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Computer-aided search method and machine-readable data banks developed and used by IBM Germany patent documentation

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  • Boehme, Franz
  • Werner, Eva

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The subsequent article describes the development of IBM Germany Patent Documentation which began more than 20 years ago with a descriptor system and intellectual analysis and which for the past 14 years has been successfully performing full text searches without intellectual analysis, using patent claims and abstracts as reference material. Several years ago, the IBM STAIRS program was introduced for searching. The data banks employed for searching were built up mainly with machine-readable data carriers from Wila Verlag and Derwent. The data recorded by IBM are limited to internal reports and memoranda which are not available from these sources. It has been found that the problem of handling vast numbers of patent documents could be solved only by full text searching without intellectual analysis. Our data banks presently contain more than 600 000 documents in English and German consisting of bibliographies, titles and abstracts.

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  • Boehme, Franz & Werner, Eva, 1983. "Computer-aided search method and machine-readable data banks developed and used by IBM Germany patent documentation," World Patent Information, Elsevier, vol. 5(2), pages 60-67.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:worpat:v:5:y:1983:i:2:p:60-67
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