 1966 1961-1978
Japan (JP)	Published Applications	Abstracts from October 1976
China (CN)	English Abstracts	English Abstracts From April 1, 1985
Coverage of Common Worldwide Bibliographic Files
INPADOC/DOCDB Bibliographic File		Yes
Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)		Yes; associated files include DWPI First View, DWPI Extension, and the Derwent Patent Citation Index (PCI)

Other Coverage

Citations: US from 1971; EP and WO from inception

Derwent Patents Citation Index Coverage: United States (US) citations: 1973+; European Patent Office (EP), Patent Cooperation Treaty(WO/PCT) citations: 1978+; United Kingdom (GB), Germany (DE), Japan (JP) citations: May 1994+; Belgium (BE), France (FR), Netherlands (NL) citations: May 1994-May 1997, March 2007+; Spain (ES) citations: March 2007+

Legal Status: INPADOC Family and Legal Status (File 345): 1850 to the present; IFI CLAIMS Legal Status (File 123) (for US patents only).

Family Data: INPADOC Family and Legal Status (File 345): 1850 to the present; Derwent World Patent Index (File 350/351/352) family data.

Document Images: Front-page images available through indirect ordering using the "Order Documents" function. Some representative patent drawings available through the Derwent World Patents Index (File 350/351/352), and from other patent files where available. See individual file bluesheets for more information.

Patent Coverage

Dialog Classic and Classic Web access the entire Dialog collection of databases. Included in this collection are approximately 18 patent or patent-related files including full-text files for patent documents from the United States (US), European Patent Office (EPO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO/PCT), France (FR), Germany (DE), as well as Chinese patent abstracts in English.

Editor's Note:

The databases available through Dialog seem to have the major international authorities covered, while leaving out “smaller” players such as Australia, New Zealand, India, etc.