Japan's First Search Service Integrating Patent Information
with Science and Technology Literature InformationNew option to DocuPat patent information and utilization support service
September 20, 2005
| Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. has developed Japan's
first search service to integrate patent information with
that of science and technology literature informationNote.
Roughly 20 million science and technology entries supplied
by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have been added
to Fuji Xerox's DocuPat Private Server Service patent information
and utilization support service as a new option. The revamped
service begins on September 21. |
| The DocuPat Private Server Service covers
approximately 18 million patent publications in Japan and
the United States, stored on a shared server operated by Fuji
Xerox. Users conduct searches using this database and then
store their findings as well as affixed information in a private
server, managed and operated by Fuji Xerox. |
| The new service allows searches of both
patent information and science and technology literature information
via a uniform user interface. Combined with various features
facilitating more effective investigation, the service realizes
an environment in which a general technical staff member (not
just specialists in patent searches) can make use of patents
and science and technology literature information in an integrated
fashion. |
| Further, search results from both fields
can be stored together for effective sharing. Customers can
confer their own classifications to the patent and science
and technology literature information in accordance with their
own technology system, so information can be stored in a manner
that best fits their needs. The information utilization spectrum
is enhanced because data can be more easily shared among interested
parties by adding memos evaluating literature of note. It
is also possible to create an integrated patent and science
and technology literature map to aid in the comprehension
of macroscopic trends such as new technologies developed by
other companies or organizations. |
|
Note
|
Information (title, author, material etc.)
on where to obtain scientific papers, reviews and articles
published in scientific journals, research reports, preprints
and conference minutes from more than 50 countries worldwide,
including Japan; also has a synopsis with a Japanese excerpt. |
| Background to Offering the New Service |
| In a corporation, knowing competitors and
other corporations' technical trends is effective in gaining
competitiveness. Fuji Xerox has offered the Web-based patent
information search system DocuPat since 2001 to offer general
technical staff an environment to conduct highly specific
investigations. |
| However, since it takes about one and a
half years for patents to be disclosed from the application
filing date, patent information alone cannot meet users' needs
fully to search for the latest information. The new service
adds approximately 20 million science and technology literature
information to approximately 18 million patent information
previously provided, thereby offering users an environment
to investigate Japan and overseas' companies and research
institutes' latest technical information. |
| Unlike corporations, universities and research
institutes are advanced in utilizing science and technology
literature information; however, recently there are growing
needs in connecting their knowledge with patents. Fuji Xerox
offers the new service that integrates patents and science/technology
literature information, to not only corporations, but also
universities, research institutes and others to meet their
various investigation needs. |
| Suggested Price (tax excluded) |
| - |
Model price for the optional science and technology
literature information service (in case of simultaneous connectivity
of 20 users) : |
| |
|
Approx. 14,500,000 yen / year |
| * Requires basic contract for DocuPat Private
Server Service : |
| - |
Model price for DocuPat Private Server Service
(in case of simultaneous connectivity of 20 users and covering
Japan patents only) : |
| |
|
Approx. 17,790,000 yen / first year |
| |
|
Approx. 14,290,000 yen / second year onward |
|
Note
|
This information is for business users and
therefore does not include consumption tax. |
|
