AIDB Newsletter No. 8

AIDB Newsletter No. 8 ( Summer 2007 edition) is available in the Members-Only Area to all members. The AIDB Newsletter is an electronic publication created for the purpose of:

• To make up-to-date information available on activities relevant to our association’s purposes
• Increase the exchange of information and experiences among members
• Raise awareness of our association
• To offer an additional service to the association’s members

Below is a summary of the contents of this issue.

SUMMARY

1. INFORMATION FROM INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICES
   • WIPO
   • EPO
   • USPTO
   • Reports on Productivity and Operating Procedures of Patent Offices
2. PATENT DATABASES AND SEARCH TECHNIQUES
   • Methods for Analyzing Patent Strategies and Productivity
   • Size of Patent Documents and Their Analysis
   • Domestic Patent Output in the Field of Biotechnology
   • New Search Features in Patent Lens
   • Guide to Determining Whether a Patent Has Actually Expired
   • Guide to Trademark Searches
   • Statistical and Econometric Analysis of Patents
   • Bibliographic and Patent Research in the Field of Nanotechnology
3. INFORMATION ON ITALIAN DATABASES AND INTERNET RESOURCES
   • Searching Italian Non-Patent Literature
   • Bocconi University Signs Two Agreements with the EPO
   • The Passing of Franco Carlini
   • Updates on the UIBM website
4. INTERNET RESOURCES FOR DOCUMENTATION AND ADVANCED RESEARCH
   • Resources for Chemical Research: Improvements to PubChem
   • The Wikipatents Community
   • Nature Precedings: More Than Just an Online Journal
   • Citing Documents Available on the Internet as Prior Art: The EPO’s Approach
   • News About the European Institute of Technology
5. PUBLICATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND CONFERENCES
   • New Publications
   • “The Wealth of Networks” by Y. Benkler
   • Conferences for 2007
   • European Institute of Technology

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