June  17th,   2011

The INPADOC databases INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB have been enhanced with first page images for patent publications of 8 major patent authorities. This new graphical information greatly supports relevance checking of technology search results.

First page images can be displayed with the standard display format GI and several predefined display formats in both INPADOC files. For a list of image display formats and coverage details see INPADOC News 2011/06: http://www.stn-international.com/inpadoc_news_201106.html.