How Do I Use Dialog Online Help Tools to Find Country and Kind Codes in Files 345 and 351?

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Use Dialog Online Help Tools to Find Country and Kind Codes in Files 345 and 351?

TOPIC: A COUNTRY code is a two-digit designation for a particular country. A KIND code designates the level of publication of a document (e.g., an unexamined application versus a published patent). This “How Do I…?” gives an overview of how to interpret the country and kind codes found in INPADOC/Family and Legal Status (File 345), and the Derwent World Patents Index® (Files 351, 350, 352 in Japan only).

A short description shows how to find the appropriate lists of these codes online on Dialog. We recommend that users make a copy of the kind and country codes for convenient reference.

NOTE: The two-letter WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) (WO) country codes and the one- or two-character patent codes are regulated by ISO (International Organization for Standards) and WIPO committees. Changes in kind codes are common, and interpreting the kind codes often requires extensive knowledge of the patent laws of the country concerned. The WIPO Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Documentation, published by WIPO, may be useful (order at http://www.wipo.org/ebookshop?lang=eng).

This search shows the use one of Dialog’s free files, the Dialog Community-of-Interest Newsletters (File 410) to perform the online Help commands. Searchers can use any Dialog database, including another free file, the Dialog Bluesheets (File 415) to execute these commands.

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 410
HELP KIND 345
BEGIN 410
HELP KIND 351

HOW TO...

1. BEGIN 410 (or any other free file on Dialog, such as File 415). 2. ENTER the command HELP KIND 345. After entering this command, users will see some brief notes, followed by a list of countries with the corresponding country and kind codes. The same command can be entered to find country and kind codes for File 351 (see below). AR designates Argentina as a country code. Kind A1 for Argentina is a patent of invention or patent application from Sept. 25, 1996 onwards.
Kind B1 for Argentina is a granted patent. Note: Some of the Kind codes have been omitted from this display.
Search Strategy for finding Kind Codes in File 351: 1. BEGIN a free file, such as Dialog’s Community-of-Interest Newsletters (File 410). 2. ENTER HELP KIND 351 A short description of country codes, followed by a list of countries with the corresponding country and kind codes appears.
AT is the country code for Austria. “A” level Patent Publication kind codes for Austria. Note: Some of the Kind codes have been omitted from this display.

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