July  19th,   2012

The European Patent Office reported delays in providing bibliographic data from Germany. Since update week 25/2012, no current DE-related documents have been loaded into INPADOC. No further information has been provided.

As alternatives, the following STN databases continue to provide German patent data:

• PATDPAFULL, German full-text patent database
• The value-added databases CAplus and Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)

We will keep you informed about further developments.