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As of January 1, 2013, both QPAT and PatentExaminer have been discontinued, and they have been replaced by the Orbit.com portal.

Images

Within a QPAT record, links are provided to download the PDF document images. The availability of these document images is limited to Questel's PDF image database, discussed further below. Links are also provided to the esp@cenet drawing mosaics. The figure below shows these links as they appear within a QPAT record. To learn more about accessing these images, see the Viewing Patent Drawings section of this article.


Ordering an esp@cenet PDF document image mosaic can be done through this icon in the FamPat family display.


Batch document delivery of patent copies is available only through Questel’s Patent Delivery Service (PDS). Access to PDS is generally included with a standard QPAT subscription, and includes up to 10,000 patent copies a month. The PDS service includes access to documents from over 30 patenting authorities, and Research Disclosure publications; the user guide provides the following coverage information. To learn more about downloading documents via QPAT, see the Downloads section of this article.

Country Coverage Available in PDS[1]

  • African Regional Intellectual Property Organization - AP
  • Australia - AU
  • Austria - AT
  • Belgium - BE
  • Bulgaria - BG
  • Canada - CA
  • China - CN
  • Denmark - DK
  • Estonia - EE
  • European Patent Office - EPO - EP
  • Finland - FI
  • France - FR
  • Germany - DE
  • Germany (Former Democratic Republic of Germany) - DD
  • Great Britain - GB
  • Greece - GR
  • Ireland - IE
  • Italy - IT
  • Japan - JP
  • Korea (South) - KR
  • Luxembourg - LU
  • Monaco - MC
  • Netherlands - NL
  • Organization of African Intellectual Property  -  OA
  • Portugal - PT
  • Research Disclosures
  • Romania - RO
  • Russia - RU
  • Soviet Union (Former) - SU
  • Spain - ES
  • Sweden - SE
  • Switzerland - CH
  • Taiwan - TW
  • United States - US
  • World Intellectual Property Organization  - WO/PCT


Sources

  1. Patent Delivery Service (PDS). Questel Website, http://www.questel.com/en/Prodsandservices/PDS.htm. Accessed on March 05, 2009.
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