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1. 1 EP 0811983 A1 1997121 amp 32 1 EP 0811985 A1 1997121 33 2 EP 0811986 A1 1997121 34 8 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 34 8 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 36 1 EP 0812016 A1 1997121 37 1 EP 0812019 41 1997121 34 8 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 38 3 EP 0811360 A2 1997121 37 1 EP 0812019 A1 1997121 4 2 EP 0811432 A2 1997121 42 1 EP 0811440 42 1997121 43 3 EP 0811453 A2 1997121 44 1 EP 0811468 A2 1997121 45 1 EP 0811474 A2 1897121 46 1 EP 0811496 A2 1997121 4 2 EP 0811570 A2 1997121 48 1 EP 0811697 A2 1997121 498 1 EP 0811746 A2 1997121 50 1 EP 0811757 A2 1997121 B 1 EP 0811782 A2 1997121 52 5 EP 0811862 A2 1997121 53 4 EP 0811873 A2 1997121 54 4 EP 0811903 A2 1997121 55 2 EP 0811904 A2 1997121 56 1 EP 0811921 A2 1997121 B 1 EP 0811923 A2 1997121 58 1 EP 0811924 A2 1997121 59 10 EP 0811925 A2 1997121 60 4 EP 0811927 A2 1997121 g e 9 EP 0811928 A2 1997121 v Ready 43 Date of publication 10 12 1997 Bulletin 1997 50 21 Application number 97115770 6 22 Date offiling 27 12 1993 B1 Int CI B25J 9 10 B25J 17 02 B25J 18 00 84 Designated Contracting States BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE 30 Priority 28 12 1992 US 997773 62 Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art 76 EPC 94906463 8 71 Applicant BROOKS AUTOMATION INC Lowell MA 01851 US 72 Inventors Eastman Richard H 74 Needham Massachusetts 02192 US Da
2. ANDNOT AD 4 ANDNOT AD 5 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 19 AD 1 OR AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 OR AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 OR 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 OR AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 OR 2 ANDNOT 3 AD 1 OR AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 20 ABE LASER AND KI 1 OR ABE NEUTRON ABE LASER AND KI 1 OR ABE NEUTRON 19 AD 1 ANDNOT 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT 4 AD I ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 21 ABE LASER OR ABE NEUTRON OR ABE BEAM ABE LASER OR ABE NEUTRON OR ABE ANDNOT ABE CAR BEAM ANDNOT ABE CAR J ust consider another example J ust consider you want to search patents with a classification equal to B62D009 or B62d015 or b62d021 However from the last classification you want to exclude the b62d02100 and the b62d02117 ones If you do set the brackets in the query MIMOSA will transform it in the following way Attempt N 1 Parsed query IC B62D009 OR IC 862D015 OR IC B62D021 IC B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC ANDNOT IC 862D02100 ANDNOT IC B62D02117 B62D021 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 ANDNOT IC B62D02117 This query is not correct In fact the B62D02117 and B62D02100 documents will also be excluded from B62D009 and from B62D015 Attempt N 2 Parsed query
3. 525 0005000 oopoimei ea 6 41 47 Download 2 55 95 122902 12 902 9020902 002 0 600 2090 5 00 1 619 06988 62 E EPOQUE 2 522020 90 2 pne eii eiiis Esp ceNet ESPACE F lore rsvApam T Filters GUT Zzaussasesessshshcesesesesbg essei 14 GTI Vi nen AA 6 GILV3 enononsosososoronopo sene D EOD OP OB 6 I Image manipulating eee 57 J BS A Fee ry 4 11 L Eoad query nien RH 34 M MIMOBatch MIMONSA iionrndinnremensdsnDipniesiiBs iei MIMO Viewer O OQGCUITENGCE 3 sscssssssssssssssssaassassiasssasssasseassdaaveaseeasaeas s 45 51 P Printing iiit tre USE EE EPEPU E IRE STER EFC Proximity Q Quality 9f Images oriretur vissies 58 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 72 SOFLG cie quedo eed dus edu eeu E A EA MU Pe Ue aUe due uM E R Style sheets Ron i Subdocument BEIO VBISQ critico dei edes a NEED rea t Dur AD E na REI OY ROtate ess inen HRS 57 A S This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization
4. A1 AND ABE NEUTRON IC a61k ANDNOT IC a61k006 ANDNOT IC a61k007 IC A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC A61K007 EN IC a61k ANDNOT a61k006 ANDNOT a61k007 IC A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC A61K007 IC a61k ANDNOT IC a61k006 ANDNOT IC 261k007 AND IC A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC IC A02 A61K007 AND IC A02 IC b62d00100 OR IC b62d00111 OR ic b62d00114 IC B62D00100 OR IC B62D00111 OR IC ANDNOT ic b62d02100 B62D00114 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 AD 1 ANDNOT 2 ANDNOT 3 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD E AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 E AD 1 ANDNOT 2 ANDNOT 3 ANDNOT 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 10 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 11 AD 1 ANDNOT 2 ANDNOT 3 ANDNOT 4 ANDNOT 5 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 ANDNOT AD 5 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 5 ANDNOT AD 4 ANDNOT AD 5 us AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 15 AD 1 ANDNOT AD2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 5
5. IC B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC B62D021 IC B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC ANDNOT IC B62D02100 OR 1C B62D02117 B62D021 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 OR IC B62D02117 This second query is not correct either since you want to exclude B62D02100 and B62D02117 only from B62D021 If in a case of document with multiple classifications the B62D02117 classification appears in a document returned by IC B62D015 this second query will not return the document Suppose that the query IC B62D015 returns the document EP 0816521 This document has 2 classes B62D1500 and B62D02117 In this case you will miss the document EP 0816521 so will the class IC B62D015 The following query represents a correct solution Attempt N 3 Parsed query IC 2 B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC2B62D021 IC 2 B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC 2B62D021 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 OR IC 862D02117 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 OR IC 862D02117 KD In the MIMOSA V4 software you can check how MIMOSA transforms your query in the P arsed query window This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 20 History Lx E T Result Database Query Parsed Query 1 MIFT1998002 ABE laser OR beam OR neutron A ABE LASER DR ABE BEAM OR ABE NEUTRON ANDNOT KI A1 OR AB 0 MIFT1998002 IC B62D009 OR IC B62D015
6. Moreover it can only be used in local mode so that the jukeboxes must be attached to the PC using them In this specific context J KTOOLs can create a database in which all the CD ROMs available in the jukeboxes have references MIMOSA then uses this database to provide the user with a list of all available CD ROMs MIMOSA also supports other jukebox management systems such as IXOS This kind of commercially available software provides for management of a greater number of jukeboxes and jukebox servers but above all allows these valuable resources to be used over a network MIMOSA should run on a Windows 95 98 or NT client workstation 3 3 1 Using the ukebox tab MIMOSA ACCESS EPA 5 MIMOSA ACCESS EUROPE ESPACE MC 1995 001 MIMOSA CIS 1998 001 lt Mimosa EPA 1998 049 6 MEPB1998037 Mimosa EPB 1998 037 MIEL1995001 MIMOSA IE 1995 001 amp MIFITS98001 MIMOSA FI amp MEPA1998049 The selection box 3 allows you to select a jukebox server All the CD ROMs available on the selected server are displayed in the list 5 The final entry in the Server selection box ALL J UKEBOXES displays the content of all detected servers at once The input field 1 moves you rapidly through the CD ROM list The selection box 6 filters for main database or pilot index database Please note that not all CD ROMs contain a pilot index database The first column 7 contains the label of the available CD ROMs the list being aut
7. ace19980 01 gpa19970 6 E miet 995 001 tha19920 04 acp19970 01 E apa13970 7 E mifi1 938 001 ukn3990 12 ase19920 01 E grk19940 01 C3 mift1998 004 usa19860 20 aut19980 10 ind19910 01 E migr1997 001 C3 usa19910 82 bnl19980 08 E ita19950 04 C3 mip9411 paj C3 wid1 9981 05 brz19930 01 leg19980 02 E mimosa wid19981 06 bull1 998 002 macb1998 003 CJ mimx1997 003 wld19981 07 cha19980 01 macc1998 001 mxa19960 01 C3 wid19981 08 deu19920 32 macc1998 002 my119920 01 wld19981 09 dkd19980 02 macc1998 003 oap19940 05 wld19981 10 Ea zone intranet Then simply check that opening a ROM file in one of the CD ROM folders should cause this CD ROM to be automatically loaded onto a drive in the jukebox This action can also be carried out using the file tab 3 3 3 _Installing a jukebox server Before installing a server you must first create the CD ROM database using J KTOOLs or another compatible system for jukebox management IXOS etc A detailed description of how to create a database using J KTOOLs is provided in the J KTOOLs user manual To create this database using a system such as IXOS please refer to the relevant software documentation Use the Add server button This button displays a list of the servers already installed To add a new server use the Add button A window will open in which you should enter a name for the server you wish to install 1 This na
8. in the database For example by applying an appropriate filter MIMOSA will transform the query PD 30 11 1989 into PD 19891130 before itsearches through the database Criteria with filters are proceeded in the criteria list with a specific icon for each type Associated Icon a w Date 4 1 10 Date filters If a separator character either or or or is detected in a search query on a date criterion MIMOSA transforms the date into the format used in the database If none of these characters are detected the date must be entered in exactly the format used in the field index MIMOSA recognizes the following date formats FomatDDMMYYYY Exampe FormatYYYYMMDD Exampe Note if MIMOSA detects a wildcard in the term searched for or no processing is carried out For example the query AD 1996 12 0 does not return any document There follows a list of date filter examples Zero results imply improper use of the date filter Database Format of date Query criterion in index FST1980002 780602 AD 780602 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 24 FSTI98000 780602 AD 1978 FSTI98000 780602 AD 19780602 0 FSTI98000 780600 amp AD 2 6 1978 0 FSTI98000 780
9. 0R IC B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC BE2D021 ANDNOT IC B86200210 2 MIFT1998002 IC a61k ANDNOT IC a61k006 AND IC A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC A61K007 AND IC A02 2 MIFT1998002 IC a61k ANDNOT IC a61k006 AND IC A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC a61k007 0 MIFT1998002 ABE laserOR KI 2 1 AND ABE ABE LASER OR KI 41 AND ABE neutron 0 MIFT 1998002 ABE laser AND KI 2 41 OR ABE ABE LASER AND KI 41 OR amp BE NEUTRON ANDNOT KI A1 J 0 MIFT1998002 ABE laser AND KI 2 1 OR ABE ABE LASER AND KI 41 OR ABE neutron Hint MIMOSA displays the parsed query in a dialog box each time you solve the query if you check the option Display parsed query in the software settings dialog box 4 1 4 Factorizing If you are searching for a number of terms in the same index you can factorize your query In the following example three terms are being searched for in the EP criterion EP 0812134 OR BP 0812135 OR EP 0812136 This query can be factorized in the following manner EP 0812134 OR 0812135 OR 0812136 Similarly you can factorize your query when searching for a term with more than one criterion If for example you search for the word laser in the English French and German abstract you can factorize the initial query as follows extended form ABE la
10. Bulletin 1997 52 21 Application number 97106378 9 22 Date of filing 17 04 1997 B4 Designated Contracting States 72 Inventors DEFRGB Kelly Henry A Woburn MA 01801 US 30 Priority 10 06 1996 US 662562 Tempest Michael C Canford Heath Poole Dorset GB 71 Applicants Bayer Corporation 74 Representative Wilmington MA 01887 1069 US Strasse Joachim Dipl Ing et al WESTWIND AIR BEARINGS LIMITED Strasse amp Hofstetter Poole Dorset BH16 6LN GB Balanstrasse 57 81541 M nchen DE 54 Rotating beam deflector having an integral wave front correction element astigmatism in the laser beam The angular position of 67 An inclined miror 22 is provided in a the window can be adjusted relative to the inclined mirror cylindrical housing 16 which has an open end 30 and thus compensating for the dynamic astigmatism due to a closed end 18 An optical planar glass plate 34 or rotation window is mounted at the open end of the cylindrical housing A laser beam 26 enters the housing through we Therefore MIMOSA has to format an SGML document prior to displaying it MIMOSA performs this processing also using information provided by the workstation screen drivers such as resolution It is for these sorts of reason that the display or print out of the same document may vary from one PC workstation to another In particular when printing a document you will not necessarily obtain t
11. MIMOSA combines all segments using logical connectors to create the overall query 3 The criterion reference The code of the criterion is displayed between brackets This code is used to build GTI requests By default each criterion is associated with a line You can modify the criterion suggested by default for example to display the criteria that you used more at the beginning of grid English Description DEE French Description DEF German Description DE Y 4 Arithmetic operator you can select an operator from the 6 available operators gt gt lt lt lt gt If you wish to use the range function you must leave this element blank 5 Clicking on this button displays the content of the dictionary browse index corresponding to that index 6 Input field here you input your own search term or terms or select them from the dictionary If you select more than one term without specifying the connector between them MIMOSA replaces all spaces with the default connector specified in the software preferences For example if the default connector is OR the following line will be interpreted by the segment This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 30 English title ET i 1 laser neutron ET n laser OR ET neutron You can search for two words with a positional
12. Res Database Quer a 5 23 MIFT1997010 et laser neutron 15 17 MIFT1997010 et laser neutron and publ yes 4 17 MIFT1997010 et laser neutron and publ yes 3 54 MIFT1997010 abe laser neutron and publ yes 2 54 MIFT1997010 abe laser neutron 1 53 MIFT1997010 abe laser w 4 Add selected query ies into opened file Le r Queries stored in the selected query file Query Name Comments n ET AEROSOL and publ yes aerosol ABE KEYBOARD and ki a2 keyborad AD 19967 05701 1995 06 27 19967 AB ABAISSES pour BREF 1 EP 0614309 0602791 0601909 pour disque ES TXT laser 1W gas pour LEGAL Fa D 4 Suppress Pad Properties Insert selected queries into the edit query zone Query file C Program Files EPO MIMOSA V4 Beta2 Query fr ww Lore N Sav OK Open the Query Manager via the Load Save Queries from the File menu option or using the Query button to the right of the yellow field displaying the search query hitlist There are two parts to the Query Manager In the upper area 9 MIMOSA displays the History list of the current session i e all search queries submitted since MIMOSA was started for the current session You can save one or more queries from the History list in the active query file using the Add selected query ies into query file button 8 The Query Manager s editing function is carried out in the lower part of the window Pat
13. and load query allow the user to save and load a query with the standard open file dialog box The query manager groups all the functions available to manipulate a query file It also offers the possibility to save a selection of queries from the history However the query manager is more difficult to use that the 2 other functions Load a query This option is available in the file menu It allows the user to select a query file If the selected file contains only one query its content is automatically loaded in the edit zone If the selected query file contains at least two queries a dialog box is displayed to allow you to choose the query you want Select the query you want to insert in the search mask x 2 Queries are stored in the query file C Program Files EPO MIMOSA V4 Temporaire INPI Query default name txt 1 IN ALLAN BAYNTON 2 PO f Save the last submitted query This option becomes valid once a query is solved It allows the user to save the last query that has been submitted Query manager MIMOSA provides a Query Manager to save edit or reload a search query into the expert search mask This application allows you to edita query file in order to add delete or amend segments in this file This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 39 M Queries solved during this session Key
14. changes in the open file using button 5 before closing the Query Manager The Query Manager can also be used to reload one or more saved queries from a file to the expert search mask In order to accomplish this select the search queries to be inserted from the list 7 and click on the Insert selected queries into the edit query zone button 6 Format of the query file The query manager saves queries in a file in a pre defined format However this is an ASCII text file which can be edited using standard applications such as Notepad One format is used for all MIMOSA applications so that queries created in one application say MIMOSA can be saved and re used in MIMOBatch A query file contains one or more search queries The search queries must use the J ouve GTI syntax Example ILUTE and KI EP 0614309 0602791 0601909 MC B32B01508 OR MC B32B01514 OR MC B32B01516 OR MC B60D00500 MC B60F00102 OR MC B60F 00100 OR MC B32B01518 OR MC B32B01520 OR MC B32B03300 OR S laser et neutron ET laser or neutron AND PUBL yes attention cette query utilise le crit re AB ne pas oublier les synonymes pour l utiliser sur les disques MIMOSA FIRST laser et beam LASER 1W BE I device and KUNIMATSU 7 a The separator between two queries is a blank line b A query can be save
15. coe 218970088 Equivalents Auss26ag8 CA2230508 NO900925 Data supplied from the esp cen E i TTE eiert Z 5 5 2 Hyperlink to the WIPO classification This option is only available for some collections for instance ACCESS A ACCESS B MIMOSA EPA MIMOSA EPB MIMOSA FIRST By clicking on those hyperlinks you will be connected to the WIPO web site to the description of the classification Some section of the classification cover several web pages If the classification you are looking for is described on the first page of the section you will be connected to the exact description Otherwise if the classification you are looking for is located on the following page you will be connected to the top of the first page of the section and you can continue your search in the section As the version of the classification is not always present on the CD ROM for example version 6 or 7 You will be systematically connected to the classification n 7 whatever the CD ROM used This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 59 loj x amp l x Europ isches Patentamt E 1 9 Office europ en des brevets a EP 1064 130 A1 43 Date of publication 51 in c B27N 7 00 03 01 2001 Bulletin 2001 01 86 International application number 21 Application number 999
16. contain a document view This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 8 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Local installation This procedure installs all the files needed to run MIMOSA onto your computer If you have sufficient space on one of your hard drives approx 25 MB we recommend this installation Local installation of MIMOSA will make the application run faster than the alternatives and it will be independent of a link to a file server Under WINDOWS NT if the Microsoft ODBC Manager component is not pre installed you must go to Administrator mode In all events it is highly recommended to exit all other open programs prior to running MIMOSA installation To begin the installation of MIMOSA insert the CD ROM into your drive and run SETUP EXE Installation is performed in successive stages 2 1 1 Selecting the installation folder By default the installation software SETUP EXE will propose installing MIMOSA in the C ProgramFiles EPO MIMOSA V4 folder Y ou can choose to install in a different folder using the Browse button 2 1 2 Selecting the type of installation For local installation of MIMOSA do not change the default selection This stand alone or local installation will install all the MIMOSA components onto your computer The second choice offers installation of the MIMOSA software from a networked file
17. functions you also have the option to export or extract only marked documents This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 49 5 2 3 Personalize hitlist MIMOSA provides the option to customise the hitlist on a collection by collection basis by adding one or more notice fields This option is available under the Hitlist tab in Product preferences In this panel MIMOSA provides a list of all notice fields available in this collection You can choose to add any of these fields to the hitlist Each field added to the list is displayed in an extra column in the Hitlist window Number Joes Hist lEn Tio EPan MMNNNNNML IT ______ 1 WO 9749354 A1 19971231 CORNEAL INSERT INSTRUMENT OF INSERTI MORGAN James Garnet ES i 1 WO 9750011 4219971231 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND USE T MUTTER Michael K 10 3 EP 0814550 A2 19971229 Diode array for diode pumped solid state laser von Hellfeld Axel Dr Dipl Phys 11 1 WO 9747231 4219971218 ENDOSCOPIC STAPLER GORDON David P 12 1 WO 9749535 41 19971231 FORM FOR ROTARY PRINTING COATING OR SCHULZE HORN Stefan 13 1 EP 081311041 19971217 Graphic arts recording film with blue base 14 12 WO 9748536 4119971224 GROUT OR MORTAR REMOVAL BY LASER GODDARD David John 15 1 EP 0814426 A1 19971229 Image forming device
18. not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 63 5 5 9 Improve the quality of the image display MIMOSA provides an option to apply a filter to images displayed from a document in order to improve their image contrast This option is particularly useful for non facsimile images viewed from the first pages of documents in mixed mode databases Select image view mode in the Interface tab in Software preferences Initial quality ii i l AS AV f UL i Improved quality using this option This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 64 6 PRINTING The MIMOSA display mode offers two modes of printing e Printcurrent this prints the document currently displayed Print customized this allows you to specify precisely which documents from the hitlist should be printed the type of printing and the documents or parts of documents pages subdocuments etc to be printed Menu entry Current printing Edit P rint current Ctrl P Customized printing Edit P rint customized Ctrl T LN 6 1 Current printing Current printing prints just the document as it is currently displayed with no further intermediate steps The complete notice or document whichever is displayed is printed 6 2 Customized printing Customized print
19. of four pre defined positions ene stoncu Vr This icon places the Hitlistto the left of the screen This is the default position RR TTT eR TER TST DC This icon places the Hitlist to the bottom of the screen a ei This icon displays only the Hitlist full screen Po Lo EB This icon displays only the image of the current document full screen 00 0 RN 5 1 4 Navigating through the list of documents Windows 1 and 3 are updated according to the document selected from the hitlist When switching from Query mode to View mode MIMOSA selects and displays the first document from the hitlist Selecting a different line from the list displays the corresponding document You can navigate through the various documents by either Clicking in the document list or using the relevant document navigation toolbar icons see Hitlist chapter 5 1 5 Different view types Currently two views are normally available for each document Notice view contains the main bibliographical data for the selected document The document abstract is also displayed for some disc series Document view displays either specific parts or the complete patent document again depending on the collection Please note that some ESPACE collections only contain a notice view and others only a document view To switch from one View mode to another use the selection box from the toolbar or the document structure window if this is displayed This document is
20. of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 7 1 1 2 Short database lexicon The databases supported by MIMOSA have different features but all have the same basic structure The majority of the databases are supplied on CD ROM or DVD ROM also called disc Certain databases mainly updates can be downloaded from the Internet and explored on a hard drive e g BULLETIN A CD ROM will contain at least one database which is referred to as the main database The discs of some collections contain two or more databases One common arrangement is to include a main database and a pilot index also known as cumulative index This second database contains references to all the documents published in a collection since a given date the starting date for each index depends upon the collection The pilot index is typically used to locate by publication number the ESPACE disc containing a particular patent document Discs from the ESPACE EPA collection contain patent application published bay the EPO during a specified period An ESPACE EPA disc contains full document information from approximately 800 patent applications To search through all European patent applications filed at the EPO since 1978 the founding of the EPO would therefore involve searching through hundreds of CD ROMs To facilitate searches that cover an extended time period a number of full docum
21. printer in MIMOSA 1 this selection will not be taken into account If Acrobat Reader 4 0 is installed on your station you can print the complete documents or a selection of page but you cannot print a selection of sub documents To print a selection of sub documents you must install the software Acrobat 4 0 on your station Acrobat reader 4 0 and Acrobat 4 0 are two different software one is free the other not As Acrobat prints the documents in different printing jobs the option 9 is not valid for PDF printing The documents are systematically printed on a new sheet During the printing of PDF two progression dialog boxes are displayed one by Acrobat one by MIMOSA The cancel button of Acrobat cancel the printing of the current document The cancel button of MIMOSA cancels the whole process This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 67 7 DOWNLOAD Please note that for certain collections this function is password protected Although View mode provides the option to download data in different formats the choice of whether to allow downloading or not either with or without a password is decided by the editor of the database No license system is currently implemented administer this function for the collections concerned where downloading is controlled 7 1 Configure download function The Downl
22. searching for a term using a sequence of letters Truncation finds a term on the basis of the string of first or final letters in the term Therefore if you preface the string of characters with the wildcard character e g puter MIMOSA will return all words ending with the given sequence e g computer transputer etc This is known as left truncation If the wildcard character is placed at the end of the sequence e g comput MIMOSA will return all words beginning with the sequence e g computation compute computer etc This is known as right truncation The wildcard character represents a single obligatory character Any word having a single character is a specified position will be returned see example The wildcard character represents a single optional character Any word containing or not containing the character in the stated position will be returned see example Examples computation compute computer AB l ser Laser loser AB colo r colour color ET im uni ation Immunization immunisation 4 1 7 Proximity operators A proximity search finds two words a defined distance apart from one another Please note that these operators are only available in certain searchable fields generally full text indexed fields such as the abstract Moreover they are only available in MIMOSA type databases GTI Version 3 databases In the search mask criteria list all indexes support
23. selecta coexistence or proximity operator in a graphical fashion and using a mouse Select a proximity or a coexistance operator x Proximity fin a maximum of 7 E Word appart s fin the same order Insert proximity operator r Coexistence fin the same paragraph The order do not matter Insert coexistence operator Cancel This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 23 4 1 9 Filters Generally speaking for a search query to be syntactically valid the format of the searched term must correspond exactly to the term as it is stored in the database The filters in MIMOSA allow you to formulate queries for criteria of the classification date or number type in a more natural format and they will be automatically interpreted and converted by the software prior to searching If for example a database has an NP criterion containing the value US168 034 the only query which will normally retrieve this documentis NP US168 034 If you enter the query NP US168 034 or the query NP US 168 034 without filters MIMOSA would not retrieve the document Several types of criteria have filters classification date and number For these criteria MIMOSA applies a pre processing operation which transforms the terms searched for such that their format corresponds exactly to that
24. tees ies pates espe teet tope cea bne pde eiei 58 5 5 2 Hyperlink to the WIPO classification eese esses eene eene nnne ine e Ean iE 58 3 5 3 hyperlink to MIMObBaich iie nope RR pest edo ce aleae Pte aeaea Re ped eaaa 59 RE UE AE E sd suacedue ua sodas aasduaubiaedadedte dacanneseeaanoiacaantades 59 3 5 5 Highlight text acca crea Ghai RSE eee ee RMU aeai 61 BRI Full text seare iccseccias Giceaaenaicicaesbaeshabaticaninediduniaatd dadtaveacesnaed boaganedidsuadsdud ota tabageasdendd educediaubiasdudadiesberasances 61 3 5 7 Copy information to clipboard deditio olio Pee aa desee paa nhe se podre Edad debe sh 61 5 5 6 Manipulating an image in the document eese eese eene eene enne nne ener entren nnneen 62 5 5 9 Improve the quality of the image display eese eene nennen meet eneen nne 63 6s uulii D 64 6 L Current printfig eio dep sep pei UIDI UH E I DRE n rire heb b qi epe bea p 10 FO EA i E EEES 64 6 2 Customized Printing sss idet ree E Prep erp e io quei R po qe Pasto B Map ne Eee A e Pee EiS 64 ERa T E A 67 7 1 Configure download function nennen enne ener en nennt neret neret nens enetenene rennen e enne 67 T2 Download MOWCES M 68 Te DoS LONE FOVINGL ENERO a ETE Ts 68 7 2 2 Datab se JOVIAL uice ero ettet te tea ud inc tate eee eden tute see oe utenaatedsbeeay duets ESSE TO ESEE 68 12 3 E OEs
25. the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 58 5 5 Additional features 5 5 1 hyperlink to Esp ceNet This link is available in some OEB products ACCESS A ACCESSB ACCESS Europe MIMOSA EPA MIMOSA EPB MIMOSA FIRST A click on these links enables you to search either the notice or the complete document of the patent selected on Esp ceNet MIMOSA builds the URL address of the document to be searched for and launches this address using a command execute The navigator which is open is the one that is associated by your system to URL addresses 2 WINGSA EP 0875660 A2 19981104 ofd E Eie Edt View Options Took Window Help PETES S esjs awr sej amp ee ares m n e Eee E OW an EP 0 875 660 A3 EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICANON 1 mnt E21B 37106 Us5783526 Process to enhance removal of adhering solids from the surface of wellbores and sand control devices therein Patent Number 7 US5703526 e 192940721 DOBSON JR JAMES W US CASHION JAMES P US LAUER ROBERT S US n EP 0875 EP 0875 Bl xa ale Applicant s TEXAS UNITED CHEMICAL CORP US Requested Patent 7 EPOS75660 r US 19970610822 19970308 EP Brit __ de nazar 3 1 EP087 Ready 10819970810822 19970306
26. the corresponding style sheet for MIMOSA FIRST the B542 tag contents are to be displayed in Arial font at the top right corner of page 1 lt DATE gt 19971229 lt DATE gt lt BNUM gt 1 99752 lt BNUM gt lt B430 gt lt B400 gt lt B500 gt lt B510 gt lt B516 gt 6 B516 lt B511 gt 6G 02B 26 10 A lt B511 gt lt B512 gt 6H O4N 1 06 B B512 B510 lt B540 gt B541 DE lt B541 gt lt B542 gt Rotierender Strahlenablenker mit integriertem Wellenfl chenkorrekturelement B542 lt B541 gt EN lt B541 gt lt B542 gt Rotating beam deflector having an integral wave front correction element lt B542 gt lt B541 gt FR B541 lt B542 gt D flecteur optique rotatif avec l ment int gr de correction de front d ondes lt B542 gt lt B540 gt lt B590 gt lt B598 gt 1 lt B598 gt lt B590 gt lt B500 gt lt B700 gt lt B710 gt lt B711 gt SGML document lt Compare condition EQ gt Variable name Office String value EP gt Compare Condition NE gt Variable name Inid62 String value gt Do DisplayText ParagraphStyle sInid String value 62 gt lt DisplayText ParagraphStyle sFixTxt gt lt Resource name EarlApp gt Style sheet I Europaisches Patentamt European Patent Office 19 Office europ en des brevets 11 EP 0 814 358 A2 12 EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 43 Date of publication 51 Int c GO2B 26 10 HO4N 1 06 29 12 1997
27. the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 46 5 1 6 Opening more than one document When View mode is first opened MIMOSA selects the first entry from the hitlist and displays this document in the window Selecting a different entry from the hitlist automatically loads the corresponding document into the same window To view more than one document at once use the Hitlist context menu by using the right mouse button For example to display a document in a new window right click on the reference to the document to be opened and select the option Open in a new window M Mimese EP 0811570 A2 19971210 File Edit View Options Tools Window Help J amp amp a ta amp v E S 6 amp amp A e ea a os I Number Occ Hitlist EP 0811313 A1 19971210 EP 0811345 A1 19971210 EP 0811381 A1 13971210 less than 0 1 ppm acetone from the reaction ofthe solve arotor therefor EP 0811412 A1 19971210 EP 0811445 A1 19971210 formed by assembling one or more rotor units structure each having a disk shaped base throughhole at the center a plurality of radic 1 Propanol removes impi bottom of the column In a fice 1 has a shelf 25 compared to triethylene glyci to be supplied and a EP 0811603 A1 1
28. these subdirectories must correspond to the label of the CD ROMs you are copying If for example you wish to store the five volumes of the ACCESS EPA collection on your hard drive you would have to create five subdirectories with names identical to the names of each ofthe five ACCESS EPA volumes C3 MACCIS88001 23 MACC1838002 C3 MACC1888003 MACC1998004 C3 Macc1998005 The corresponding database must be saved in these subdirectories Please note that the number of files to be copied differs depending on the type of database With a GTIV1 database you need to copy the ROM file main database the IND file the index database although not all CD ROMs will have one of these and the entire image architecture This architecture generally begins with an Ixxxxxx folder sp 2 a 10751594 o Img075v1 a 107515d2 zy 07515941 zy 07515952 zy 07515962 zy 07515971 zy 07515881 zy 07515881 9 107516d1 9 107516d2 mcg 107517d1 With a MIMOSA database GTI V3 database you need to copy the ROM file the IND file not all CD ROMs will have one of these and the IMAGE file The only current exceptions in the MIMOSA database category are PAJ discs To save a volume from this collection to your hard drive you must also save the entire tree structure containing the SGML documents this architecture begins with a DOC folder in these cases The CD ROMs in this collection do not contain an IMAGE file After copying all the nec
29. you must have the full Acrobat software installed This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 70 7 3 3 SGML TIFF export With this option documents are exported in their original SGML format i e as stored in the MIMOSA database Images in documents are each exported as separate TIFF files Please note that MIMOSA offers another mini application MIMOViewer which allows you to view SGML files that have been downloaded from MIMOSA using this function 7 3 4 SGML documents into TIFF or BACON export This option allows the conversion of the SGML document into TIFF or BACON format only available on certain products The images linked to the SGML files are integrated in the exported files 7 4 Download hitlist It is possible to download the hitlist in plain ASCII text format If you have customized your hitlist by adding notice fields these are automatically downloaded as well In such cases all downloaded data fields are separated by the character 7 5 Download hitlist for batch This option allows you to export a hitlist including document references locations to a file in a specific format These batch hitlists can be combined even when they refer to different discs or databases and then this file can be used with the mini application MIMOBatch This software serves to automate the export and printing
30. 10051 4 PCTICA99 00229 22 Date of filing 16 0 E est p 84 Designated Contr Pr c dente x gt v A A GRechercher Favoris BHstorique Dr J Gl v AT DEFR GB IE dresse le http Jdassifications wpo int fultext new ipc pc7 27n TET ex Liens 30 Priority 17 03 199 s les s ne TET api iorit Appareils 4 Ese onsfiluliies pex plaques de 7 jenama S upe 4 Toronto Ontario inu l4 72 Inventors comportant des bandes ou des cha nes Pr t ontinu comportant un tambour presseur chauff et bende ot le tambou ur H on 4 ts non plats 4 ex r duction du gonflement ou du retrait surfacage Protection des bords f http classifications wipo int fultext new Jpc pc7 eb27n htm4B27N00900 OD dep internet 5 5 3 hyperlink to MIMOB atch A hyperlink is also available on the field ND of all the INDEX discs ACCESS A ACCESS B Index PA Index AU A AU B APA ACCESSEUROPE This hyper link automatically launches MIMOBatch which opens the selected CDROM and finds in this disc the complete corresponding document There is only one exception to this rule For the EuroPCT documents of ACCESS A MIMOSA does not propose hyperlinks to WORLD discs This hyperlink is also available in the document view of some products like ACCESS A see REF 2 in screen shoot of the preceding paragraph 5 5 4 Add a note MIMOSA provides an optio
31. 11988A1 1997121 EP 97300985 19970214 36 i EPOBIZDIB A1 1997121 AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NLPT SE a7 1 EP0B2019A1 1997121 ae 3 8 EP 0811998 A1 1997121 Apparatus and method for degassing deionized water for inspection and packaging 36 j EP 0812016 A1 1997121 Dispositif et proc d pour la d gazage de l eau d sionis e pour l inspection et l emballage 37 1 EP 0812019 A1 1997121 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Entgassung entionisierten Wassers f r Inspektion und Verpacl 41 2 X EP081143242 1997121 Edwards Russell J 42_ 1 EP 0811440 A2 1997121 Keene Darren 5 43 3 EP0811453A2 1997121 Adams Jonathan P 44 1 EP0811468A2 1997121 JOHNSON amp JOHNSON VISION PRODUCTS INC 45 1 EP 0811474 A2 1997121 Mercer Christopher Paul 46 1 EP 0811496 A2 1997121 EP 0811986 A1 19971210 47 2 X EP0811570A2 1997121 4 1 EP 0811697 A2 1997121 49 1 EP 0811746 A2 1997121 50 1 EP0811757 A2 1997121 EF EP Publication number a ii EP 0811782 A2 1997121 EP 0811986 A1 19971210 e m EP 0811862 A2 1997121 AN Application number 53 4 EP08118732 1997121 EP 96830318 19960605 54 4 EP 0811903 A2 1997121 DS Designated state 3 55 2 EP 0811904 A2 1997121 DE FR GB IT se 1 EP 0811921 A2 1997121 MC Main classification s 1 EP 0811923 A2 1997121 G11C 11 56 58 i EP 0811924 A2 1997121 ET English titie 53 10 EP 0811325 A2 1997121 Page mode memory device with multiple level memory cells 60 4 EP0811927 A2 1997121 61 8 EPOGT1928 A2
32. 18971210 HARRIS CORPORATION HOWL 21 768 HOIL 21 3205 1 12 page s 33 126 doc s 1 doc s selected 50 MEPA1897050 Notice and FULL Text Navigating to a different subdocument in each pane of the window using either the Document structure window or the equivalent selection box on the toolbar MIMOSA will store this document view selection and automatically navigate to the same subdocument if available when you view another document from the hitlist This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 57 5 4 6 Reorganize a document MIMOSA offers the user the option to change the order in which subdocuments are to be displayed This option is available under the Subdocument tab in Product preferences Product definition Notice Hitlist SGML Style Sheet Synonyms Sub Document definition Form mask Initial list of sub document Ordered list of sub document Bibliography Search report Abstract Drawing Description finos Claims Drawing Search report DK Annuler Appliquer Aide On the left side of this panel MIMOSA displays a list of all available subdocuments This list is arranged in the default sort order for which subdocuments are to be displayed for this collection You can modify this sort order and or choose to display only certain subdocuments This document is the property of
33. 1997121 EST OUO Pod mE 62 6 TEP 0811930 A2 1997121 ispositif de m moire en mode de page ayant des cellules de m moire multiniveaux 63 3 EP 081193342 1997121 G7 German titie 64 4 EPO8I1934 42 1937121 Seitenmodusspeicher mit Mehrpegelspeicherzellen 85 3 EP 0811935 A2 1997121 A inventor 66 5 EP 0811837 42 1997121 Calligaro Cristiano 67 EPQ811938 A2 1997121 Mops i MM pr 6 1 EP 0811940 A2 1997121 69 1 EP 0811977 A2 1997121 v E Ready 171 page s 33 126 doc s 1 doc s selected 100 MEPA1897050 Notice and FULL Text 7 To switch from Document view to Notice view either select the Notice option from the selection box on the toolbar 1 or selectthe similarly named notice option from the Document structure window if displayed MIMOSA generally offers two presentation formats for each collection Either of these can be selected from the Change display of notice view list under the SGML style sheets from Product preferences MIMOSA generally provides an expanded view 3 in which each field is displayed over two lines a first line containing the notice field code and its description and a second line containing the data content of the specific field MIMOSA also provides a compact view mode similar to the Notice view in previous versions of MIMOSA In this view each field is displayed over a single line a line being made up of the field code and the data content itself This document is the property o
34. 3 forming a memory page MP1 MPn of the jr RR um b memory device and comprising atleast one group MW1 Phe 7 oM GE Tipos MW2 MW2m 1 MVW2m of memory cells MC memory he viole deena page selection means 2 for selecting a row R of the Pel wr telnet i matrix 1 and a plurality of sensing circuits 3 each one associated to a respective column C of the matrix The memory cells MC are multiple level memory cells which can be programmed in a plurality of c 2 gt b 1 programming states to store b information bits and the sensing circuits 3 are serial dichotomic sensing circuits capable of determining in a number b of consecutive approximation steps the b information bits stored in the memory cells MC at each step one of said b information bits being determined said at least one group MVW1 MV2 Mvw2m 1 MMVi2m of memory cells MC of a row R forming a number b of memory words of a A 1 986 D Applicant Bibliography 31 1 EP 0811983A1 19971210 SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS sil H OIL 27 115 H OIL 21 8247 Abstract 32 1 EP 0811985 A1 19971210 Oki Electric Industry Company Limited Description 33 2 EPOBIISESATTS7IZIO SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS sl Claims 34 8 EPOS11988A1 19971210 SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS s G OB 11 00 Drawing 34 8 EP0811988A1 19971210 SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS s G O6F 11 00 Sea tepoit 36 EP0812016A1
35. 602 amp AD 02 6 1978 0 FSTI98000 780600 amp AD OXO78 0 FSTI98000 780600 amp AD 02 06 19 FSTI98000 780602 amp AD 0D 8 978 0 FSTI98000 7806000 AD 7800 8 FSTI98000 780602 AD 197862 0 MIFTI997000 19860415 AD 860 0 4 1 11 Number filters This filter applies to number type criteria of publications for example with leading zeroes For example the EP Publication Number index of the MIFT1997010 MIMOSA FIRST database contains the numbers 0812130 0812131 0812132 The number filter enables these documents to be found irrespective of the number of leading zeroes in each publication number Specifically MIMOSA converts the query EP 812130 812131 812132 into EP 0812130 0812131 0812132 to retrieve these three documents 4 1 12 Classification filters This filter is used to transform a natural format search query in a classification index into the format stored in the database In particular the classification criteria indexes hardly ever contain a separator character such as or For example the MC Main classification index in the MIFT1997010 MIMOSA FIRST database contains the entries A01D01100 A01C02100 A01C01500 One natural format for searching for these entries could be A01 D01 100 A01C 02 100 A01C 01 500 Query entered Query after transformation by MIMOSA MC A01C 01 500 MC A01C01500 MC A01C 01 MC A01C
36. 71217 COMPOSITE SENSOR ROBOT SYSTEM FANUC LTDG 0813110 19971217 Graphic arts recording film with blue base AGFA GEVAERT N V 0813192 19971217 System for discriminating optical discs PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATIONG 0813193 19971217 OPTICAL DISC SONY CORPORATION This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 69 7 2 3 RTF format RTF Rich Text Format allows you to download Notices yet preserve their presentation formatting The resultant file can then be directly opened in a word processor such as Microsoft Word and the notice will be laid out exactly as displayed in the MIMOSA Notice view PN Publication number EP 0812662 A1 19971217 ET English Title EP and WO COMPOSITE SENSOR ROBOT SYSTEM PA Applicant FANUC LTD Please note that when using the RTF option each notice is downloaded as a separate file These files are then arranged in a sub directory architecture tree structure identical to that used for downloading documents 7 3 Download documents MIMOSA downloads documents to a sub directory architecture tree structure The root for this architecture is the folder you selected 1 in the edit zone Within this folder MIMOSA creates a next level folder corresponding to the name of the database 2 and a then a lower level folder corresponding to the publication number of the document 3 M
37. 811845 A1 19971210 EP 0811849 A1 19971210 EP 0811866 A1 19971210 EP 0811869 A1 19971210 EP 0811875 A1 19971210 EP 0811882 A1 19971210 EP 0811917 A1 19971210 EP 0811918 A1 19971210 EP 0811919 A1 19971210 EP 0811922 A1 19971210 EP 0811950 A1 19971210 2 EP 081196341 19971210 e Ls B4 Designated Contracting States AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GRIE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE 3D Priority 03 06 1996 JP 140501 96 71 Applicant TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA Aichi ken JP 72 Inventors Tanaka Hiroshi Toyota shi Aichi ken JP itou Takaaki Toyota shi Aichi ken JP Representative Pellmann Hans Bernd Dipl Ing et al Patentanwaltsb ro Tiedtke B hling Kinne amp Partner Bavariaring 4 80336 M nchen DE 54 Exhaust gas purifying method and apparatus for internal combustion engine 67 An adsorbent 42 may be positively regenerated by a technique to remove adhered materials such as soot adhered to the adsorbent 42 so that the durability ofthe adsorbent 42 is enhanced To meetthis an exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises a path switcher 40 for introducing exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into at least one of a first exhaust gas path A and a second exhaust gas path B branched downstream of catalysts 3a 3b an adsorbent 42 disposed in the first exhaust gas path A for adsorbing unbumt gas components contained in the
38. 941866 19961213 coefficient of friction 1 EP 0811501 A2 19971210 DS DEFR GB 11 and is adjustably 1 EP 0811570 A2 19971210 MC G 2F 1 133 ither in contact or not in 5 if 1 EP 0811575 A2 19971210 iC G02F 143 suction rotor 21 is 1 EF 0011653 A2 19971210 ET DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD 1 E ee eee FT PROCEDE DE PILOTAGE D AFFICHEUR AFFICHEUR ET APPAREIL GT VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER ANZEIGE ANZEIGE UND ELEK 1 E gaer oe IN KURUMISAWA Takashi Seiko Epson Corporation ITO Akihiko Seiko Epson Corporation 12 EP 0811862 A2 19971210 ISOZAKI Shingo Seiko Epson Corporation eR en 5 EP 0811873 A2 19971210 KATASE Makoto Seiko Epson Corporation 2 wt of acetone and s 1 EP 0811951 A2 19971210 IKEDA Masuhide Seiko Epson Corporation 1 EP 08119702 19971210 PA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION paid impure propylene oxid 1 EP 0811972 A2 19971210 GE Fiormannie tke Dipl ings m oe 2 EP 0811999 A2 19971210 ABE A driving method of a display device in which the number ofvoltage li EP 0s1200042 15971210 only one and the voltage level of a data line corresponding to a displ level of the scanning lines during the non selection period The powisa 1 EP 0812005 A2 19971210 iii a Ani sit xil 17 pagels 24 70 docs 71 doc s selected 100 MEPA1997050 Notice and FULL Text Please note that to view more than one part of a particular document at the same time for example to display the first page of a patent document alongside the draw
39. 9971210 EP 0811617 A1 19971210 EP 0811628 A1 19971210 10 EP 0811727 A1 19971210 EP 0811835 A1 19971210 partition walls standing on one ofthe surfaces plate and as many peripheral walls each ass a corresponding one of the partition walls ar around the outer periphery ofthe base plate between These suction units are assembli one unit engaging with the base plate of anotr Water and oxygen contair ve the shelf 25 The standard distillation The us Jpenings 22 on outer these impurities from propyl k up the paper from the h the sucking openings pulley 10 around the the suction rotor 21 ide the sucked paper 20 1 2 2 3 1 4 8 5 1 EP 0811431 A1 19971210 6 2 7 1 8 1 5 Claims 1 An extractive distillatio oxygenated contaminant 13 2 EP 08 1 EP 0811878 A1 199 Sina the st f ct to the rotor 21 15 EP 0811882 A1 19355 B SPEO ing wound up around 1 EP 0811893 A1 19971210 o include nozzles 31 1 EP 0811963 A1 19971210 the sucked paper gate 1 EP 0812066 A1 19971210 ping sheet P of paper l m d mzn PR UP 325648 95 19951214 d Paper nozzles 27a a EF EP 0811866 A1 19971210 JVerlapping sheet P of 7 EP 0811453 2 19971210_ 3 NO WO9722036 the sucked paper or a 1 EP 0811500 A2 19971210 AN EP 96
40. Blumbach Kramer amp amp Partner 16 6 EP 0814594 A2 19971229 Image reading apparatus Klunker Schmitt Nilson Hirsch 1 8 EP 0814593 A2 19971229 Image reading apparatus Klunker Schmitt Nilson Hirsch 18 2 EP 0814382 41 19971229 Improved photoresists and method for making printi Hertz Oliver 19 1 EP 0814544 42 19971229 Improved semiconductor lasers and method for ma Barth Carl Otto 20 2 EP 0812574 A2 19971217 Intraoperative myocardial device and stimulation pr Nicholls Kathryn Margaret 21 1 EP 0814468 A1 19971229 LAMINATED PROXIMITY FIELD OPTICAL HEAD Beetz amp amp Partner Patentanwalte 22 5 EP 0814545 A2 19971229 Laser beam emitting apparatus Altenburg Udo Dipl Phys 23 5 WO_97492N4 A1 19971224 LASFR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LAND John gt By default MIMOSA assigns each line in the list a pre set size In certain cases it may be more practical to leave MIMOSA to calculate a variable height on a line by line basis depending on the content of each field to be displayed in the line This is particularly true for index discs that may contain multiple references to image discs This feature can be activated by checking the Display multiple references by line option in the Interface tab in Software preferences This feature can also be useful when adding a notice field to the display which contains multiple references to the same document for example the inventors or applicants name fields Index disc references
41. ESPACE 92 071 FIRST 92 006 ESPACE 95 014 ESPACE 90 037 FIRST 90 004 ESPACE 94 085 ESPACE 92 068 FIRST 92 005 ESPACE 94 080 ESPACE 92 014 FIRST 92 001 ESPACE 94 062 ESPACE 92 045 FIRST 92 004 ESPACE 94 050 ESPACE 92 009 FIRST 92 001 ESPACE 94 046 EP 0508302 42 19921014 Laser disk playback system EP 0382311 A2 19900816 Service method and apparatus for fast printers EP 0505747 A2 19920930 Method and apparatus for the determination of the state of cure of elastomers EP 0471196 A2 18920213 Image analysis method EP 0430531 A2 19920617 Devices based on Si Ge EP 0468612 A2 19920129 Optical pickup EP 0480485 42 19920415 ESPACE 92 028 rine T nana Integrated optic disc pickup 5 2 4 Sort The Hitlist can also be sorted by any indexed field that is available in the notice To sorta particular field add it to the hitlist see Personalize hitlist above click on the column header and a gt gt sign appears informing of a sort in ascending order To sort in descending order click again on the header The sign will be replaced with a lt lt sign It is also possible to sort by number of occurrences when this information is available Sorting in this manner can be indicative of the relevance of the documents in the hitlist returned from a search query Number lt lt Occ Hitit English Tite EP and WO 1 13 EP 0813273 A2 19971217 Lasers Seeger Wolfgang Di
42. GTI language query comprises a number of independent segments A segment is composed as follows Criterion Operator Term The search criterion is a code or abbreviation corresponding to the field to be searched in e g PD for Publication Date This code typically comprises of two or three letters 4 or 5 in certain instances Please note that the search criteria differ in number and type depending on the collection being used For example in the ACCESS EPA collection the search criterion for the French abstract is AF whereas it is ABF in ESPACE FIRST If you wish to apply the same queries to several databases of different collections you can make use of synonyms see synonym chapter This option is of most use when using the Expert search mask Six operators are available These link the criterion to the term being searched for Equal to gt Greater than Greater than or equal to This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 17 Less than Less than or equal to Not equal to Part ofa range Please note specific use of this feature see example To avoid any ambiguity place the term searched for inside quotation marks even when MIMOSA adds these by default In all cases when searching for an expression containing one or more spaces you must use quotation marks so that the search query is correctly i
43. Guide page 36 4 5 3 Criteria list The list of search criteria available in the currently active database is displayed in the Criteria window Each line is made up of three elements e formulating a GTI search query e provide more detailed specific help for each menu by selecting Product Help e The criterion code is generally made up of between two and four letters This code must be used in when To the right of this code MIMOSA displays a brief description of the search criterion Certain collections criterion This information can be accessed from the Help Those criteria that are preceded with an icon are associated with a filter For example the 3r icon indicates that you can use proximity or co existence operators For more details please consultthe Filters section in the chapter on GTI search language Cnfena PRESENCE PUBL RP ST N woO The criteria list allows two types of action Clicking Description English Abstract French Abstract German Abstract Spanish Abstract Application Date Application Number Publication Date Designated States EP Publication Number English Title EP and WO French Title EP and WO German Title EP and WO Supplementary I C Inventor Document Kind Main I C WO number for EuroPCT Priority Number Applicant Priority Date Presence of data Publication by the EPO Representative Spanish Title WO only WO Publication Number once on one of
44. IMOSA software updates By running MIMOSA you are regularly invited to check if a new update is available on the Internet once every 30 days by default MIMOSA AutoUpdater 3 x Do you wish to check if a new Update is available on the Internet If yes click on the OK button This tool will first present what offers the new Update Then we will be able to decide to download and install this Update automatically 2o M days Do not suggest this option anymore Cancel You can disable this option or you can modify the period between checks The update is completed in two steps In the first step only textual information about the updates available is displayed You can then decide whether you wish to download and install the Update s available on the WEB server MIMOSA AutoUpdater X There is a new Update available It s 1 3 Mo big This Update corrects or improves the following list of points 1 Support Acrobat Reader 5 0 The MIMOSA and the MIMOBatch software were not able to detect the new 5 0 version of the Acrobat reader software 2 Fix GPF on Highlighting in World In some cases a GPF occurred during the display of the document WO45457987 of the CDROM MIWO2001012 3 New direct access to Drawing sub doc in BREF A new sub document is now available in the BREF product to access to the drawing sub document Download Cancel This document is the property of the European Patent Office
45. IMOSA stores this subdocument selection information If you then select another document from the hitlist MIMOSA automatically navigates in this document to the final subdocument selected previously This feature is only activated if you have selected a subdocument in this way If you move to a subdocument simply by scrolling through the document page by page MIMOSA does not Store the sub document selection information when next changing to another document 5 4 4 Navigating from occurrence to occurrence In certain cases MIMOSA allows you to jump from one occurrence or hit to another of the searched term or terms in the document For example the query ABE laser gives a result of 148 occurrences hits in 53 different documents in the MIFT1997010 database The first document in the hitlist contains 6 hits occurrences for the term laser MIMOSA automatically displays all these occurrences or hits in red MIMOSA provides four functions to navigate between occurrences or hits This option is particularly useful within a full text document of many pages 71 Applicant 74 Representative KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA Crawford Fiona Merle et al Shinjuku ku Tokyo to JP Elkington and Fife Prospect House 72 Inventors 8 Pembroke Road Usami Masashi Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR GB 54 Optical short pulse reshaping device cemicanduc Taser men distinct from its oscillation 57 An optical short pulse reshaping device
46. IMOSA then downloads all the image files and the SGML file corresponding to the appropriate document into this folder Eg Program Files E 00000001 tit a Epo MIMOSA V4 E 00190001 tt 1 ill annotation E 00200001 tit Collect E 00210001 tit amp E 00220001 tif E 00230001 tif E sgm SGM 3 EP 0811835 A1 19971210 EP 0811873 A2 19971210 EJ Diwnload P d Giga MEPAT997050 ISTEP 0811453 A2 19971210 E EP 0811727 A1 19971210 EP 0811882 A1 1 3 10 E Espace zd Language 3 E Query E Style sheet E Template 7 3 1 RTF download RTF Rich Text Format allows you to download full documents yet preserve their presentation formatting The resultant file can then be directly opened in a word processor such as Microsoft Word and the document will be laid out as displayed in the MIMOSA Document view Each document is downloaded in a single RTF format file with any corresponding images also included Please note that certain layout features are not supported in an RTF file For example the document layout across a number of columns is lost during the export to file process 7 3 2 PDF Export On the ESPACE EPA and ESPACE EPB CD ROM in addition to the SGML format the documents are also available in PDF format The SGML format is used by MIMOSA for the display Otherwise for exporting and printing you can use the PDF format which corresponds to the original paper document Note if you want to export sub documents
47. It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 11 3 OPENING A DATABASE Once the MIMOSA application is launched the first window displayed is the welcome window This window allows you to select the desired interface language It is possible to prevent this window from being displayed by de selecting the display welcome window option in the Software preferences menu Option software preferences After one of the available languages has been selected MIMOSA displays the open a database window This window can be reopened at any time in order to open a new database using the menu option or the associated icon ten C mew D mes p 0 07 MIMOSA provides the option to consult CD ROMs available on a local drive or over a network It also supports certain jukebox servers e g IXOS or KTOOLS and database stored on copied to a hard drive 3 1 CD ROM tab The CD ROM tab displays all databases available on CD ROM The CD ROM may be available directly on a local drive or over a network MIFT1997010 1997 010 When the CD ROM tab is active MIMOSA scans all your CD ROM drives and displays their labels 2 If an ESPACE CD ROM is detected on one of these drives MIMOSA displays the name of the collection to which it belongs 3 If MIMOSA fails to recognise a CD ROM the unrecognised collection message will be displayed in the Description column Should you insert a n
48. O01 Note if MIMOSA detects a wildcard in the term searched for or no processing is carried out For example the query MC 2 A01C 015 does not return any document 4 1 13 Highlighting This function highlights the elements of a GTI query in different colours This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 25 Query x He PY abe laser or et be m lt gt ofl co fals 7fo ole a cem Submitquery View mode Bp amp docs fond Save Load With this function it is easy to read even complex queries To disable this function check the Use Highlighting option in the Software settings Interface tab 4 2 Why choose a search mask To formulate your queries MIMOSA offers two search masks or interfaces and a Wizard The two search masks are intended for different user profiles and do not have exactly the same features or functionality The Wizard is used to build a query step by step At each step itshows the equivalent action in the chosen search mask Menu Menuoption View NK M Expert search View E xpert Ss mask mask View the Form search View F orm search mask mask View the Wizard View Wizard wu M For some users the form search mask provides the most intuitive interface Especially for those who are not familiar with previous versions
49. OSA ACCESS EPA disc the query would be AF laser To allow the use of the same search queries on CD ROMs of different collections MIMOSA provides an option to associate one or more synonyms with each criterion on a collection by collection basis This option is accessed from Product preferences in the Options menu MIMOSA Settings x Product definition Notice Hitlist SGML Style Sheet Synonyms Sub Document definition Form mask D ene heyy SUTIGTIVIIT ABSTRACT RESUME ABF French Abstract AB emam Abstract ABS Spanish Abstract AD Application Date AN Application Number DP Publication Date DS Designated States Remove this synonym Editais spranyn ET English Title EP and WO TITRE GT German Title EP and W0 IC Supplementary I C IN Inventor Annuler Appiiquer In this example we have assigned the synonym ABSTRACT to the criterion ABE in the MIMOSA ACCESS EPA collection In this way you could formulate a single query ABSTRACT laser Since version 4 2 the synonyms are displayed in the criteria list This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 42 4 5 8 CrossFiles A Crossfile search allows you to use search results as the criteria and terms for a second search For example itis possible to perform a search
50. Q European Patent Office MIMOSA User Guide Database exploration software MIMOSA User Guide page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS j 2 TRIB FO UC CO RR 5 IBNECT SUCI IICO C REM 5 1 2 Hardware configuration ccceeseeesecssceceeseeesseecsacecscecesaeeesaeecesaecsacecsaecesaeecsaeecsaeescesaeenaeeesaeesseessneeeesaeeess 6 1 2 1 Minimum configuration eese esee etnme stet ener eth nne seht ener een ee tenen nenne een nene rennen 6 1 2 2 Recommended configuration eee esee eee eene nennen enne enne nnne t hne ehensennne enter enn nneeennen ense 6 I3 Databases EEUU EET 6 ESSET E 6 1 3 2 Short database lexion iei geriet s haeo eod nates Papas ttes celo deutet tes e eee xR DER sees 7 2 TEN O e PT A E NE RONEN A R NNE N 8 21 Eocalauistallation senie eea beue tain te or sd e arae qe due rete ESEA EEA E ES 8 2 1 1 Selecting the installation folder eese eese eene enne enne nenne nennen enne nennen trennen 8 2 1 2 Selecting the type of installation ccccescccescccessccessceceesecescecescecesceceseesseeecesaecneecesaeessaeessaeecseeseseaeeesneeeaes 8 2 1 3 Selecting the components to be installed eese eene nennen enne nnne nnne 8 2 1 4 Selecting the program group ccccccccsscecessecesecssseeseeseeseecscecsscecsececesecesscecsse
51. R Application date AD OR Priority number NP las OR Priority date PD OR Designated state DS OR Main classification MC i All Patents G11 JOR All classification IC OR English title ET SNOWBOARD dos found Kind AT G3 OR Frenchtitle FT vs jats OR German title GT Inventor IN AND Applicant PA burton i docs found OR Representative RP aie or English abstract ABE Tip the other modes amp 18 lor French abstract AAP ha Expert Search Mask OVERALL QUERY ET SNOWBOARD AND PA burton WIZARD search mask BY E 4 H faz a AND 016 2 Submit ques Query QUEE Key Resut Combination 3 1 012 AND 016 ET SNOWBOARD AND PA burton 2 2 012 OR Q16 ET SNOWBOARD OR PA burton 2 012 ET SNOWBOARD Ready MI Z The form search mask is made up of components The grid 1 allows the formulation of a search query segment by segment The filters 2 limit the scope of a query The dictionary 3 displays the content of index for a given search criterion it can be displayed with the buttons 3 The general functions allow to submit the query and to swap to the view mode 5 After a search MIMOA displays the Overall query in the zone 6 Finally the combination window 4 provides a history of searches carried out in this session allowing the user to combine previous queries with one another You can also
52. TION USER GUIDE folder on the installation CD ROM This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 6 1 2 Hardware configuration 1 2 1 Minimum configuration e Pentium PC e 16 MB RAM under WINDOWS 95 and 24 MB under WINDOWS NT e Hard drive 30 MB available memory e Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 e 800 600 resolution e CD ROM drive 1 2 2 Recommended configuration e PC Pentium Il 350 MHz e 64MB RAM e 1280 1024 resolution e CD ROM x32 drive Note some databases are now available on DVD ROM 1 3 Databases 1 3 1 The collections MIMOSA software allows you to consult various database collections Each collection comprises CD ROMs containing the related data For example the MIMOSA FIRST collection comprises CD ROMs containing the first pages of patents filed at the EPO and WIPO whereas the CD ROMs in the ESPACE EPA collection contain complete patent applications published by the EPO Each collection has specific features e g each collection offers a different number of search criteria certain collections only contain bibliographic data Notice and other collections contain not only the bibliographical data but also the full patent document etc The number of collections is constantly growing as new products are introduced by the various partners involved in the project This document is the property
53. TY CESSING CESSORIES CESSORY CESSORY COMODATION COMPLISHING COUNTING CURAT ACDC ACETAMIDES ACETAMINOPHEN ACETATES To the left of each entry in the listing MIMOSA displays the number of times the particular entry appears normally the number of documents containing this term in the database 1 However for criteria indexed by proximity those with an 3e icon this corresponds to the number of times the given term appears in the database To include an entry in the present query either double click on this entry or select it using the mouse and click on the Insert selected items button 2 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 31 Use the scroll bar or buttons in the case of ESPACE discs to navigate through this list or jump nearer to the term you are searching for by typing the first few letters of the term in the input field 3 To include more than multiple entries in the current query in a single operation select them using the mouse in combination with the Ctrl and Shift keys and then click on the Insert selected items button To select several entries that do not appear consecutively in the list keep the Ctrl key pressed and click on each of the relevant entries one after the other To select a consecutive range of entries click on the first entry to be selected and then click on
54. a in the database being consulted is displayed in field 1 Field 2 is for inputting the query to be searched The history of valid search queries performed during the session is created automatically and displayed in the History field 3 Finally the index listing for each criterion can be consulted browsed in the Index field 4 This mask can be configured or customized by the user that is to say you can resize each window and change the screen configuration by mouse click and menu options You can also choose independently to display or not to display the three additional windows using the toggle control entries in the View menu Edit vow Options Tools F ig 7 ode F8 K If you wish to revert to the original default configuration should you have inadvertently modified the interface or mask set up you can select Restore search screen default configuration from the menu option This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 34 4 5 2 Edit field B g Query x fapert mask abe laser 1W beam Al ss Je FE oe en eps 1e Pec Cen View mode Save Load B The Query window is the main component in the Expert search mask It is used for formulating and then submitting a GTI query You can enter your query yourself in window 5 or insert a selection of terms from the dictionary To submit a que
55. abbreviation corresponding to the field to be searched e g PD for Publication Date This code is normally made up of two or three letters 4 or 5 in certain instances Please note that these search criteria differ in number and type according to the collection being used The MIMOSA software offers the option to browse the index or dictionary for each search criterion Before submitting your query to MIMOSA you can therefore check that the information you wish to find does indeed exist in the database and that the format that you have entered is correct e g for dates You can also insert the information from the index directly into your search query This query must be in GTI format this is a J OUVE proprietary format Once the query has been validated i e the syntax checked and the search performed and at least one document containing one or more hits has been found MIMOSA offers the option to consult the Hitlist This hitlist contains at least one reference for each document found Currently two views are available for each document The notice view contains the main bibliographic data for the document although the document abstract can also be displayed for some series The document view contains the parts of the full patent document that have been included in the database concerned normally the first page or the whole patent depending on the collection Please note that certain discs only contain a notice view and other discs only
56. again is limited to certain indexed fields preceded by the X icon in the criteria list Coexistence allows the user to search for words coexisting in the Same section of the text be it sentence paragraph or complete field Operator Meg Emme term2 The 2 terms must belong to the same sentence AB laser S beam pem t UT The orderin unien hey appears mtigora 1 term2 The 2 terms must belong to the same sentence AB laser S beam pom me S The order n wich te terms appear srespeeted OO O o o Terml nS i erml nS Terml nP term2 The 2 terms must belong to the same paragraph AB laser P beam The order in which they appear is not important Terml nP term2 The 2 terms must belong to the same paragraph AB laser P beam The order in which the terms appear is respected Remark the size of the input data of some recent database exceeds the limits of the GTI system When those limits are reached this function is disabled the 3e icon will appear in the index list the proximity operators are still allowed but the co existence operator will cause an error message Since 2001 this function has been disabled for all ESPACE A B and ACCESS A B databases For the other databases the function is disabled case by case when size ofthe input data exceeds the limits of the GTI system In the expert search mask MIMOSA provides assistance for using these operators in the edit field toolbar This allows you to
57. c Em 69 7 3 Download documents e ere rep oe dep teer rtr teret be pe oa et Pp eap sete beret ele noob egeta 69 VN dlgnm bnnc 69 VEN EIDE EX I Tm 69 7 3 3 SGML A TLEP Qr snp ETE 70 7 3 4 SGML documents into TIFF or BACON xport ccecccesscccssseeessecescetessseeuseeescesscecesneceeaeesssacesnsesenaesnsneeenaee 70 TA Prol 70 7 5 Download hitlist for Datch eee eeceeeseesseeeeeseecseecesseessaeecsacecseeceseaeecsaecsaeecsacecscesesaeesssaeeceesseeesenaeeeeaeeenaeers 70 Bes GIOSSATY mee 71 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 4 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 5 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 General information MIMOSA V4 is a software application for accessing databases searching and retrieving information The application allows you to search for data contained on the DVD ROMs and CD ROMs produced by the European Patent Office EPO and by its partners the various European Member States the apanese Patent Office J PO the US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO etc The MIMOSA software is made up of four components These components represent separate software applications Each application has an associated icon in the MIMOSA p
58. ccenseceseeescecsscecescecessaecsseecseecscecesaeessaeecssaaeseeseaeeeseeesaeeseaeees 28 4X Gd E EEE E E sc ns eM MM MM DP LI 29 44 3 Index or dictionary oe ee eet ende ta eie eve ede dte te vdd doeet tee eto e Pedo Pete 30 LAA MPIlensassstssts d ou e ML aise lak tutes D MEM Mt DIUI 3l This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 3 LE DUUM MM m 32 AS Expert qM 33 4 51 General presentation en ses E i ettet ea tette OE ec eingeben ca estote Fes Set ea itane capra edDa cese aah 33 4 3 2 Edit M EE 34 AI IACUE TUSE EE 36 4 IA MLER C 37 4 I S History list E a aa a ea AA R a a a OE SE A E a 37 4 5 6 SAVE Lodd G GQUery sasni anaa A E AA a a A RSET eo ESE EA 38 LEAN TIAM ia E en i E EA EEE EERE EAE AE ETRE EE ETA EEO dea SEA ENAS 4I Dr COSS T OS EE 42 5 ConsultING document scsscssssssssessesssesssesssssssssssesssesssesesssssesssesssesssesssesssesssesssesseessesssesssesssnsssessoesees 44 5 1 General presentation RR 44 5 1 1 Switch from Query mode to View mode esses eene nennen entere rennen ener rennen 44 5 1 2 Important features of View mode cesses eene eene eene nnne enne tenentes een nren rennen nere e nnne 44 5 1 3 Positioning the elements ee
59. ch to view mode with the View Mode button to the right of the Submit button or using the View icon You can return to Query mode from View mode using the Search icon rere sco ea ene E UNE Return to Query mode F8 S witch to View mode View View mode ier d 5 1 2 Important features of View mode View mode is made up of three different fields References 1 to all documents satisfying the search performed are displayed in the hitlist 2 The View window 3 allows you to display the Notice view or Document view of the patent selected from the hitlist The Document structure window 1 allows you to view the component parts and sub documents of the selected document oe AC LI M NE ES TAE Notice Document Bibliograpl Abstract BEES Mimosa EP 0811755 A1 19971210 E Ele Edt View Options Too Window Help amp amp ta w JE S amp a lacs i n E a B la x Description Ca ims raving EP 0811338 A1 19971210 D 2 2 EP0811431 A1 19971210 1 EP 0811437 A1 19971210 1 EP0811442A1 19971210 2 1 1 2 EP 0811457 A1 19971210 EP 0811504 A1 19971210 EP 0811521 A1 19971210 EP 0811525 A1 19971210 3 1 EP 0811555 A1 19971210 138 17 EP 0811556 A1 19971210 2 EP 0811572A1 13971210 EP 0811699 A1 19971210 EP 0811714 A1 19971210 EP 0811727 Al 19971210 5 2 EP0811755A1 19971210 EP 0811790 A1 19971210 EP 0811835 A1 19971210 2 EPO0
60. choose independently to display the Combination window using the toggle control entry in the View menu This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 29 Im a IB View mode F3 Query Wizard Expert mask ete If you wish to revert to the original default configuration should you have inadvertently modified the interface or mask set up you can select Restore search screen default configuration from the menu option 4 4 2 Grid R English tile ET J SNOWBOARD 2 doo s found tae aji Vm m4 E E 5 The grid allows you to build a search query segment by segment Each line corresponds to a particular search criterion and can form one of the segments of the query By default the grid displays all the criteria available in the open database You can customize the number of criteria displayed in the grid on a collection by collection basis The Form mask tab in the Product preferences dialog box allows you to select the criteria from the full list of available criteria However please note that for the ESPACE BULLETIN collection due to the large number of criteria available the default pre selection of 15 criteria has already been made Each line is composed of 7 elements 1 The line reference this reference can be used in the combination window to combine search queries 2 Segment connectors
61. ctivated MIMOSA will try to open the database You can also type the name of the database directly in the field 3 This field accepts UNC names e g Server CD ROM MIFT1997001 ROM This feature can be used to access a database located on a network drive without having to mounta volume for this drive Please note that ESPACE and MIMOSA databases have the ROM file extension 3 3 Jukebox tab This tab provides access to CD ROMs stored in a jukebox These jukeboxes can be managed either using JKTOOLs an application provided by the EPO or a commercialy available system such as IXOS htto www jukeman de By default this tab is not available To display the tab check the Use jukeboxes option in software preferences MIMOSA Settings General Interface Extensions Sel oe onfirmation message Iv Clear query V fluenarite mien hu iter This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 13 JKTOOLs is a software application that allows you to manage one or more jukeboxes from the following list NSM 100 NSM Mercury 40 Kubik CDR240 M Pioneer DRM600 series Pioneer DRM1800 series Pioneer DRM5000 series Pioneer DRM1000 series On the other hand J KTOOLs can only be used in certain circumstances configurations Since it is a 16 bit Windows application it operates only well under Windows 95
62. current GTI Version 1 ESPACE discs are stored in the form of facsimile images Each image corresponds to a full page in facsimile format of the paper patent document The special image format used is BACON or ST33 WIPO a standard used throughout the patent world BACON images are actually TIFF images with additional header information describing the sub document designation for the patent page Description Drawings etc Documents from MIMOSA GTI Version 3 discs are stored in SGML format SGML Standard Generalized Mark up Language is an ASCII format coded text file that includes tags to express the basic structure headings paragraphs lists images etc within the document It is used as an aid in the publication of documentation since specific information is added to the actual data content of the document to describe the structure and other attributes in a system independent manner An SGML document does not contain any information on presentation Therefore in order to view a document the document data must be associated with a style sheet In a style sheet every tag is associated with a display style with font position on page etc This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 52 In documents from a MIMOSA FIRST disc for example the title of the patent is enclosed between B542 and lt B542 gt tags In
63. current document all documents in the hitlist all marked documents all selected documents or a range of documents from the hitlist Select range of pages to download 8 You have two choices download the entire document or make a selection of subdocuments This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 68 Select download directory or file 3 If you choose to download export Notices select a file name for the downloaded data in the edit field 3 All the notices for all the selected documents are downloaded into this file If you wish to download documents select in this same edit zone 3 the folder to which MIMOSA should export the selected document data MIMOSA will automatically create an appropriate subdirectory architecture in this folder The root for this architecture tree structure is the folder you specified in the edit zone Within this folder MIMOSA creates firstly a next level folder corresponding to the name of the database and then a lower level folder corresponding to publication number of the document MIMOSA then downloads all the image files and the SGML file corresponding to the appropriate document into this folder 7 2 Download notices If you wish to download Notices first configure Product preferences The Notice tab displays all available fields in the current collection You can choose t
64. d eum gtu een odu ge nego ue eve UR ege EE oda 16 4 1 1 Creating a segment SEE 16 4 1 2 Combining segments together connectors esses eee enne nennen enne etenim nenne nnne 17 4 1 3 Connector priority amp ambiguous search queries eese esee eene nennen nenne nnne nnne 18 BAA Factorizing is ei t pe eee lqqu ete sniudebe Eo get rS ROR Eee Ro se e EHE Reg Sox aeos E do dp te e BOE u ege FORET de de 20 4 1 5 Default cofifiector i xiu i ER HE E Ee NER Tre pendet OG uS ae Erat EE Ea 20 41 6 Wildc rds Wildcard 3 5 det e ede ist de Shakes Was ete dde dese Rd pae cea dde ted n ru dee von Sd eR 21 41 7 Proximity Operator S RETE 21 4 1 8 COEXISTENCE Operators edi E ee race ek daga EEE E E re tubos p Fue ob Danae ue eden eoe 22 LER END C belsiaes 23 41 10 Date fillers ie ee Ede P diee Ded ree E E ev oaa tcu e 23 4 II Number ULC pP C S SCSRm 24 4 1 12 Classification fers iie etes oett eee etes diede E a dete dee d nepdto Metedee tete dent 24 4 1 13 Highltehitng iidee ette deed edet etie Faden del eto eepe eti i ases ee dese deg ese te deF side deter Toe decer ioeded Feist 24 4 2 Why choose a search mask essesssseseeeeseeeeeeeeeee nennen enne en nnne nennen nenne nenne nente en nne n ense nene 25 4 3 Wizarde iter upRPIOEIENPHIDICOGDSIHI ionic isierisi EDEN HERI EDDIE EE E 26 Aa FOM MaSK CE 28 4 4 1 General Presentation i cccccccccessccceseecessesess
65. d over more than one line c You can associate a logical name with a query MIMOBatch allows you to use this information in its export function With Export it is possible to extract documents into a folder whose name corresponds to the queries to which the documents correspond Each query can only have one logical name and this logical name can only be Saved as a Single line The logical name must be preceded by the character Please note since this information is used to create a folder name you cannot use the following characters lt gt d You can also add comments to your query file Such comments have no effect on the formulation of the search query or the search result The character must be atthe start of each and every comment line This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 41 4 5 7 Synonyms Each CD ROM collection supported by MIMOSA has its own list of search criteria Each criteria has assigned to ita specific code Unfortunately there are different codes for the same or similar criteria in different collections For example the code for the French abstract in MIMOSA FIRST is ABF whereas in MIMOSA ACCESS EPA the code for this same criterion is AF Therefore to search for the word laser in the French abstract on a MIMOSA FIRST disc the search query would be ABF laser whereas for a MIM
66. e esee eene eene en nnne net hene ehnne ener en neset tener etre teen nnnenn 45 5 1 4 Navigating through the list of documents esee eene nennen nene nnee nene 45 341 3 Different View Types ER 45 5 1 6 Opening more than one COCUMENLK cccccccceseecesseeseseeeteseeeacecscecesnecesseeeeaeeesececeesecesesaeessaeesseessneaeeeseeens 46 Re E 47 3 2 1 Content Of th Hitlist M H 47 5 2 2 NAVIGUIE SELECT MATR CREE 47 5 2 3 ua rp HET E w 49 hr aU dha 49 5 3 Notice VIC d rOEr 50 54 Document VIEW M 51 5 4 1 Different document formats eee seen en nene ee enai en neret neret tenete eren entere nennen 51 5 4 2 Navigating from page to page sessi eene nennen nennen Ea EE neret nere E E S nene tenen 53 5 4 3 Navigating from subdocument to subdocument eee eese eene nennen rennen nnne 54 5 4 4 Navigating from occurrence to occurrence esee eee eee ener ne restent neret nene enne enne 55 5 4 5 Simultaneous view of two parts of one document eee esee eene nennen enne 56 5 4 6 Reorganize a do0cumehi seinien EE iaaeaie pini ao esie epi pene aa utes pack eie ee teta Een Re NES ph 57 5 5 Additional features alee ERI EE REED He p HR Re ERE TE RE Ree EE ERE eoe n 58 3 5 1L hyperlink to Esp eaNt uu ao out Oa peteko
67. e to select and transfer certain parts of the display to the clipboard This allows you cut and paste text and or images from a document from the disc into other Windows applications e g a word processor or an image editor Simply select the relevant area the selection will be highlighted and use the Copy function available from the Edit menu or the normal Windows shortcut keys There will be no visible effect but your selection will then be temporarily stored on the clipboard This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 62 5 5 8 Manipulating an image in the document To manipulate an image included in a document it must first be extracted and then viewed in a special window Simply double click on an image to extract it and the image will then appear in a new window To close the new window click on the button in the upper right hand corner of the window 1 2 Mimosa Image from page 1 of EP 0811570 A2 19971210 Mm E File Edt View Options Tools Window Help kesrek w 5 ec es p M pw lca gs a 5 e ones zi amp EP 0811570 A2 LESIAEULUI E Image from page 1 of EP 0811570 A2 19971210 ch E 1 LL Hr L Jap 5 oshiyukt ig amp Partner 170 33 30 N26 g one or more rotor units of a simple g a disk shaped base plate with a lenter a plurality of radially
68. ent series have a complementary index database series The index databases contain the bibliographic information for all the patent documents published on every disc in a collection These index databases naturally include references to the discs where the patent document was published Notices for all ESPACE EPA discs are stored on six CD ROMs in the ACCESS EPA collection begin 2003 These are also available on a single DVD ROM From a technical perspective the various MIMOSA compatible optical disc collections can be divided into two major categories Prior to 2000 most discs were produced using a database technology called GTI V1 These discs could be consulted using Patsoft DOS application software Complete patent documents stored on these GTI V1 discs are in the form of facsimile images Today the GTI V3 technology is used to construct the databses On the majority of these GTI v 3 discs with a few exceptions complete patent documents are stored in SGML format full text format Therefore they new functions can be offered such as full text searching proximity operators to find two words a specific distance from one another coexistence searching an increased number of search criteria etc The MIMOSA software can be used to consult both the existing backlog of GTI v 1 archive discs and the newer GTI v 3 discs Each collection of discs offers a particular set of search criteria All these criteria are associated with a special code or
69. ent view and also in Notice view The command for this Se is as follows n Sees Des ENNNE EVEN in a document View Highlight block After this option has been selected the cursor will change to a icon Select the relevant passage to be highlighted in the same way as you would select text to be copied to the clipboard To cancel highlighting use the Erase Highlight block option from the view menu The cursor changes to a X and then you simply click on the highlighting to be removed Please note that this feature is only available for full text mixed mode type documents In the case of documents from ESPACE discs where the patent is displayed from a facsimile image this option cannot be used Moreover this option is not available in certain fixed text parts of mixed mode full text documents For example it is not possible to highlight text that is not obtained from the patent document data itself but rather from the style sheet such as the document heading EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 5 5 6 Full text search MIMOSA provides the facility to search for a word or expression in the document displayed Please note that this feature is also only available for full text mixed mode type documents In the case of documents from ESPACE discs where the patent is displayed from a facsimile image this option cannot be used Mm mem Wem De 5 5 7 Copy information to clipboard When viewing a document it is possibl
70. essary CD ROM files into their corresponding folders you can install a MIMOBases server see Installing a jukebox server chapter The subdirectories will be recognised as different CD ROM s This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 16 Open database x CDROM File Jukebox Goto CDROM access EPA Add server MIMOSA ACCESS EPA amp MACC1998002 MIMOSA ACCESS EPA 1998 002 D MACC1998003 MIMOSA ACCESS EPA 1998 003 amp MACC1998004 MIMOSA ACCESS EPA 1998 004 amp MACC1998005 MIMOSA ACCESS EPA 1998 005 Type Database E 4 QUERY MODE 4 1 Search language GTI MIMOSA searches a database using the GTI search language J ouve proprietary format There are two search masks interfaces available that allow you to formulate queries in this language in a fairly straightforward manner the form mask and the expert mask The form search mask is intended for less experienced MIMOSA users and it is not necessary for you to fully understand the GTI syntax to search a database using it The expert search mask is more suitable for experienced users and many beginners may also find it to be more intuitive In spite of the simplified features of the form mask it is still useful to understand the basics of the GTI query syntax in order to profit from all of its features 4 1 1 Creating a segment A
71. ew CD ROM into a drive when this window is still open you may up date the CD ROM list using the Refresh button 4 The selection box 5 filters the search to the main database or the pilot index database Please note that not all CD ROMs contain a pilot index database This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 12 3 2 File tab This tab provides access to a database stored in a folder on your hard drive This database could be an update to a BULLETIN database downloaded from the Internet If you have copied the content of a number of CD ROMs to a hard drive we recommend that you use the J ukebox tab to access your databases Please consult the copying a database to a hard drive section in the following chapter Ope database CDROM Fie Jukebox Search gj PBL1897041 a Mimosa rom D Wukebox2 PBL1997041 The File tab is in fact similar to the standard open file dialog box The selection box 1 allows you to both view the name of the current folder and to navigate to and select a new folder The button 2 allows you to go up one level in the folder architecture from the current folder The list 4 contains those files located in the current folder To open a database select the file from the list 4 and the full path for accessing the database will appear in 3 When the OK button is a
72. exhaust gas a recirculating device 5 V8V1 for recirculating the unbumt gas components separated from the adsorbent 42 to an upstream side ofthe catalysts 3a 3b and a temperature elevator for elevating a temperature of the adsorbent 42 after the unbumt gas components separated from the adsorbent 42 has been recirculated by the recirculating device 6 VSV1 FIG I 17 pagels 157140 doc s 1 docs selected 100 MEPAT997050 No ceandF LLTed 7 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 45 This mask can be configured or customised by the user that is to say you can resize each field and change the screen configuration by mouse click and menu options You can also choose independently to display or not to display the two additional fields using the toggle control entries in the View menu File E Document view F11 Notice view F12 Zoom Rotate Document navigation Page navigation Hit navigation gt Mark document Pads block v Hit List v Sub doc Navigator 5 1 3 Positioning the elements By default the Hitlist is displayed to the left side of the View window However itis possible to change the size and position of the field in which this hitlist is displayed The four icons below allow you to choose to display the hitlist in one
73. f the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 51 MIMOSA also provides the option to select which Notice fields are to be displayed exported or printed Under the Notice tab in Product preferences MIMOSA displays a list 1 of all possible fields in the active database From this list you can select fields not to be displayed 2 in order to display only your preferred data amongst all the information contained in the Notice Similar choices can also be made printing and exporting the Notice data Please note that not all patents in the current database will necessarily include data in all these fields Product settings x Product definition Notice Hitlist SGML Style Sheet Synonyms Sub document definition Form mask Notice Fields Don tprint Dontdownload Don t display App number Application number ent citation CD Patent citation 1 Ds Designated State ER Publication Num ET English Title Cw Non patent citation DAN Divisional Applic FT French Title GT German Title IC All classification IN Inventor MC Main Classification PA Applicant PAN Parent Applicat PR Priority data RP Representative OK Annuler Appliquer Aide 5 4 Document view 5 4 1 Different document formats Documents in databases supported by MIMOSA are divided into two major formats Documents on all
74. h and name in field 3 indicate the active search query file By default MIMOSA automatically opens the most recently used query file To open a different query file enter the name of the file in field 3 and click on the Open button LALA E Ez All queries contained in the query file will be displayed in list 7 In the active file it is possible to delete complete queries using the Suppress button 1 add queries from the history list button 8 and amend an existing query or segments thereof using the Properties button 2 The Properties button allows you to amend whichever query has been selected from the list in 7 Query property Eg Query i laser OR GT laser OR FT laser r Properties Logic name used in batch downloading function to separate queries Laser in Title Comments Do not forget to define synonyms to use this queries in USA products l This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 40 This option can be used to amend the body of the query itself but also to associate a logical name and a comment to this query The logical name is used in the export function of the MIMOBatch software to create a directory tree file architecture The comment field is only for information and is not used in any processing operation Please remember to save your
75. he fields not to be downloaded from this list MIMOSA provides three formats for downloading notices Make your selection in the Download Notice field 8 7 2 1 Text format With this option notices are downloaded one after the other each notice being separated by a blank line Each line corresponds to a notice field It is made up of the data field code and its data content Empty fields do not appear in this format In the following example only the PN ET and PA fields of five notices have been downloaded EP 0812662 Al 19971217 COMPOSITE SENSOR ROBOT SYSTEM FANUC LTD 13110 Al 19971217 arts recording film with blue base AGFA GEVAERT N V EP 0813192 A1 19971217 System for discriminating optical discs PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION EP 0813193 A1 19971217 OPTICAL DISC SONY CORPORATION EP 0814382 A1 19971229 Improved photoresists and method for making printing plates PRINTING DEVELOPMENTS INC 7 2 2 Database format With this option you download export notices in a format that can be readily imported into other Windows applications such as Microsoft EXCEL Microsoft ACCESS etc Each notice is downloaded as a single line each notice field being separated by the character The first line contains only the data field codes for the notice fields downloaded In the following example only the fields PN ET and PA of four notices have been downloaded PN ET PAG 0812662 199
76. he hitlist shows that the twelfth highlighted document in the list contains 13 occurrences of the term laser Please note that not all search terms provide information on the number of occurrences For example if you search for dates of publication using AD 19900525 19900612 19900710 the occurrence column will only contain 1 s since each document can only have one date of publication 5 2 2 Navigate select mark By default MIMOSA selects and displays the first document from the hitlist You can then navigate through this list of documents Selecting a line from the hitlist displays the corresponding document You can navigate between documents by clicking to select an entry in the list of documents You can also move ee the list using the following Document navigation toolbar icons Menu entry NEN c the first document in the list View Document F irst document Ctrl HOME a Display the previous document View Document P revious document Ctrl UP a Display the next document View Document Next document Ctrl DOWN Display the last document in the list View Document Last document Ctrl END This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 48 You can select multiple documents from the hitlist using keyboard combinations Ctrl or Shift and the mouse To select a consecutive range of documents click on
77. he same number of document pages as in the displayed document In order to print a document MIMOSA no longer uses the information from the screen drivers but instead similar information from the printer drivers To avoid these differences there is an option available under the Interface tab in Software preferences called WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get With this option selected MIMOSA uses the same information for both viewing and printing and the number of pages will be the same in both instances However this option does cause a Slight impairment in view quality This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 53 Real time formatting of documents to be viewed is another performance issue Processing an entire document for display or printing may take up to one minute for very lengthy documents on low performance machines Therefore to avoid excessively long processing times there is an option for MIMOSA not to automatically format the entire patent document before display However in this case the software is initially unaware of the total page count in the displayed document The option is chosen with Display number of pages on first view of document in Product preferences on a collection by collection basis By default MIMOSA formats the entire document and calculates the total page count prior to displaying a docume
78. iew P age P revious page Move to page number View Page Page No Ps Display next page View P age Next page DOWN BM This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 54 5 4 3 Navigating from subdocument to subdocument All documents in the databases of any one disc collection have an identical layout For example all patent documents on MIMOSA EPA discs have the same generic structure Bibliography Abstract Descriptions Descriptions Claims Drawings and Search report Each of these components known as subdocuments contains specific information However certain documents Kind A2 on MIMOSA EPA discs do not include a search report and others Kind A3 comprise just the bibliography and the search report Nevertheless there are no documents that contain sub documents beyond those specified for the appropriate collection The overall size of the subdocument depends upon its type For example the search report subdocument very rarely exceeds two pages whereas the description subdocument in a patent may have very many pages To navigate to a particular subdocument you can either scroll through the pages until you reach the subdocument you require or MIMOSA offers the option to jump to the first page of a particular subdocument In the toolbar there is a selection box showing all the subdocuments in the current docume
79. ing allows you to specify precise parameters for printing All selections made in these print parameters are automatically saved and re used each time the P rint customized option is selected This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 65 Carry out the following actions before printing 1 Printer C N Name PROPI_JUKEOT HPSSi Properties Status Plus de papier 1 documents en attente Type HP LaserJet 55i Where LPT1 r Document range r Page range C The current document The current page NS Allthe documents All the pages OTid ds C From To fi The selected documents in the Hist C Subdocuments Lam From i To p v Nb copies 1 99 fi a Print Cancel Help Footer Iv Date v Page M Time Free text r Print facsimile documents in full size CM evimumsiee lmnimnan mad IV Print each notices on a new page Insert Form feed after each document in Re to Verso mode Hormallsice Printed from Mimosa Print PDF documents user default printer Change print properties 1 By default MIMOSA uses the printer options defined for the workstation and operating system Select Properties to change either the printer or its current settings as these will be automatically used for current printing Selecti
80. ing the mouse in combination with the Ctrl and Shift keys and then click on the Insert in query button Example EP 0812130 0812131 0812132 0812133 e Double click on an entry to insert this single entry in the edit field Unlike when using the Insert in query button neither the criterion nor the equals operator are inserted into the search query in the Edit field 4 5 5 History list After each valid query has been submitted it is automatically added to the top of the history list Each line in the history list is made up of five elements xl Key Result Database Query Parsed Query 4 5 MEPA2001001 ET board ET board ABE laser 1W beam MEPA2001001 RESUME laser ABF laser Append selected queries MEPA2001001 ABF laser ABF laser Replace selected queries Delete selected queries Print History e Query key n This key can be used within the edit field to enter the query into a new database or to combine it with other queries from the history list As an example if you enter the query 3 OR 2 MIMOSA will formulate the query abe laser OR ET LASERS LASER gt You can also inserta history key into a GTI query Forexample 2 ANDNOT KI A1 OR 2 AND KI A2 e MIMOSA displays the number of results from that search query in the second column This number only applies to the database to which the query has been submitted e The name Volume Identifier of
81. ing this feature are proceeded by the Br icon The following table contains a list of the various operators available to specify the order of terms and the distance between two terms Terml nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by a Me laser XIW bean o maximum of n words The order in Of a pulse laser beam to improve its which the two terms appear must be P P respected Terml nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by a maximum of n words The order in which they appear is not important AB laser 4W beam by a high laser energy and high beam quality This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 22 Terml nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by AF courants 3W exactly n words The order in which in ivid els e the 2 terms appear must be respected les courants de redresseurs individuels Terml nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by exactly n words The order in which they appear is not important AB irradiation 3W jpulse by the irradiation of a pulse laser To search for a sequence of three consecutive words e g electric motor car structure your query as follows ab electric 1W motor and motor 1w car and electric 2W car 4 1 8 Coexistence operators These operators come from the same family as proximity operators Their use
82. ings the window tiling option is more practical see Tiling a window paragraph in the Document view chapter This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 47 5 2 Hitlist 5 2 1 Content of the Hitlist The Hitlist contains references 1 to all documents matching the search criteria in the search performed For most collections this reference is made up of the publication number document kind and date of publication EP 0813273 A2 19971217 WO 9748536 A1 19971224 EP 0814593 A2 19971229 WO 9747397 A1 19971218 WD 9748155 A1 19971218 EP 0814334 A2 19971229 JE 14594 SHED j EP 081 4545 A2 19971 229 WO 3750158 A1 13371231 EP 0814546 A1 19971229 EP 0813272 2 19971217 WO 3750053 42 19971231 WO 9748519 A1 19971224 EP 0814358 A2 19971229 EP 0813192 A1 19971217 EP 0814550 A2 13371223 wo 3743833 A1 19971231 EP 0814547 A1 19971229 WO 9749149 41 19971224 EP 0812662 A1 19971217 jf E E N _ _ _ e E E E E a w w w w w Co Co CO l l 0 n BE m For MIMOSA GTI Version 3 databases only the hitlist also contains an Occurrence column 2 This information shows how many times hits one ofthe searched for terms appears in the document In this example the query ABE laser gave a result of 148 occurrences in 53 different documents T
83. ion version for network installation in the MIMOSA folder Secondly using the new SETUP software available in the MIMOSA folder on the server you can install MIMOSA to all client PC s over the network This SETUP installs a limited number of configuration files to the client PC and installs links to the main MIMOSA software components installed on the server This type of installation is a practical option if the client PC s do not have 30 MB of free memory available on their hard drives It also allows an administrator to simplify update operations over a large number of client P C s 2 2 1 Installation of MIMOSA on the server To install MIMOSA on the server follow the instructions described in the local installation chapter However at the Setup type stage select the server option The installation software will then install MIMOSA on the server It can also be used normally in local mode on this PC The installation software also copies the special client installation software to the MIMOSA folder Once installation of MIMOSA on the server is complete you can share the MIMOSA folder to allow viewing on all client PC s If you did not change the default folder you must share the C Program Files EPO MIMOSA V4x folder You may also have to change the sharing name of the folder 1 with a name of fewer than 8 letters with no spaces since WINDOWS 95 client PC s will not accept shared directories with long names Propri t
84. ird parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 43 Load a crossfile You can load a crossfile into the expert search mask from this option in the File menu By default MIMOSA opens the most recently saved crossfile You can however specify a different crossfile by name in field 3 The content of the file is displayed in the list MIMOSA collects the information together by occurrences In the following example the user saved a crossfile with the criterion KI over a result of 53 documents 32 documents 1 had a KI equal to Al the other 21 documents 2 had a KI equal to A2 Edit CrossFile r Crossfile file name You can also use these results to formulate a further search query If for example you wish to know the number of documents with a KI equal to A1 in the database you can select the A1 line from the list and click the Replace button MIMOSA will add the query KI A1 to the edit field in the Expert search mask This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 44 5 CONSULTING DOCUMENTS 5 1 General presentation 5 1 1 Switch from Query mode to View mode After a valid search query has been submitted and a non zero result has been returned MIMOSA provides the option to switch to View mode in order to consult the documents corresponding to the searched criteria Swit
85. late a query by adding your own GTI segments Q12 AND PUBL YES To submit your new query click on the submit button in the combination window 2 Please note that the result from your new query will only appear in the Result column 5 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 33 4 5 Expert mask 4 5 1 General presentation MIMOSA nl x Ele Edit View Options Tools Help amp amp e 5 amp F a j ie econ asasen German claims DAN Divisional Application Data DEE English Description Qs DEF French Description X DEG German Description EDP A doc publication date DS Designated states N EP EP publication number ET English title FT French title DOG Insert selected items No index loaded QeFULLT Full Text Index GT German title Vic All classification IN Inventor Kl Document kind x D Key Result Databasg Query Parsed Query 4 5 MEBACOOI001 ET board ET board 3 10 MEPAZO01001 ab laser 1 W beam ABE laser 1W beam 2 MEPA2001001 af laser ABF laser 48 2 MEPA2001001 abf laser ABF laser i gt IMEPA2001001 Notice a A The expert search mask is made up of four components The list of available search criteri
86. lso displays intermediate results from the various segments making up the overall query Note the form mask allows you to save the query but not reload it This is the greatest limitation of the form mask as compared with the expert mask However queries saved from the form mask can be reloaded in the expert mask and can be used in MIMOBatch However the form search mask does not allow the formulation of certain types of query In particular a search query may contain only two different segments using the same criterion For example it is not possible to formulate the following query AB laser OR AB neutron ANDNOT KI A1 The Expert search mask provides an interface similar to the common mask of previous versions of MIMOSA It does not impose restrictions on the full use of GTI syntax in formulating search queries It can be used to save and load your queries However although it provides far more freedom in formulation it is less intuitive in use than the forms mask Xm Ele Ea m amp eojsu ay rws aa Es Ha gt ws cares es am mmm IC i 4 3 Wizard The wizard has two main functions It allows the creation of simple queries step by step and it also provides assistance in learning how to use the two main search masks For every step the wizard shows the field 1 providing the same action in the active selected search mask This document is the proper
87. me is used by MIMOSA simply to distinguish between different servers In the location edit field 2 you must specify the folder in which all the subdirectories are located In the example shown in the previous chapter you would have had to specify Propi_IXOS views_pc in this field If using J KTOOLs enter the main JKTOOLs folder which is typically C J KTOOLs4 Add Jukebox Server x Server probarties Server Name ools Location CNIKTOOLS4S Next return to the ukebox tab and select for use the server you have just added in the Server selection window The list of CD ROMs available on this server is then automatically displayed This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 15 3 3 4 Copying a database to a hard drive This operation can improve MIMOSA s data access performance by a factor of between 20 and 50 If you have a large hard drive it may be better to copy the databases you use regularly into an appropriate subdirectory tree structure To access these databases you then open the appropriate database files from the file system displayed using the J ukebox tab On a drive with sufficient capacity create a directory folder on the root for example MIMOBases In this folder you are going to create as many subdirectories as the number of databases you wish to copy The name of
88. member that you can select just the fields you wish to print in Product preferences This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 66 Beginnig the printing of each document on a new sheet 7 Since version 4 1 the documents are printed in the same print job By default the documents are printed the ones following the others with no form feed If you parameterized your printer in Recto Verso mode this option enables you to begin the printing of each document on a new sheet i e to insert a blank page at the end of each document of which the number of page is odd Printing the PDF rather than the SGML 8 This option is available only for the collections MIMOSA EPA and MIMOSA EPB For these two products the documents are stored in SGML but also in PDF You can find these two types of files in the tree structure of repertory of the CDROMS EPA and EPB PDF Files are not available for the EuroPCT documents For the display the only SGML stream is used On the other hand for the printing you have the choice to print the SGML documents or the or PDF documents You may want to pint the PDF for example when you wish that your printing must be the exact image of the patent original paper Be careful if you select to print the PDF the documents are printed on the printer defined by default in WINDOWS If you select another
89. n to attach an annotation sticky note to each document These annotations are comments stored in a text file on your workstation that can then be consulted at any time You can attach a note either by using the Menu option the toolbar or the Document context menu Menu Mewety Shortcut kon a a a note to a document View Sticky note ee HB Notes are saved automatically by MIMOSA When there is a note available for a particular document the e icon appears at the top left of the document To edit or amend a note click on the note icon and amend the text in the dialog box which will appear To delete a note open the note in the same way and click on the delete button also in the dialog box Additionally all documents with attached notes are preceded with the D icon in the hitlist This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 60 Mimosa EP 0811468 A2 19971210 icf x File Edi View Options Tools Window Help laj x lt S t amp v P S e e a e amp s Em et en oon sip mg BE ES Pee Europ isches Patentamt Bibliography European Patent Office ADA aA 19 Office europ en des brevets Di li Claims 11 EP 0 811 4 Drawing 12 EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
90. ng the range of documents to be printed 2 You have choose to print just the current document all documents in the hitlist all marked documents all selected documents or a range of documents from the hitlist Select the view to be printed 3 There are three types of print out available the document notice the full document or the hitlist Please note that some databases e g index discs like ESPACE ACCESS only contain notices whereas other databases only contain a document view e g ESPACE LEGAL In these cases the unavailable view is not selectable grayed out Select image size 4 This option is only available for the products that use the IMAGE style sheet this means all the ESPACE products and most of the MIMOSA products that contains facsimile documents like MIMOSA WORD It allows you to select whether to print pages to their original size or to print them with a reduction factor 90 96 to provide room for printing a footnote Select the range of pages to be printed 5 When printing the current document there are four choices print current page all pages a range of pages or a selection of subdocuments When printing a number of documents the only choice available is to print either all pages from all selected documents or a selection of subdocuments Print mode for notices 6 When printing multiple Notices you can either print them one after the other or print them individually on separate pages Please re
91. nt The same selection box is used for switching from Notice view to Document view BE Document z Notice Bibliography Abstract Description Claims Drawing Search report To go straight to a particular subdocument select its corresponding entry from the selection box To permanently view the layout of the current document MIMOSA also offers the option to display the Document structure window 1 This has the same content and functions as the selection box in the toolbar 7 Mimosa EP 0811727 Al 19971210 Eile Edit View Options Tools Window Help amp RS tAv rsel aa 4 bb B eti e BB ooo E 21x Notice Document 1 Bibliography Abstract Description Claims Drawing Search report zdxl EP 0811727 A1 19971210 EP 0811835 A1 19971210 EP 0811882 A1 19971210 EP 0811453 42 19971210 EP 08118732 19971210 EP 0812033 A2 19971210 EP 0812040 A2 19971210 r namana 42 40042408 afl w i o 2 2 e Please note that this window is not displayed by default To display the window on the desktop selectthe document structure window option from the view menu This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 55 When you select a subdocument from the Document structure window or from the selection box on the toolbar M
92. nt only for discs containing first pages of patents e g MIMOSA FIRST PAJ or GLOBALPat In the case of discs that may contain very large documents e g MIMOSA EPA MIMOSA formats only that part of the document necessary for display of the complete first page In this instance you will only see the total number of pages in the document by jumping to the end of the document and forcing the formatting process The number of the current page being displayed is shown in the first field on the status bar The information in this field is structured as follows n x page s where n is the current page number and x is the full document page count Unless the option Display number of pages on first view of document has been selected in Product preferences the number x will be displayed as until the end of the document has been reached 3 pagels page three of the document is being displayed the end of the document has not yet been reached 15 15 page s the document contains a total of 15 pages 5 4 2 Navigating from page to page If the current document comprises more than one page you can navigate from page to page For information on how pages are formatted and calculated in an SGML document please refer to the previous paragraph It is possible to navigate within a document using Menu options Shortcuts or the Document navigation bar Menu entry Display first page View P age First page Display previous page V
93. nterpreted Examples AB laser ET neutron PD gt 19880920 PA ACTEL CORPORATION EP 0812131 0813088 4 1 2 Combining segments together connectors More than one segment can be combined to either limit or extend the range of the search Connectors can also be used to define the order in which the query segments should be processed or treated Connectors from any of the available interface languages can be interchanged freely BM Documents must LE i the two query segments linked by an AND connector Documents satisfying only one of the two segments will not be found Documents must satisfy one or other or both of the query segments linked by an OR connector ANDNOT ETSAUF Documents must satisfy the first query segment but will be excluded if they also satisfy the second query segment ORNOT OUSAUF Documents Documents must satisfy the first query segment OR must not satisfy the second the first query segment OR must not satisfy the second AE eel only to one segment It returns all documents that do not satisfy the segmentto which this connector applies Examples AB laser AND PD gt 19880920 The query returns all documents containing the word laser in the abstract and which were published after 1988 09 20 AB aser OR AB neutron The query returns all documents containing the word laser or the word neutron or both words atthe same time This document is the pro
94. oad dialog box allows you to specify precise parameters for downloading All selections made in these download export parameters are automatically saved and re used each time the Download option is selected Carry out the following actions before downloading Download Download of Hit List for batch eee The current document C Allthe documents Page range Subdo Allthe pages cuments The mar ed documents The selected documents in the hitlist C From fi To 1 O NE Select file to download d Program Files EPO MIMOSA V 4 2 Download Hitl 4 gt _ gt ESPACE Images C BACON Images TIFF Images ist batch tt y Download document m Download notice C SGML Images C DataBase format RTF Files Text format PDF Files C RTF format Select CD ROM ref to export i Select the view to be downloaded 1 There are four types of download export available document notice full document hitlist or the hitlist for batch Please note that some databases e g index discs like ESPACE ACCESS only contain notices whereas other databases only contain a document view e g ESPACE LEGAL In these cases the unavailable views are not proposed More specific configuration details for each type are described in the following paragraphs Selecting the range of documents to be downloaded 2 You have choose to download just the
95. of large numbers of documents or view documents across multiple databases or discs Index discs comprise databases containing usually only the Notice and references to discs where a more complete document can be found Since the Notice is fully indexed and searchable these discs are usually used to perform a broad search leading to an initial selection of pertinent documents from all those available in the collection Before performing a search on this type of database you choose which references are to be downloaded When downloading a hitlist for batch such from an index disc e g ESPACE ACCESS choose the disc references to be included in the exported file from the selection box available atthe very bottom of the Download dialog box For example in ACCESS EPA you can download document references to either ESPACE EPA discs or ESPACE WORLD discs or ESPACE FIRST discs or if you prefer all these references together This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 71 8 GLOSSARY A C Caract res g n riques iiio ien tient ifo 19 Coexistence Collections CONMGCHONS 34556sssdsss sssdessisssdassbssadasabssadasasasadasabassessaeaeeeas 15 COPY susessseneeeseeeceeeepeenenpai E EE nis 56 CTOSSEMeS 5 o nderit esee ep ee p ert espere erba pr b o 38 D Dictionary 52ns22522e59o059 09h uh 6 Document
96. of the MIMOSA application software This is the default search mask when MIMOSA is installed Jh MIMOSA cf x File Edit View Options Tools Help S S amp s 5 ve e os m ols Mains fonctions __ con ce Main supplementary int classi Clear all queries Publication number PUNR Application number APNR Submit query Date of filing APDT l aed Publication of application 41 Designated contracting states View mode Priority number PRNR Priority date PRDT I g SNOWBOARD T30 doc s found English title TTLE German title TTLG Iv All Patents French title TTLF French title TTLF Proprietor s GTNM Representative s RENM I5 Grant of patent PSDP OVERALL QUERY TTLE SNOWBOARD Tip the other modes Expert Search Mask WIZARD search mask BL Z This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 26 It offers additional features over the Expert mask such as the option to restrict the number of available criteria on a collection by collection basis If you regularly use only five criteria you can choose not to display or have available the other criteria We believe that this provides you with a more user friendly interface The Form search mask a
97. omatically sorted by MIMOSA The Description column 2 contains the name of the collection to which the CD ROMs belong This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 14 3 3 2 What systems are compatible with MIMOSA If you are using a different jukebox management system to IXOS or J KTOOLs you can perform a check as to whether your system is compatible with the MIMOSA application software MIMOSA is compatible with systems providing access to CD ROMs available in a jukebox presenting a file system or list of subdirectories each CD ROM having a corresponding subdirectory The name of these subdirectories must correspond to the label of the CD ROM since MIMOSA uses the name of these subdirectories to determine the CD ROM collection available Ba Propi_ixos views_pc Fichier Edition Affichage amp ller Favoris 2 Adresse E WPropi_ixos views_pe e 9 4 3X Ra CA 0 K a Ed C dop13350 01 C macc1998 004 C pbl19970 41 C3 epb19980 45 macc1998 005 pct19980 13 acb19970 02 epb19980 46 E macc1988 mv phi19920 01 acb19980 03 E esa19970 01 mace1998 001 prb19960 01 acc19970 01 C3 esp19980 57 C3 mca19950 01 pta19800 50 acc19970 02 esp19980 58 mcis1998 001 pta19950 04 J acc19980 03 C3 fra19920 01 mepa1998 049 rus19910 01 acc19980 04 C3 fst19950 01 mepb1998 037 svn19940 01
98. oriented g on one ofthe surfaces ofthe base Pripheral walls each associated with of the partition walls and disposed IE 6 321 K phery ofthe base plate with gaps in X tion units are assembled walls of qy t h the base plate of another unit i 600 00er mi A TY ne amp If the rotor 21 The device may also include nozzles 31 for blowing air toward front edge ofthe sucked paper gate plates 26 for blocking any overlapping sheet P of paper which may be attached to the sucked paper nozzles 27a for blowing air to separate any overlapping sheet P of paper which may be attached to the sucked paper or a friction pad 40 which has a coefficient of friction smaller than that of the belt 11 and is adjustably O disposed so as to be selectably either in contact or not in contact with the belt 11 The suction rotor 21 is Ready 191 MEPA1997050 Notice and FULL Text 7 All commands associated with this window for image manipulation can be accessed through the menu the toolbar or the context menu right hand button in image ee l e GNE E Copy part of image to clipboard selectthe part to be Edit Copy Ctrl 4C copied using the mouse Printimage Edit P rint current EE Export Export only in context menu EE Rotate left View R otate R otate left Ctrl 2 Rotation right View R otate R otate right Ctrl 1 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may
99. output light capable of effectively eliminating noise from or reshaping of input optical short pulses of a pulse width of pico second order shorter than a caprertie time The device comprises a semiconductor element 11 17 be POWER means 12 6 iracting an Ic current to the IUNFUT OPTIEAL PUBL WAVELENT semiconducth element fnr obtaining an oscillation En d our a IBEMICONDUCTOR EE state of the seitco fcto laser Blement meeng 13 14 papero 18 for injecting into the SB enductof laser YJiement DR CEILLETUN rti ilo input optical short pulses of a wavelength eheffer than Mum SUMEMIRPMERICAL oo that of the gscillation light of said IAIEMISPHERACAL S semiconductor plement and means 15 19 for FIBER taking out opita short pulses emitted from the Menu entry View Hit navigation F irst hit Shift HOME View Hit navigation P revious hit Shift UP View Hit navigation Next hit Shift DOWN View Hit navigation Last hit Shift END Please note that such positional information is only available in MIMOSA GTI Version 3 type databases Moreover not all queries return the hit count information If for example you are searching for a date of publication e g AD 19900525 19900612 19900710 no hit information will be available since a document contains only one date of publication In general only text fields title abstract description etc offer this feature This document is the property of the Euro
100. pean Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 56 5 4 5 Simultaneous view of two parts of one document This option allows two parts of the same document to be displayed at one time For example it is possible to split a window into two parts either horizontally or vertically and view the abstract in the first pane and the drawings in the second pane To split a window into two panes the procedure is as follows e Point the cursor to the tile bar j at the top of the vertical scrollbar to split the window vertically or the one to the right of the horizontal scrollbar to split the window horizontally E e When the mouse pointer changes to F slide the tile bar to the desired location e To return to a single window double click on the tile bar Mimosa EP 0811986 A1 19971210 ol File Edit View Options Tools Window Help lal x amp amp S aul aAw P S 6 amp A n e ig e s os mtd b aanne 64 Page mode memory device with multiple level memory cells l Reon nt m memory page MP1 M m ROPE INCE OPO Ir 57 A page mode X semiconductor Flg 2 OCUMENTE CONSIDERED TO BE RELEYAN memory device comprises a matrix 1 of memory cells Sra org da Ph I 7 MC arranged in rows R and columns C each row R Ke e PH NCMO Seres DEO tnos i WAD E i i
101. perty of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 18 AB laser ANDNOT KI 2A1 All documents returned will be those containing the word laser but of a different kind to A1 NOT ABE laser The query returns all documents not containing the word laser 4 1 3 Connector priority amp ambiguous search queries If different operators are entered into a single search query the query may become ambiguous Therefore when a query is submitted MIMOSA first transforms parses it to suppress any ambiguities For example the query ABE laser OR ABE 2 neutron ANDNOT KI A1 could be interpreted in 2 different ways e ABE laser OR ABE z neutron ANDNOT KI 2A1 e ABE laser OR ABE 2 neutron ANDNOT KI 2A1 The 2 queries return 2 different results In any event the best way to avoid getting a result different from what you except is to add the brackets to the query yourself If no brackets are included in the query the MIMOSA software solves the query from left to right The different connectors do not have any priority The criteria used in the query do not have any effect on the connector priority The following list of examples illustrate these rules aga Submitted query Parsed query 1 ABE laser AND KI Al OR ABE neutron ABE LASER AND KI A1 OR ABE NEUTRON 2 ABE laser OR KI Al AND ABE neutron ABE LASER OR KI
102. pl Phys 2 112 WO 9748536 A1 18971224 GROUT OR MORTAR REMOVAL BY LASER GODDARD David John 3 8 EP 0814593 A2 19371228 Image reading apparatus Klunker Schmitt Nilson Hirsch 4 7 WO 9747397 A1 19971218 CO 2 LASER MARKING OF COATED SURFACE MUELLER Jery K Jr Rh R wn 9748165 1 19971718 SNI In amp shi S TATF LASER SYSTEM FOR III TR RASS Inhn R This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 50 5 3 Notice view There are generally available two styles for viewing results Notice view and Document view Most collections offer both styles but a few collections only feature one or the other view In notice view only the main bibliographic data fields of the patent are displayed The abstract may also be displayed again depending on the disc series Most of the bibliographic data shown is normally printed on the first page of a patent document This information typically includes dates names and perhaps most importantly technical classifications Kesra IAO je meom Bt e uec 1 EP0811983A1 1937121 2 32_ 1 EP 081198541 1997121 33 2 EP0811986A1 1997121 US 601716 19960215 34 8 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 EP 0811474 A2 19971210 34 8 EP08
103. relationship to one another by using the proximity operators Please remember that only those criteria preceded with the 3 icon support these operators So to search for the consecutive words laser and beam in the English abstract you would use the following syntax nain abstract ABE f ser 1w beam You can change the modality of the input field using the Interface tab under Software preferences 7 Intermediate result MIMOSA displays the intermediate result of each segment 4 4 3 Index or dictionary An index is a complete and sorted listing of all entries corresponding to a specific search field which are available in the database For example a date index provides a full listing of all dates of this type on the disc currently being consulted Therefore you may select the entries to be added to the present query from this list Browsing an index in this way can also be useful if either you are not certain of the format to be used to formulate a search query or you know only approximately what you are looking for or you simply want to make multiple selections for searching within a given criterion To display and then browse the index of a criterion in the form search mask click its corresponding button in the criterion column in the grid Index for the ET criteria ACCESSED AC AC AC ACI ACI AC AC AC AC 1 5 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ACCOUN CESSIBILI
104. rogram group e D MIMOSA this is the main component offering a range of functions to access MIMOSA and ESPACE databases construct your queries submit those queries view the retrieved documents etc e 8 MIMOBatch this software allows you to submit a series of queries to one or a number of databases in a single operation You can then view download or print the resulting documents e amp MIMOViewer this tool is a viewer mainly intended for electronic documents extracted from MIMOSA mixed mode databases using MIMOSA or MIMOBatch These documents are exported in the form of SGML and image files These files can then be exchanged stored on any medium and viewed with the aid of this small application The software can also be used to view some other common file formats 0 JKTOOLs this software only runs under Windows 95 It is used to manage local jukeboxes the jukebox must be directly connected to the station that is to use it Within these limits the software allows you to create a database containing references to all the CD ROMs in the jukebox This database is used by MIMOSA or MIMOBatch to automatically load one or more CD ROMs in the jukebox For details of more sophisticated jukebox management solutions pleas contactthe cd rom help desk atthe EPO This document provides a detailed description of the various features of the main component MIMOSA Documentation for each of the other three components can be found in the DOCUMENTA
105. ry for searching in the database either click on the Submit query button 1 or press Enter The number of results is shown in the yellow field 3 Whenever the query returns a non zero result the View mode button is activated Use this button to view documents found by the query The amp icon on the main toolbar can also be used to switch to view mode The Query button 4 is used to save or reload queries in the edit field by activating the Query Manager The toolbar for the edit window offers a range of functions to assist in formulating a GTI query The buttons 11 can be used to insert an operator The three buttons 10 insert one of the wildcards The three buttons 9 insert one of the connectors The button 8 is used to clear the current query The button 7 starts a wizard for formulating a proximity or co existence operator Finally button 6 is used to select the fontto be used in the edit field This final option can only be used in certain collections e g PRECES discs to view Romanian data This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 35 e You can customise how the input window functions by using the interface tab of software preferences menu item This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User
106. s de MIMOSA V4 Beta2 I2 x G n ral Partage C Non partag r Partag en tant que Nom de partage MIMOSA Commentaire Installation MIMOSA V4 Nombre limite d utilisateurs Maximum autoris Autoriser E utilisateurs Permissions Annuler Appliquer 2 2 2 Installation of MIMOSA on the client PC s On every client PC you must open the MIMOSA folder shared on the file server PC and launch the SETUP EXE software located in this folder You do not need to load or map a volume name MIMOSA uses the UNC paths e g Server INSTALL SETUP EXE After launching the SETUP software follow the instructions for the various Steps to complete the installation This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 10 2 3 Update 2 3 1 Collection update To facilitate the product configuration an option allows a new product to auto configure the system The new product parameter files the collect file the style sheet are stored in a special sub directory of the CDROM This system allows installation without any action by the end user It can support a new product or modify an existing one This system is activated each time you load a CDROM 2 3 2 Software update In addition to the collection auto configuration system another system based on an Internet server facilitates M
107. ser OR ABF laser OR ABG laser ABE OR ABF OR ABG laser factorized form 4 1 5 Default connector If you do not specify the connectors between two words or criteria MIMOSA applies a default connector There are two default connectors for both terms and criteria Default connectors are defined in the software preferences t the default operator between Word Criterion m Sub document management v Auto scroll to previous selected sub doc Therefore should the default connectors be setto OR MIMOSA will interpret the following queries by replacing the spaces with OR connectors ABE ABF laser gt ABE laser OR ABF laser EP 0812134 OR 0812135 n ut n P 0812134 0812135 1 EP T This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 21 Because of this automatic substitution itis essential that you place an expression containing a space character in quotation marks Therefore if you wish to search for the applicant name ACME CORPORATION which contains a space failure to use quotation marks will cause MIMOSA to understand that you are searching for two different words or terms and it will apply the default connector between them PA ACME CORPORATION PA ACME OR CORPORATION 4 1 6 Wildcards Wildcard MIMOSA provides three wildcards to be used when
108. server This type of installation is described in detail in the following chapter 2 1 3 Selecting the components to be installed By default the SETUP software will install MIMOSA MIMOBatch and MIMOViewer These are three separate software applications A brief description is provided in the Introduction chapter J KTOOLS is not installed by default You can amend this selection in order as required to install for example only the MIMOViewer software 2 1 4 Selecting the program group The SETUP software suggests a program group by default All the installed program icons are placed in this program group You can amend the name suggested or select to place the icons in an existing program group 2 1 5 Installation complete message When the installation is complete the SETUP software prompts you to run MIMOSA and view the release notes It is always sensible to read through the release notes to familiarise yourself with the latest developments limitations and possible problems known conceming the version of MIMOSA you have just installed This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 9 2 2 Server installation Server installation is performed in two steps MIMOSA must first be fully installed as normal on a file server In addition to all the usual MIMOSA components the SETUP software will install a software installat
109. sscesessecesaeesseeseeeaeeeneeeneeesaes 8 2 1 5 Installation complete message sccceseecesscceseceseeessseesseecescecscecescecesaeesssaceceeceeeseeaeeesseeeseesseaaeseeaeeeaeeesaes 8 22 CT ree CE 9 2 2 1 Installation of MIMOSA on the server assesses eene enne enne nennen eneen neret nere n nene enene entere 9 2 2 2 Installation of MIMOSA on the client PC s eene enne nennen eene eten ener enne e nnne 9 fuU c P 10 2 3 1 Collection update eese eene enne nen nennen nene en ens eenes entere sete ttes enne entere nnne enne en 10 2 3 2 Software upddie aee i eite ende eie ee sedet e a eene etude diete aaao uites 10 3 Opening r 11 31 CDROM tabene seson ieres Ee E EAS E EEEE EEEE NEEESE EREE E EA EEE E EEE AE ONRET 11 3 2 lc o E S E T E E S E EEEE E T E E A 12 3 34 Jukebox M C eie E E E E E E alae ia eee eet 12 33 1 Using the Jukebox tab esi ese adve e gt EAA E Ee UE de Ee ee aine EENES 13 3 3 2 What systems are compatible with MIMOSA esses eene eene nennen nennen enne ener 14 3 3 3 Installing a JukeDOX Server ci ee eret e etie ess dete rs Aeiesaselces dye dett de eie ep Mens idus 14 3 3 4 Copying a database to a hard drive eese eene nene nere nnne enne 15 n P M 16 4 1 Search language GTI pere ene tete tne pete hode
110. the criteria causes a listing of the entries of the corresponding index to be loaded in the index window Double clicking on one of the criteria both displays the listing of the corresponding index and also inserts the criterion code in the edit field of the query Remark Some products offers a list of indexes grouped with headings like the BULLETIN product for example Ca Bibliographic C Examination C Opposition C Other RCCY E RCDT LCDS D0 E E f LCNM Conversion into a national Application Conversion into a national Application Designated States of Licenses Licensee s Name Lapses Country Lapses Date Lapsed extension country Date of lapse for an Extension Extension Country Extension Date This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 37 4 5 4 Index This section only features actions specific to the expert search mask For more detailed information on the complete index features please refer to the Form mask paragraph in the Index section e To insert an entry in the current query select it with the mouse and then click on the Insert in query button This inserts the search criterion the equals arithmetic operator and the selected entry into the edit field Example EP 0812130 e To insert more than one entry into the current query by a single operation select them us
111. the database to which the search query was submitted is displayed in the third column It is possible to change to another database while MIMOSA is running e The search query in GTI format is displayed in the final column e The parsed version of the query It is possible to re submit queries from the history list into the edit zone at any time Clicking on an entry in History replaces the current query with the selected query from the history list To insert more than one query from the history list into the edit zone start by selecting them with the mouse in combination with the Ctrl and Shift keys This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 38 The right mouse button will display a special context related menu for the History list This menu allows you to e Delete the selected entries from the history list e Replace the current query with the selected entries e Add the selected entries to the current query e Print history If you insert more than one search query from the history list in the edit zone MIMOSA formulates each query with the default connector This logical connector is defined in Software preferences under the option Default connector between queries from the history list 4 5 6 Save Load a query Two different ways are available to save and load queries The options Save last submitted query
112. the final entry in the selection while holding down the Shift key It is also possible to combine these two operations Should you wish to select a large range of consecutive entries but then exclude one or a few entries within the selection select the entire range using the Shift Mouse click combination and then deselect the entries you do not require by clicking on them while holding down the Ctrl key This is now standard Windows functionality in lists 4 4 4 Filters The Filter zone allows you to limit the scope of your search queries Please note that this option is only available for a small number of collections y All Patents Kind A2 Kind 43 If the All patents 1 option is checked further selections are disregarded When option 1 is unchecked all the selection boxes are active and MIMOSA includes each filter when formulating the overall search query The filter window allows you to add additional conditions to the query defined in the search grid For example the MIMOSA FIRST collection provides a filter to search for a particular kind of document If you are searching for the term laser in the French abstract and if you select the entry Kind A1 in the filter window MIMOSA creates the query ABE laser AND KI Al This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 32 4 4 5 Combination This
113. the first document to be selected Then click on the final document in the desired selection whilst holding down the Shift key To select several documents that are not consecutive in the list hold down the Ctrl key and click on all relevant documents one after the other It is also possible to combine these two operations Should you wish to select a large range of consecutive entries but then exclude one or a few entries within the selection select the entire range using the Shift Mouse click combination Then deselect the entries you do not require by clicking on them while holding down the Ctrl key This is now standard Windows functionality in lists EP 0812662 A1 19971217 WO 9750159 A1 19971231 WO 3750133 A1 19971231 EP 0814382 A1 19971229 rinm 4 4n 2 100056 You can then use the K 4 P M icons document navigation toolbar to navigate exclusively through this sub set selection of documents You can also use this sub set selection in the print and export functions This is only one of two options available to differentiate between documents You can also mark documents of interest ee the following feature wc Dee REN NES a document View Mark document Hj The marking function acts as a sub set selection and is mainly used for viewing of documents Once a document has been marked a tick appears in the hitlist in front of the document reference With the export and print
114. to locate abstracts from one company and then to use the names of the inventors to find other patent documents in which the same inventor names are cited Please note that this option is restricted to MIMOSA GTIV3 discs and certain search criteria Save a crossfile To save a crossfile perform a valid search query and then switch from query mode to view mode The Save crossfile option can be accessed from the File menu Save Crosfile x m Esport crossfile from field r Document range C The current document AD Application Date j DP Publication Date EP EP Publication The uments KI Document Kind 1 PD Priority Date C The selected documents ih the Hitlist wo WO Publication C From fj To fi Crossfile file name C Program Files EPO MIMOSA V4 Beta2 Download crosstfile txt Cancel Help Before saving a crossfile choose the folder in which the text file is to be saved 3 You also need to select the type of information to be extracted from the documents resulting from your search by choosing a search criterion from the list 1 of available terms Finally select the range of documents to be processed You can extract data from all documents the current document or selected documents To complete the action click the Save button This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to th
115. ty of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 27 WIZARD x Same action in Form search mask In previous step s you built the query DS Select one or several term s in the following browse list Al the terms displayed here are stored in the database To reach a term in the browse index you can keybord its fisrt leters in the edit box ijela patera be EP ate 12127 Nb Occurrences _ Index for the DS criteria The wizard can create a simple segment of the CRITERION OPERATOR TERM type example AB laser and can combine this first segment with other segments using connectors in order to reduce or increase the number of hits There are similarities between the Wizard and previous interfaces known as Assisted or Novice mode This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 28 4 4 Form mask 4 4 1 General presentation Th AUMOSA lolx File Edit View Options Tools Help amp 8 6 TET Ns gt n agmen Form mask alara HU al Ig K Publication number EP WO EUROPCT number NO Publication date DP Document kind KI E Application number 4N ee O
116. vis James C Jr Carlisle Massachusetts 01741 US Representative Hertz Oliver et al v Bezold amp Partner Brienner Strasse 52 80333 M nchen DE Remarks This application was filed on 10 09 1997 divisional application to the application met under INID code 62 54 Articulated arm transfer device 57 An articulated arm transfer device employs a pair of upper arms gach upper arm being rotatable at its shoulder end and a pair of forearms each forearm being rotatable at its wrist end The elbow ends of each pair are connected to each other by a link means The shoulder ends are mounted on a support in such a manner that shaft in the opposite direction The elbow enc upper arm is fixed to its shaft while the elbow ei other upper arm is rotatably mounted on its st elbow end of one forearm is rotatably mountec shaftto which the elbow end of an upper arm is fi the elbow end of the other forearm is fixed to the which the elbow end of the other upper arm is zl 17 page s 144 128 doc s 1 doc s selected 100 MEPA1997050 Notice and FULL Text ZA This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 61 5 5 9 Highlight text MIMOSA also provides an option to highlight text in a document see screenshot in the previous paragraph You can highlight text in several passages in Docum
117. window is not displayed by default To view it select Combination from the View menu This window has a dual function as history and an edit query field ABE NEUTRON OR ABE LASER ABE NEUTRON ABE LASER AND PUBL YES ABE LASER History function Each valid query is added to the top of the list Each line is made up of a key n 4 the number of documents returned by the query 5 the key combination 6 and the GTI query 7 By using the grid and filters in the Forms mask to formulate a query MIMOSA creates a GTI query This is the query displayed in the Query column Double clicking on a line re enters the corresponding query into the grid All segments in the grid are updated These GTI queries can in turn be saved in a query file using the query manager button 3 Please note that the form Search mask does not allow GTI queries to be reloaded You can however use query files that have been saved in the Expert mask or in the Batch functions Combination function Each query is made up of segments each line in the grid corresponding to an individual segment Each segment is in turn associated with a Qn key which is displayed in the first column of the grid These keys only apply to the current search session i e for the segments visible in the grid You can combine n and Qn keys to reformulate your query in the edit field 1 012 OR Q5 AND O12 AND Q5 1 AND Q12 You can also reformu

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