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1. 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 drawings 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 43 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 ofthe publication number document kind and date of publication EP 0813273 A2 19971217 wo 9748536 A1 19971224 EP 0814593 A2 19971229 WO 9747397 1 19971218 WO 9748155 19971218 EP 0814334 A2 19971229 EP 0814594 A2 19971229 Mi WO 9749204 1 19971224 EP 0814545 A2 19971229 WO 9750158 A1 19971231 EP 0814546 A1 19971223 EP 0813272 A2 19971217 WO 9750053 A2 19971231 WO 9748519 41 19971224 _ EP 0814358 A2 19971223 EP 0813192 19971217 EP 0814550 42 19971228 _ WO 9749893 19971231 0814547 A1 19971229 _ WO 9749149 19971224 EP 0812662 A1 19971217 7 16 6 5 5 14 4 14 4 3 3 3 3 3 13 3
2. comands and means 18 19 for FIBER taking out oplitat Short pulses emitted from the Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Go to first hit View Hit navigation First hit Shift HOME Go to previous hit View Hit navigation P revious hit Shift UP z Go to next hit View Hit navigation Next hit Shift DOWN z Go to last hit 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 European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 52 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 a
3. tege iae e ke iue deben 20 MEE TU MER 20 ATO Date ERE 21 Aal LO UAE IP EE 22 ZH LI Classification ace i eret terres 22 4 2 Why choosed search mask eoe tee reir 22 3 WAZA M 24 k iaa EE 25 AAAS Gener l PIESCNIAUON EE 25 D EEG m mE 26 4AS OF AUCTONATY 27 qd 28 Is OX 29 4 5 Expert WAS M r 30 4 9 72 6 i n a EE NARE E R E S 30 43 2 Edit field i isst tae t RR ne E Eee E E be feces 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 CHENA RITE 32 AAT MEL C E 33 435 3 UHTSIOEV SL ire 33 4 5 6 SAVE QUETY Ss 34 d SV MOM VINS ias 37 45 9 et E E MERE 38 4959 syht x i iiie tre ette reed cases PER re Ple LESE E eee Haee a tete pl
4. lor French 1 1 Expert Search Mask OVERALL QUERY SNOWBOARD AND burton WIZARD search mask 11 77557771 77 Key Resut Combination 3 1 012 AND 016 burton 2 2 012 016 SNOWBOARD OR d 012 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 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 26 Options Tools Help m mode FB 4 View mode F3 Query Wizard Expert mask If you wish to revert to the original de
5. 0811570 2 19971210 EP 0811313 1 19971210 overhead purified propylene EP 0811345 A1 19371210 less than 0 1 ppm acetone EP 0811381 A1 19971210 from the reaction ofthe solve EP 0811412 19971210 1 Propanol removes impi formed by assembling one or more rotor units EP 0811431 A1 19371210 bottom of the column In 1 has a shelf 25 structure each having a disk shaped base EP 0811445 1 19971210 compared to triethylene glyci to be supplied and a throughhole at the center a plurality of radic EP 0811603 A1 19971210 Water and oxygen contair ve the shelf 25 The partition walls standing on one ofthe surfaces EP 0811617 19971210 standard distillation The penings 22 on outer plate and as many peripheral walls each ass 0811628 A1 19971210 these impurities from propyl up the paper from the corresponding one of the partition walls ar EP 0811727 A1 19371210 h sucking openings around the outer periphery ofthe base plate EP 0811835 A1 19971210 pulley 10 around the between These suction units are assembli Claims x suns 6 the suction rotor 21 one unit engaging with the base plate of anotr 1 An extractive distillatio ide the sucked paper oxygenated contaminant the rotor Q2 the steps of ing wound up around 0811893 1 19971210 0811866 Al 19971210 include nozzles 31 EP 0811963 19971210 the sucked paper gate 0812066 A1 19971210 bping sheet P of paper
6. 63 JA EDITA TU RE 63 64 7 3 Download GOCUMENUS 64 64 7 3 2 SGML A INI E 64 7 4 Download hitlist m 65 7 5 Download hitlist for 65 MNT TI 66 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 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 General information MIMOSA V4 is a software application for exploring databases searching and retrieving information The application allows you to search for data contained on the CD ROMs produced by the European Patent Office EPO and by its partners the various European Member States the J apanese Patent Office J PO the US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO etc The MIMOSA software is in fact made up of four components These components represent separate software applications Each application has an associated icon in the MIMOSA program group MIMOSA this is the main component offering a range of functions to consult MIMOSA and ESPACE databases build your queries submit such queries view the resulting documents etc MIMOBatch this sof
7. Europaisches Patentamt Bibliography European Patent Office Abstract al 9 office europeen des brevets e n EP 0 811 4 Mia 12 EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 4 43 Date of publication 51 B25J9 10 B25J 17 02 10 12 1997 Bulletin 1997 50 B25 18 00 1 EP O811963 41 1997121 32 1 EP 0811985 A1 1997121 21 Application number 97115770 6 33 2 EP 0811986 A1 1397121 34 8 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 22 Date offiling 27 12 1993 34 8 EP 0811388 1 1997121 z 1 E ane A d 2 84 Designated Contracting States Needham Massachusetts 02192 US 34 8 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE Davis James C Jr Carlisle Massachusetts 01741 US EP OST SO 199712 30 Priority 28 12 1992 US 997773 37 1 EP 0812019 A1 1937121 74 Representative 41 2 0811432 A2 1997121 42 1 0811440 2 1997121 62 Application number ofthe earlier application in Hertz Oliver et al 43 3 EP 0811453 42 1997121 accordance with Art 76 EPC 94906463 8 v Bezold amp Partner 44 1 EP0811468 421937121 Brienne 51825992 45 1 1474 2 1997121 1 Applicant 00333 M nchen DE a 1 EP0811496 421937121 Sonus Ze oto mas tustan 10 00 19 1 EP 0811746 A2 1997121 72 Inventors divisional application to the application mer Eastman Richard H
8. For MIMOSA GTI Version 3 databases only the hitlist also contains Occurrence column 2 This information shows how many times hits one of the searched for terms appears in the document In this example the query ABE laser gave a result of 148 occurrences in 53 different documents The 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 15 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 through the list using the following Document navigation toolbar icons Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Display the first document in the list View Document F irst document Ctrl HOME 4 Display the previous document View Document P revious document Ctrl UP 4 Display the next document View Document Next document Ctrl DOWN Display the last document in the list View Document Last document C
9. colo r colour color im uni ation Immunization immunisation 4 1 6 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 supporting this features are proceeded by the Xr icon The following table contains a list of the various operators available to specify the order of terms and the distance between two terms Opus Bam Terml nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by a AB Jaser tiit Beam e maximum of n words The order in Of a pulse laser beam to improve its which the two terms appear must be 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 laser 4W beam gt 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 20 Terml nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by AF courants 3W exactly n words The order in which individuals les courants de redresseurs individuels the 2 terms
10. OR IC ANDNOT IC 862002100 ANDNOT IC B62D02117 B62D021 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 ANDNOT 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 IC B62D009 OR IC2862D015 OR IC B62D021 IC B62D009 OR B62D015 OR IC ANDNOT IC B62D02100 1 862002117 B62D021 ANDNOT 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 IC2862D021 2 B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR IC B62D021 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 OR IC B62D02117 ANDNOT IC B62D02100 OR IC B62D02117 KD In the MIMOSA V4 software you can check how MIMOSA transform your query in the arsed query of the history This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third pa
11. 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 48 In documents from a MIMOSA FIRST disc for example the title of the patent is enclosed between lt 542 gt and lt B542 gt tags In the corresponding style sheet for MIMOSA FIRST the lt B542 gt tag contents are to be displayed in Arial font at the top right corner of page 1 DATE 19971229 DATE BNUM 199752 BNUM lt B430 gt lt B400 gt lt B500 gt lt B510 gt lt B516 gt 6 B516 lt 511 gt 6G 02B 26 10 A lt B511 gt lt B512 gt 6H O4N 1 06 lt 512 gt B510 B540 lt B541 gt 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 B542 lt B541 gt FR lt B541 gt 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
12. Variable name Inid62 String value gt Do DisplayText ParagraphStyle sInid gt String value 62 gt lt DisplayTex ParagraphStyle sFixTxt gt Resource name EarlApp Style sheet 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 P C workstation to another In particular when printing a document you will not necessarily obtain the 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 49 Real time formatting of documents to be viewed is another performance issue Processing an entire document fo
13. n the same order Insert proximity operator Coexistence n the same paragraph The order do not matter bd Insert coexistence operator View Mode Ss Cancel 4 1 8 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 formats and they will be automatically interpreted and converted by the software prior to searching 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 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 lfyou enter the query NP 05168 034 query NP US168 034 without filters MIMOSA would not retrieve the document Three 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 in the database For example by applying an appropriate filter MIMOSA will transform the query PD 30 11 1989 into PD 19891130 before it searches thr
14. SGML document Europ isches Patentamt Eurapean Patent Office Office europ en des brevets gt 9 a2 43 Date of publication 29 12 1997 Bulletin 199752 21 Application number 97106378 9 22 Date offiling 17 04 1997 51 11 0 814 358 2 EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 26 10 4 1 06 84 Designated Contracting States DEFR6B 30 Priority 10 06 1996 US 662562 71 Applicants Bayer Corporation Wilmington MA 01887 1069 US WESTWIND AIR BEARINGS LIMITED Poole Dorset BH16 6LN GB 72 Inventors Kelly Henry A Woburn MA 01801 US Tempest Michael C Canford Heath Poole Dorset GB 74 Representative Strasse Joachim Dipl Ing et al Strasse amp Hofstetter Balanstrasse 57 81541 M nchen DE 54 Rotating beam deflector having an integral wave front 7 An inclined mirror 22 is provided in a cylindrical housing 18 whieh has open end 30 and closed end 18 An optical planar glass plate 34 or window is mounted at the open end of the cylindrical housing A laser beam 26 enters the housing through correction element astigmatism in the laser beam The angular position of the window can be adjusted relative to the inclined mirror thus compensating for the dynamic astigmatism due to rotation 4 If Compare condition EQ Variable name Office String value EP gt Compare Condition NE gt
15. 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 ABE laser OR ABF laser OR ABG laser extended form ABE OR ABF OR ABG laser factorized form 4 1 4 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 Word Criterion Sub document management Auto scroll to previous selected sub doc Therefore should the default connectors be set to OR MIMOSA will interpret the following queries by replacing the spaces with OR connectors laser laser OR laser 0812134 0812135 gt 0812134 OR EP 0812135 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 Because of this automatic substitution it is essential that you place an expression containing a space character in quotation marks Therefore if you wish to search for the applicant name ACME CORP
16. 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 30 4 5 Expert mask 4 5 1 General resentation MIMOSA Edit View Options Tools Help English abstract French abstract German abstract Application date Application number English claim French claim German claim Divisional Application Data English Description French Description German Description Publication date abe laser 1W beam lt lt 2 e s 84 indes Insert selected items DS Designated state Publication number Index for the criteria E ET English title 33 0 18 000 FT ek title 1 00001 FULLTEXT Full Text Index 2 0001 GT German title 13 001 Ic All classification 2 002 Invent 1 003 IN nventor 5 005 KI Document kind 1 0062 Main classification 1 007 g wc 007MM ei x Key Result Database Query Parsed Query 15 2 999094 abe laser 1W beam abe laser 1W beam 4 1999094 neutron AND PA burton ET laser OR ET neutron AND burton 3 1 999094 SNOwBOARD AND PA bu ET SNOwBOARD AND bu
17. AD 5 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 14 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 5 ANDNOT AD 4 ANDNOT AD 5 us AD 1 OR AD2 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 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 AD 1 OR 2 ANDNOT 3 AD 1 OR AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 19 AD 1 ANDNOT 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 20 ABE LASER AND KI 1 OR ABE NEUTRON ABE LASER AND KI 1 OR ABE BRAUT ANDNOT ABE ANDNOT ABE CAR 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 562902117 ones If you do setthe brackets in the query MIMOSA will transform it in the following way Attempt Parsedquey lt 8620009 OR IC 862D015 OR IC 862D021 KIC B62D009 OR IC B62D015
18. Navigating from occurrence to 51 5 4 5 Simultaneous view of two parts of one document eese nennen eene enne nnne 52 3 40 Reorganize d document ep re 53 5 5 Additional feat res eni ODE RE UNO ee eee 54 3 541 Hyperlink 10 coe toi eee oe RE 54 3 5 2 hyperlink to 4 usc eet RI HIR NES Me ERE AR RH ice 54 SS ME CUNEO E M M 54 SR MESI 56 Di Dida Full text SCOTCH 56 5 5 6 Copy information to clipbourd 2 eet nr ta trito ete amos en eye bare iet eae s sten coe cot VEN RE e UE Vn 56 5 5 7 Manipulating an image in the document eese eene nennen eene eerte teen 57 5 5 8 Improve the quality of the image display seen ener een eene tenete 58 MN uu 59 6 1 Current prIntng GRE BI RETO SERERE WE IER OI GENE SHE ee 59 6 2 Customized printing ERO RISE WIRE ee es eS 59 UU 62 7 1 Configure download function eerte tr eerte the RR He e cR e Eee Eve breue than EE RE EEE OAEI EEE euo 62 7 2 DOWDIOAG 63 Tih
19. 1800 series Pioneer DRM5000 series Pioneer DRM1000 series On the other hand J KTOOLs can only be used in certain circumstances configurations Since it is an old 16 bit Windows application it operates only well under Windows 95 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 KTOOLs can create a database in which all the CD ROMs available in the jukeboxes havr 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 NDROM File Jukebox ACCESS 1998001 MIMOSA ACCESS EUROPE 1998 001 7 1995001 ESPACE MC 1995 001 lt MCIS1998001 MIMOSA CIS 1998 001 amp MEPA1998049 Mimosa 1998 049 4 MEPB1999037 Mimosa EPB 1998 037 5 MIEL1995001 MIMOSA IE 1995 001 MIMOSA FI Type Database Annuler Aide 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 AL
20. IE IT LI NL PT SE B 29D 11 00 010 19 00 Apparatus and method for degassing deionized water for inspection and packaging Dispositif et proc d pour la d gazage de l eau d sionis e pour l inspection et l emballage Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Entgassung entionisierten Wassers f r Inspektion und Verpacl Edwards Russell J Keene Darren 5 Adams Jonathan P JOHNSON amp JOHNSON VISION PRODUCTS INC Mercer Christopher Paul 0811986 Al 19971210 EF EP Publication number EP 0811986 A1 19971210 AN Application number EP 96830318 19960605 05 Designated state DEFR GBIT MC Main classification G11C 11 56 English title Page mode memory device with multiple level memory cells FT French titie Dispositif de m moire en mode de page ayant des cellules de m moire multiniveaux GT German Seitenmodusspeicher mit Mehrpegelspeicherzellen iN Inventor Calligaro Cristiano Gastaldi Roberto Manstretta Alessandro 171 page s 33 126 doc s 1 docis selected 100 MEPA1997050 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 select the 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
21. 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 MIMOSA then downloads all the image files and the SGML file corresponding to the appropriate document into this folder 51 8 Program Files Eg E 00000001 tit H E MIMOSA V4 00180001 rif BI 00200001 tit Collect Es 00210001 ed s 00220001 tit E 00230001 tit E sgm SGM EP 0811835 A1 19971210 EP 0811873 42 19971210 0811882 A1 1994010 5g Espace Language 3 C Query Style sheet 28 Template _ Uwnload ga MEPA1997050 a 0811453 42 19971210 EP 0811727 19971210 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 l
22. ROMs Will have one of these and the IMAGE file The only current exceptions in the MIMOSA database category are 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 necessary 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 14 Open database xi CDROM File Jukebox Goto CDROM access EPA Add server 6 MIMOSA ACCESS amp MACC1998002 MIMOSA ACCESS 1338 002 1998003 MIMOSA ACCESS 1998 003 MACCi998004 MIMOSA ACCESS 1998 004 MaACC1998005 MIMOSA ACCESS 1998 005 Database 0 Annuler Aide 4 QUERY MODE 4 1 Search language GTI MIMOSA searches a database using the GTI search language ouve proprietary format The two available search masks interfaces allow you to formulate queries in this language in a fairly straightforward manner So if you are using the form search mask it is not necessary for you to ful
23. Spam queens pem is 7 0811866 A1 19971210 JVerlapping sheet P of EP 0811453 A2 19971210 WO8722035 sucked paper or a 0811500 42 19971210 EP 86941866 19951213 coefficient of friction 0811501 A2 19971210 DEFR GB 11 and is adjustably EP 0811570 A2 19971210 G 2F 1 133 ither in contact or not in EP 0811575 A2 13971210 0227 113 suction rotor 21 is EP 011653 A2 19971210 DISPLAY DANINO METHOD 0811857 a A x PROCEDE DE PILOTAGE D AFFICHEUR AFFICHEUR ET APPAREIL VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER ANZEIGE ANZEIGE UND ELEK a 101 20 KURUMISAWA Takashi Seiko Epson Corporation ITO Akihiko Seiko Epson Corporation istillati 0811862 A2 19971210 ISOZAKI Shingo Seiko Epson Corporation 0811873 2 13971210 Makoto Seiko Epson Corporation 2 wt of acetone and s EP 0811951 A2 19371210 IKEDA Masuhide Seiko Epson Corporation gt EP 0811970 A2 19971210 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION impure propylene oxic Hoffmann Eckart Dipl Ing eae A driving method of a display device in which the number ofvoltage comprises EP 0812000 A2 19971210 only one and the voltage level of a data line corresponding to a displ level ofthe scanning lines during the non selection period The powi 0812005 A2 19971210 M testsent page s 124 70 1 selected 100 MEPA1997050 Notice and FULL Text arotor therefor
24. 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 9 Ca C Examination C Opposition C Other RCCY Conversion into a national Application E Conversion into a national Application LCDS Designated States of Licenses LCNM Licensee s Name LPCY Lapses Country E Lapses Date ENCY Lapsed extension country GE ENDT Date of lapse for an Extension EXCY Extension Country GE EXDT Extension Date F m 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 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 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 lt 0812130 To insert more than one entry into the current
25. 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 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 ESPACE 92 028 rine tT AUNAN 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 19920219 Image analysis method 0430531 A2 19920617 Devices based on Si Ge EP 0468612 A2 19920129 Optical pickup EP 0480485 42 19920415 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 sort a 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
26. facsimile documents in full size size maans Print each notices on a new page Insert Form feed after each document Recto Verso mode Print PDF documents user default printer Printed from Mimosa 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 Selecting 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 90 to provide
27. how to create a database using J KTOOLs is provided in 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 name 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 KTOOLs enter the main J KTOOLs folder which is typically KTOOLs4AV Server Name CJKTOOLS4s Location Next return to the J 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 13 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 subdir
28. 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 retumed from a search query Number lt lt Hitist English Title EP andWO Representative 13 0813273 2 13971217 Lasers Seeger Wolfgang Dipl Phys 12 WO 9748536 19971224 GROUT OR MORTAR REMOVAL BY LASER GODDARD David John 8 0814593 4219971229 Image reading apparatus Klunker Schmitt Nilson Hirsch 7 WO 9747397 1 19971218 CO 2 LASER MARKING OF COATED SURFACE MUELLER Jerry K Jr 9740155 1 19971219 Gn S TATE LAGER RANSS 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 46 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 norma
29. 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 document The same selection box is used for switching from Notice view to Document view Document s otice Document 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 Mimosa 0811727 1 19971210 File Edit View Options Tools Window Help lt S S 4 bM s eti e ea Notice Document 1 Bibliography Abst
30. query by a single operation select them using 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 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 four elements Database 4 8 MIFT1997010 3 26 MIFT1997010 ET LASERS LASER 2 53 MIFT1337010 abe laser MIFT1997010 LASER Tw BEAM ANDNOT KI 1 Query EP 0812132 0812133 0812134 0812135 0812136 0812137 0812138 0812139 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 LASERS LASER You can also insert a history key into a GTI query Forexample 2 ANDNOT KI A1 OR 2 AND KI A2 MIMOSA displays the result of the search query in the second column The result is only valid for the database to which the query has been submitted The name Volume Identifier of th
31. 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 remember 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 61 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 inserta blank page atthe 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 t
32. 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 Export crossfile from field Document range AD Application Date Publication Date EP Publication Document Kind Priority Date The selected documents ih the WO Publication From Dn i C The current document Crossfile file name C Program Files EPO MIMOSA V4 Beta2 D ownload crossfile txt Cancel Heb 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 third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Gu
33. 1210 2 11765 19971210 EP 0811790 A1 19971210 EP 0811835 A1 19971210 2 EP0811845A1 19971210 first exhaust gas path A for adsorbing unburnt gas components contained in the exhaust gas a recirculating 11__ 0811848 1 19971210 device amp VSViyfor recirculating the unbumt gas 4 EP 0811866 A1 19971210 components separated from the adsorbent 42 to an 1_ 081186941 19971210 upstream side ofthe catalysts 3a 3b and a temperature 22 2 EP08118 5A1 13371210 elevator for elevating a temperature of the adsorbent 42 after the unburnt gas components separated from the 15 EP 0811862 A1 19971210 5 13371210 adsorbent 42 has been recirculated by the recirculating 7 EP 0611918 A1 19371210 device 5V8VI 7 1919 19971210 4 EP0811922 19971210 1 EP 0611950 1 19371210 2 0811963 119371210 Ready 1 page s 15 140 doc s 1 docs selected 100 MEPA1997050 Notice and FULL Text 7 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 This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written auth
34. 5 17 MIFT1997010 et laser neutron and publ yes 4 17 MIFT1997010 et laser neutron and publ ves 3 54 MIFT1997010 abe laser neutron and publ yes 2 54 MIFT1997010 abe laser neutron 1 53 MIFT1997010 laser 7 4 Add selected query ies into opened file Queries stored the selected query file Name Comments B AEROSOL and publ yes aerosol KEYBOARD and ki a2 keyborad AD 1996 05 01 1995 06 27 19967 ABAISSES pour BREF 1 0614309 0602791 0601909 pour disque ES TXT laser 1W gas pour LEGAL Suppress Pd Properties Insert selected queries into the edit query zone Query file E SProgram Files EPO MIMOSA V4 Beta2 Query fr 4 Save 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 LIL 5 GI 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 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 Path and name in field 3 indicate the active search query f
35. 80 13 acb19970 02 epb19980 46 macc1998 mv phi19920 01 acb19980 03 19970 01 998 001 8 19960 01 19970 01 C3 esp19980 57 19950 01 pta19800 50 19970 02 esp19980 58 mcis1998 001 pta19950 04 19980 03 fra19920 01 1998 049 rus19910 01 19980 04 C3 fstt 9850 01 mepb1938 037 svn19940 01 ace19980 01 gpa19970 6 22 miet 995 001 tha19920 04 acp19970 01 E gpa13370 7 22 mifit 988 001 uknt 3880 12 ase19920 01 ark 9940 01 mift1 938 004 usa19860 20 aut19980 10 ind19910 01 397 001 19910 82 bni19980 08 28 19950 04 E mijp3411 pai E wid1 9981 05 brz19930 01 E leg19980 02 mimosa wid19981 06 bull 998 002 macb1998 003 28 1997 003 wld19981 07 19980 01 1998 001 28 mxa 9960 01 19981 08 deu19920 32 macc1998 002 28 119920 01 wld19981 09 dkd19980 02 1998 003 8 oap19940 05 wid19981 10 Es 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
36. ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL Toyota shi Aichi ken JP Description SE Takaaki Claims Toyota shi Aichi ken JP Drawing 30 Priority 03 06 1996 JP 140501 96 3 Search report 74 Representative 71 Applicant Pellmann Hans Bernd Dipl Ing et al BF TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI Patentanwaltsb ro Aichi ken JP Tiedtke B hling Kinne amp Partner 2 0811338 A1 19971210 5 Bavariaring 4 2 0811431 A1 19971210 72 Inventors 80336 M nchen DE 3 EP 0811437 A1 19971210 1 0811442 1 19971210 5 ENG 2 0811457 19971210 54 Exhaust gas purifying method and apparatus for internal combustion engine kl EP 0811504 A1 19971210 FIG 1 1 0811521 A1 19971210 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 2 0811525 A1 19971210 1 EP OBI1555 A1 19971210 1 EP 0811556 1 19971210 2 0811572 1 19971210 8 EP 08116931 19971210 2 EP 0811714 A1 19971210 6 3 2 0811727 A1 1997
37. Edit F ind Ctrl F d 5 5 6 Copy information to clipboard When viewing a document it is possible 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 57 5 5 7 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 7 Mimes2 Image from page 1 of EP 0811570 A2 19971210 Of x Eile Edit View Options Tools Window Help IE EAA e amp EP 0811570 A2 Wadaka lu Image from page 1 of EP 0811570 A2 19971210 v 1 5 NP oshiyuki 9 a
38. European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 22 FST1980002 780602 AD 02 06 78 0 5 1980002 780602 AD 02 06 1978 I FST1980002 780602 AD 02 06 19 0 FST1980002 780602 AD 02 0 1978 0 FST1980002 780602 AD 7806 8 FST1980002 7780602 AD 1978 6 2 0 FST 1980002 780602 AD 06 02 1978 1 MIFT 1997006 19860415 AD 1986 1 MIFT 1997006 19860415 AD 86 0 4 1 10 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 812130 812131 812132 into EP 0812130 0812131 0812132 to retrieve these three documents 4 1 11 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 searc
39. L 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 automatically 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 12 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 L Propi_ixos views_pc GE x Fichier Edition Affichage AllerS Favoris 2 Adresse za MPropi ixosNviews pc e 9 1 EH C dop13350 01 C 1998 004 3 19970 41 22 epb19980 45 22 macc1388 005 pct199
40. O 3747231 A2 19971218 ENDOSCOPIC STAPLER GORDON David P WO 3749535 A1 19971231 FORM FOR ROTARY PRINTING COATING SCHULZE HORN Stefan 0813110 A1 19971217 Graphic arts recording film with blue base WO 9748536 41 19971224 GROUT OR MORTAR REMOVAL BY LASER GODDARD David John EP 0814426 A1 19971229 mage forming device Blumbach Kramer amp amp Partner EP 0814534 A2 13971223 mage reading apparatus Klunker Schmitt Nilson Hirsch 0814593 A2 13971223 mage reading apparatus Klunker Schmitt Nilson Hirsch EP 0814382 A1 13971223 mproved photoresists and method for making printi Hertz Oliver EP 0814544 A2 19971229 mproved semiconductor lasers and method for ma Barth Carl Otto EP 0812574 A2 19971217 ntraoperative myocardial device and stimulation pr Nicholls Kathryn Margaret EP 0814468 1 19971229 LAMINATED PROXIMITY FIELD OPTICAL HEAD Beetz amp amp Partner Patentanw lte EP 0814545 A2 13971223 Laser beam emitting apparatus Altenburg Udo Dipl Phys mimi 2imi 2imiceioi2i2i 2i2i2ici2i Wf 9744204 19971224 ASFR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LAND 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
41. ON OR ABE LASER NEUTRON LASER AND PUBL YES 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 05 1 AND 012 You can also reformulate 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
42. OQUE eia ir IO RR eee 39 Iura I 54 ESPACE monos EHE M 6 F Factotizi g nea een iiem riie iie 18 gll Pe 20 quum 25 I Image manipulating eee 57 Index databases Installation J JKTool amp euin tiir CERE 4 11 L Load a QUERY reri 34 M i eka a Raa 45 51 P PASS WOT Cs 62 PDE 61 Pilot mte etas 6 Printing 129 Proximity 554 eiit feret rd edat 19 Quality Of Images eiie te itr pb tenet tien 58 R R ecto VerSQ iei aree i eer 61 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 RO tates a need eden rie robe es 57 S SAVE ID 34 Search SI 2 lettere etre etg 6 Search criterion sess 14 Segment snurre 14 43 SGML 6 47 Simultaneous 52 Style sheets Subdocument SYNONYMS teh epe ero 37 Wald Card ssa HE NOx ee EE 19 ss ore HER BRE NIE 24 WYSIWYG 48 This document is the property of the European
43. ORATION 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 CORPORATION CORPORATION 4 1 5 Wildcards Wildcard MIMOSA provides three wildcards to be used when 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 9 puter MIMOSA will return all words ending with the given sequence 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 Query entered Term returned AB puter computer transmuter AB comput computation compute computer l ser Laser loser
44. Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization
45. Q European Patent Office MIMOSA User Guide Database exploration software Updated February 29 2000 Author DD MIMOSA User Guide page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 n 4 t 1 General Infomation EE 4 1 2 Hardware confIguratiOn secip ER o E 5 4 2 1 Minimum configuration ise i ER shed ESPERE ERE ERE ERR 5 1 2 2 Recommended configuration eee eese esee eene eene to yta trennen eren eren rennen ren nennen nnne 5 IBCPEPEICLD II 5 COUCCH 5 1 3 2 Shorr datab se lGXIQOT see E REESE 6 e E A T 7 2 1 PEE 7 2 1 1 Selecting the 7 2 1 2 Selecting the type of installation eee ener een rennen tete tenete tenerent 7 2 1 3 Selecting the components to be eese esee eene neret enne nete nennt nenne 7 VUE METTI PVT A aM 7 2 1 5 Istallation comp
46. SA 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 3 Add a note MIMOSA provides an option 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 Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Attach a note to a document View Sticky note 8s 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 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 icon in the hitist 7 Mimosa 0811468 2 19971210 Edit View Options Tools Window Help 1515 1 2 lines ig eS 6 SEM Bes fom 21 aix z
47. a plurality of c 2 b 1 programming states to store b information bits and the sensing circuits 3 are serial dichotomic sensing circuits capable of determining a number b of consecutive approximation steps the b information bits stored in the memory cells at each step one of said b information bits being determined said at least one group MW1 MW2 MVW2m 1 MVWi2m of memory cells of a row R forming a number b of memory words of a classification Bibliography 31 1 0811983 41 19971210 SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS s r l 27 115 21 8247 EI Abstract 32 1 0811985 1 19971210 Oki Electric Industry Company Limited Description 33 2 EP0811986A1 19971210 SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS s r l ial Claims 34 8 611988 1 19971210 SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS s G 11 00 308 34 11988 1 19971210 565 MICROELECTRONICS s G DEF 11 00 aaea ena E Ready 127 pagels 33 128 Tdoc s selected 50 9970 0 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 anothe
48. abase To reach a term in the browse index you can keybord its fisit leters in the edit ms e a be pete 0812127 Index for 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 25 4 4 Form mask 4 4 1 General presentation 1 MIMOSA File Edi View Options Tools al Publication number EP WO EUROPCT number NO Publication date DP Document kind KI Application number Application date Priority number NP Priority date PD Clear all querigs View mode Designated state DS Main classification MC All Patents All classification IC OR English tile SNOWBOARD OR French title FT Kind at4 or German title GT 015 QR Inventor IN s 16 AND Applicant PA burton 1 docs found OR Representative RP OR English abstract ABE the other modes
49. ager 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 LUTE and KI 0614309 0602791 0601909 MC B32B01508 OR MC B32B01514 MC B32B01516 OR MC B32B01518 OR MC B32B01520 OR MC B32B03300 MC B60D00500 OR MC B60F00100 OR MC B60F00102 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 IMATSU a The separator between two queries is a blank line b A query can be saved over more than one line c You can associate a logical name to a query MIMOBatch allows you to use this information i
50. aid 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 SGML 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 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 7 4 Download hitlist Itis 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 au
51. ain supplementary int Publication number PUNR Application number APNR OR Date of tiling APDT Publication of application A1 Designated contracting states Priority number PRNR Priority date PRDT English title TTLE German title TTLG French title French title Proprietor s GTNM Representative s RENM Grant of patent PSDP SNOWBOARD Clear all queries Submit query EE View mode All Patents OVERALL QUERY TTLE SNOwBDARD Tiy the other modes Expert Search Mask WIZARD search mask Ready Bl 2 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 also 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
52. appear must be respected 1 2nW term2 The 2 terms must be separated by exactly n words The order in which they appear is not important irradiation 3W pulse 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 1 car and electric 22W car 4 1 7 Coexistence operators These operators come from the same family as proximity operators Their use again is limited to certain indexed fields preceded by the Xr 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 Meaning Example Terml nS term2 The 2 terms must belong to the same sentence AB laser 5 beam The order in which they appear is not important Terml 4nS term2 The 2 terms must belong to the same sentence AB laser 5 beam The order in which the terms appear is respected The order in which they appear is not important The order in which the terms appear is respected In the expert search mask MIMOSA provides assistance for using these operators in the edit field toolbar This allows you to select a coexistence or proximity operator in a graphical fashion and using a mouse Select a proximity or a coexistance operator x Proximity n a maximum of Word appart s
53. apter 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 s de MIMOSA 4 Beta2 2 x G n ral Partage C Non partag Partag en tant Nom de partage MIMOSA Commentaire Installation MIMOSA V4 Nombre limite d utilisateurs n Maximum autoris Autoriser utilisateurs Permissions Annuler Appliquer 2 2 2 Installation of MIMOSA on the client PC s On every client PC you mustopen 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 9 Server INSTALL SETUP EXE After launching the SETUP software follow the instructions for the various steps to complete the installation This document i
54. 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 WINOSA 0875660 A2 19981104 Me E xs Toos Window Hep ETE ao EP 0 875 660 A3 EUROPEAN PATENT E21B 37108 Rechercher Favors Historie Chaines 8755 0 amp sent DB EPD E er Jlemeileur dsWeb amp Persennolealin des ler Process to enhance removal of adhering solids from the surface of wellbores and sand control devices therein e 19980721 DOBSON JR JAMES W US CASHION JAMES US LAUER ROBERT S US TEXAS UNITED CHEMICAL CORP US ent 7 0519970810822 19970306 0819970810822 19970306 cna E21837 06B AUE535399 CA22 050B NO900925 1 EP EP 0878C EP 08767 5 5 2 hyperlink to MIMOBatch A hyperlink is also available on the field ND of all the INDEX discs ACCESS A ACCESS B Index 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 MIMO
55. 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 neutron ANDNOT KI 1 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 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 are r se IEA iei 2010034647 AND GT ABFALL II 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 WIZARD x Same action in Form search mask In previous step s you built the query 05 Select one or several term s in the following browse list Al the terms displayed here are stored in the dat
56. ched page s 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 Itis possible to navigate within a document using Menu options Shortcuts or the Document navigation bar Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Display first page View P age F irst page HOME Ee Display previous page View P age Previous page UP Move to page number View P age P age No 21 Display next page View P age Next page DOWN Be Display last page View Page Last page END BEJ 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 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
57. ctions MIMOSA provides an option to associate one or more synonyms to 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 BE English Abstract ABSTRACT RESUME ABF French Abstract AB Emma Abstract ABS Spanish Abstract AD Application Date Application Number DP Publication Date DS Designated States Dene new synonym Remove this ET English Title EP and WO TITRE GT German Title EP and WO IC Supplementary IN Inventor Annuler ZSBBIIGUET In this example we have assigned the synonym ABSTRACT to the criterion AF in the MIMOSA ACCESS EPA collection and assigned the same synonym to the criterion ABF in the MIMOSA FIRST collection In this way you could formulate a single query ABSTRACT laser for use with all CD ROMs from these two collections 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 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 to locate abstracts from one company and then
58. ctly 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 you 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 bibliographical data for the document although the document abstract can also be displayed for some series The document view contains parts of the patent document 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 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 7 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 quicker 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
59. dard open file dialog box The query manager groups all the functions available to manipulate a query file It also offer 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 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 BAYNTON 2 PO Save the last submitted query This option becomes valid once a query is solved It allows to save the last query that has been submitted manager MIMOSA provides a Query Manager to save edit or reload a search query into the expert search mask This application allows you to edit a 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 35 Queries solved during this session Key Res Database Quer 2 6 23 MIFT1997010 laser neutron
60. e 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 The search query in GTI formatis displayed in the final column 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 The right mouse button will display a special context related menu for the History list This menu allows you 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 34 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 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 and load query allow to save and load a query with stan
61. ectory 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 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 of the five ACCESS EPA volumes MIMOBases 998001 MACC1898002 1998003 998004 MACC1898005 The corresponding database must be saved in these subdirectories P lease 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 CIN 1 08 10751594 Eg Ima 75v1 1 8 10751592 07515941 07515952 07515962 07515971 07515981 07515991 10751691 H Q 10751692 10751791 With a MIMOSA database GTI V3 database you need to copy ROM file IND file not all CD
62. end 98 These are also available on a single DVD ROM The collections are divided into two major categories The original ESPACE discs comprise all the GTI V1 technology databases These discs were previously consulted using Patsoft DOS application software The patents on these ESPACE GTI V1 discs are stored in the form of facsimile images The major difference with the MIMOSA GTI V3 technology databases is the format of the data on the discs On the majority of MIMOSA discs with a few exceptions patents are stored in SGML format full text format Therefore they can offer new functions 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 Each collection of discs offers a particular set of search criteria All these criteria are associated with a special code or 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 You can also insert the information from the index dire
63. er 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 11 350 MHz e 64 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 same type of 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 different number of search criteria certain collections only contain bibliographical data Notice and other collections contain not only the bibliographical data but also the full patent etc The number of collections is constantly growing with new products being introduced each and every year by the various partners involved in the project 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 3 2 Short database lexicon The databases supported by MIMOSA may indeed have different features but all have an identical basic structure The majority of the databases are s
64. es in Document view and also in Notice view The command for this option is as follows Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Highlight text in a document View Highlight block Y After this option has been selected the cursor will change to 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 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 5 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 Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Search
65. ew to be downloaded 6 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 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 63 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 architectu
66. exit all other open programs prior to running MIMOSA To begin 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 the C ProgramFiles EPO MIMOSA V4 folder You 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 he MIMOSA components onto your computer The second choice offers installation of the MIMOSA software from a networked file 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 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 comp
67. fault 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 title ET L1 SNOWBOARD 2 found tae Jm Vm m4 H c 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 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 t
68. g 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 laser OR AB neutron The query returns all documents containing the word laser or the word neutron or both words atthe same time laser ANDNOT 1 All documents returned will be those containing the word laser but of a different kind to A1 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 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 it to suppress any ambiguities For example the query ABE laser OR neutron ANDNOT KI A1 could be interpreted in 2 different ways e ABE laser OR ABE neutron ANDNOT KI 1 laser OR ABE neutron ANDNOT lt The 2 queries return 2 different results In any way the best way to avoid getting a result different from what you except consists on adding the bracket in the query yourself and then suppressing any ambiguities If no brackets are set in the query the MIMOSA software solves the query from left to r
69. hapter 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 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 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 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 Mimosa 0811570 A2 19971210 File Edit View Options Tools Window Help S 6 jM lad
70. he beginning of grid French title FT German title GT Inventor IN Applicant Representative RP English abstract French abstract German abstract 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 27 English title ET z pen 3 eser neutron gt laser OR neutron You can search for two words with positional relationship to one another by using the proximity operators Please remember that only those criteria preceded with the icon support these operators So to search for the consecuti
71. he 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 new 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 10 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 database CDRONN Fie Jukebox Search gj P8L1897041 a Mimosa rom D WJukebox2 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 l
72. hing for these entries could be A01 D01 100 A01C 02 100 A01C 01 500 Query entered Query after transformation by MIMOSA A01C 01 500 A01C01500 01 01 01 01 Note if MIMOSA detects a wildcard in the term searched for or no processing is carried out For example the query MC lt A01C 015 does not return any document 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 it shows the equivalent action in the chosen search mask Action Menu option Shortcut Icon View the Expert search View E xpert search mask 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 23 View the Form search mask View F orm search mask View the Wizard View Wizard Ctrl H The form search mask provides the most intuitive interface for those who are not familiar with previous versions of the MIMOSA application software This is the default search mask when MIMOSA is installed MIMOSA File Edit View Options Tools Help Search results 151 M
73. ide page 39 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 A1 the other 21 documents 2 had a KI equal to A2 Edit CrossFile Crossfile 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 1 to the edit field in the Expert search mask 4 5 9 EPOQUE syntax For users familiar with EPOQUE search syntax MIMOSA provides some functions that formulate a query using this syntax To activate this option select the EPOQUE entry from the Search language selection box under Options Software preferences Please note that this syntax can only be used in the Expert search mask Two examples of queries using this particular search syntax are shown below ABE laser AND device ET IN O HARA This document is the property of the European Patent Office It may not be c
74. ific 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 thatthe search query is correctly interpreted Examples AB laser 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 English French Use AND AVEC Documents must satisfy the two query segments linked by an AND connector Documents satisfying only one of the two segments will not be found OR ANDNOT ETSAUF Documents must satisfy the first query segment but will be excluded if they also satisfy the second query segment ORNOT OUSAUF Documents must satisfy the first query segment OR must not satisfy the second NOT SAUF This operator applies only to one segment It returns all documents that do not satisfy the segmentto which this connector applies Documents must satisfy one or other or both of the query segments linked by an OR connector Examples Queries Meanin
75. ight 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 Submitted query Parsed query ABE laser AND KI A1 OR ABE neutron ABE LASER AND KI NEUTRON ABE laser OR KI A1 AND ABE neutron ABE LASER OR KI A1 AND ABE NEUTRON IC a61k ANDNOT IC a61k006 ANDNOT IC a61k007 IC 2 A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC A61K007 IC a61k ANDNOT a61k006 ANDNOT a61k007 IC A61K ANDNOT IC A61K006 ANDNOT IC A61K007 5 IC a61k ANDNOT IC a61k006 ANDNOT IC a61k007 AND IOC A61K ANDNOT 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 3 De AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 AD 1 ANDNOT 2 ANDNOT 3 ANDNOT 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 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 12 AD 1 ANDNOT AD2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 4 AD 1 ANDNOT AD 2 ANDNOT AD 3 ANDNOT AD 5 ANDNOT AD 4 ANDNOT
76. ile 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 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 P roperties button 2 The Properties button allows you to amend whichever query has been selected from the list in 7 Query laser GT laser OR FT laser 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 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 36 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 changes in the open file using button 5 before closing the Query Manager The Query Man
77. ist 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 The criterion code is generally made up of between two and four letters This code must be used in when formulating a GTI search query e To right of this code MIMOSA displays a brief description of the search criterion Certain collections provide more detailed specific help for each criterion This information can be accessed from the Help menu by selecting Product Help e Those criteria that are preceded with an icon are associated with a filter For example the icon indicates that you can use proximity or co existence operators For more details please consult the Filters section in the chapter on GTI search language English Abstract Bp ABF French Abstract Be abe German Abstract Be ABS Spanish Abstract 340 Application Date AN Application Number amp s DP Publication Date DS Designated States N EP EP Publication Number ET English Title EP and WO FT French Title EP and WO GT German Title EP and W0 Pic Supplementary IN Inventor KI Document Kind P mc Main NO WO number for EuroPCT Priority Number PA Applicant EJPD Priority Date PRESENCE Presence of data PUBL Publication by the EPO RP Representative ST Spanish Title WO only N wo WO Publication Number The criteria list allows two types of action Clicking once on one of the
78. ist 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 activated 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 mount a volume for this drive Please note that ESPACE and MIMOSA databases have the ROM file extension 3 3 J ukebox 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 commercially 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 Clear query 7 mien item 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 11 JKTOOLs is a software application the main advantage of which is the fact that it is free It allows you to manage one or more jukeboxes from the following list NSM 100 NSM Mercury 40 Kubik CDR240 M Pioneer DRM600 series Pioneer DRM
79. lete MESSAGE os iiir 7 2 2 SOLVER WStall Att OM M 8 2 2 1 Installation of MIMOSA on the server essen nene trennen testen trennen erinnern 8 2 2 2 Installation of MIMOSA on the client 8 3 Opening a 9 3 1 CDROM aD Em 9 3 2 PIE AD MM 10 3 32 10 9 9 USING ME Jukebox tab 11 3 3 2 What systems are compatible with MIMOSA cessent nennen nennen rene entente nnne 12 3 3 3 Installing a jukebox 5 eene 12 3 3 4 Copying a database to a hard drive eese eee eene nennen nennen retener eret 13 On 14 4 1 S arch language C6 14 4 1 1 Creating a segment RET 14 4 1 2 Combining segments together connectors 15 4 1 3 Connector priority amp ambiguous search queries essen eene nene een nee nennen 16 C 18 LU MEME rio Te RE 18 41 5 Wildcards Wildc rd apetece ertt va RE eed 19 4 1 6 Proximity 19 4 17 Coexistence
80. lete 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 concerning 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 8 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 installation 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 P C 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 PC s 2 2 1 Installation of MIMOSA on the server To install MIMOSA on the server follow the instructions described in the local installation ch
81. lly printed on the first page of a patent document This information typically includes dates names and perhaps most importantly technical classifications Edit View J Window Help 2 xe JA m dx A 5 65 i s 0811983 1 1997121 EP 0811885 A1 1997121 0811386 A1 1997121 EP 0811988 A1 1997121 EP 0811888 A1 1997121 0812016 A1 1997121 EP 0812013 A1 1997121 EP 0811888 A1 1937121 EP 0812016 A1 1997121 EP 0812013 A1 1997121 EP 0811432 A2 1997121 EP 0811440 A2 1997121 EP 0811453 A2 1997121 EP 0811468 2 1997121 0811474 A2 1997121 0811496 A2 1997121 EP 0811570 A2 1997121 EP 0811697 A2 1997121 EP 0811746 A2 1997121 EP 0811757 A2 1997121 EP 0811782 A2 1997121 EP 0811862 A2 1997121 EP 0811873 A2 1997121 EP 0811903 A2 1897121 0811904 A2 1997121 EP 0811921 A2 1997121 EP 081192342 1997121 EP 0811924 A2 1997121 _ 0811925 A2 1997121 EP 0811827 A2 1997121 0811928 A2 1997121 _ 0811930 2 1997121 0811934 2 1997121 EP 0811935 A2 1997121 EP 0811937 A2 1997121 EP 0811938 A2 1997121 EP 0811940 A2 1997121 EP 0811977 2 1997121 US 601716 19960215 EP 0811474 A2 19971210 EP 97300985 19970214 ATBE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR
82. ly understand the GTI syntax to search through a database Nevertheless itis useful to understand the basics of this syntax in order to profit from all its features 4 1 1 Creating a segment A GTI language query comprises a number of independent segments A segment is composed as follows Criterion Arithmetic 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 arithmetic operators are available These link the criterion to the term being searched for lt E qual to gt Greater than gt Greater than or equal to lt Less than lt Less 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 15 lt gt Other than Partofa range Please note spec
83. mitting a GTI query You can enter your query yourself in field 5 or inserta selection of terms from the dictionary To submit a query for searching in the database either click on the Submit button 1 or press Enter The results of the search are 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 field offers a range of functions to assist in formulating a GTI query The buttons 11 can be used to insert an arithmetic 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 You can customise how the input field functions by using the interface tab for software 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 32 4 5 3 Criteria l
84. mp Partner 170 33 30 26 g one or more rotor units of a simple disk shaped base plate with a lenter a plurality of radially oriented g on one ofthe surfaces ofthe base Pripheral walls each associated with ofthe partition walls and disposed gt gt 2 mmn NI CUN IN i MEN L 3 7 phery ofthe base plate with gaps in tion units are assembled walls of Nx Ih the base plate of another unit E cou aI S 2 m 100006 ae 2 7 a oft ZS 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 27 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 disposed so as to be selectably either in contact or not in contact with the belt 11 The suction rotor 21 is 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 Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Copy part of image to clipboard select the part to be dit Copy Ctrl C copied using the mouse Prin
85. mproved photoresists and method for making printing plates PA 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 PNQETGPAG 0812662 Al 19971217 COMPOSITE SENSOR ROBOT SYSTEM FANUC LTDG EP 0813110 Al 199712178Graphic arts recording film with blue base AGFA GEVAERT N V 0813192 Al 19971217 System for discriminating optical discs PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION EP 0813193 Al 19971217 OPTICAL DISC SONY 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 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
86. n its export function With Export itis 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 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 3 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 37 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 laser whereas for a MIMOSA ACCESS EPA disc the query would be AF laser To allow the use of the same search queries on CD ROMs of different colle
87. n nu AN Application number ao CD Patent citation PAN C Cw Non patent citation DAN Divisional Applic 1 DS Designated State 2 Publication Num ET English Title FT French Title GT German Title IC All classification IN Inventor MC Main Classification Applicant Parent Applicati PR Priority data 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 e Documents on all 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 e 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
88. ng 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 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 28 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 one entry in the present 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 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 b
89. o Lue VENIR E A 39 5 ConsultING documents 40 REGI LIN ISO 40 5 1 1 Switch from Query mode to View 40 5 1 2 Important features of View mode essere een tne trennen trennen reete 40 3 1 3 Positioning the elements rb bri ire Y 4I 5 1 4 Navigating through the list of documents 4I 31 3 Different VIEW EA E 41 5 1 6 Opening more than one eene 4I Rire 43 2 21 Contentof the Hitlist eie tete err Eee ir eem a e e o eee Per tein 43 D 2 2 Navigate Select Mark e E a A 43 2 2 3 Persona E 45 Rp re EEA N 45 3 3 vous EEEE E E REER E 46 Document VIEW io GRO RUG A USERS RUNG MA eee as 47 DAA Different document Jorm ls iei HI ge petro 47 3 4 2 Navigating from p g to PAG ee y tie ap e HR CORDE eC E Ue e HER ERE HERE edd 49 5 4 3 Navigating from subdocument to subdocument eese entente nenne enne nene 50 5 4 4
90. ommunicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 40 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 Switch 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 Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Return to Query mode View Query mode F8 Ry Switch to View mode View View mode F9 y 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 7 Mimosa 0811755 19971210 5 File Edt View Options Tools Window Help 18 xl J amp amp lt sa amp x me 1 Eom B ES i Notice z Document 84 Designated Contracting States Tanaka Hiroshi AT BE CH DE DK
91. orization MIMOSA User Guide page 41 Options Tools Window Help Query mode F8 View mode Fg Document view F11 Notice view F12 Zoom Rotate Document navigation Page navigation Hit navigation gt Mark document HighLight 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 of four pre defined positions Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon This icon places the Hitlist to the left of the screen This is the default position This icon places the Hitlist to the bottom of the screen This icon displays only the Hitlist full screen This icon displays only the image of the current document full screen 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 c
92. ough the database Criteria with filters are proceeded in the criteria list with a specific icon for each type Filter Associated Icon Date Number Classification 4 1 9 Date filters If a separator character either 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 Format DD MM Y Y YY Example DD MM YY YY 01 12 1997 DD MM YYYY 01 02 1997 DD MM YYYY 01 12 1997 Format YY YY MM DD Example YYYY MM DD 1997 12 01 YYYY MM DD 1997 02 01 YYYY MM DD 1997 12 01 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 Hits criterion in index FST 1980002 780602 AD 780602 0 FST 1980002 780602 AD 78 27 FST 1980002 780602 AD 1978 0 FST 1980002 780602 AD 19780602 0 FST 1980002 780602 AD 1978 06 02 1 FST 1980002 780602 AD 02 06 1978 1 FST 1980002 780602 AD 2 6 1978 0 FST 1980002 780602 AD 02 6 1978 0 This document is the property of the
93. r 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 document only for discs containing first pages of patents e g MIMOSA FIRST 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 rea
94. r 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 53 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 MIMOSA Settings LX Product definition Notice Hitlist SGML Style Sheet Sub Document definition Form mask Initial list of sub document Ordered list of sub document Bibliography Search report Abstract Drawing Description Claims Drawing Search report OK 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 the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 54 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
95. ract Description Claims Drawing Search report 0811727 19971210 a 0811835 19971210 0811882 A1 19971210 EP 0811453 2 18371210 EP 0811873 A2 19971210 EP 0812033 A2 19371210 EP 0812040 A2 19971210 rm 40042408 en i co ro w i co Please note this window is not displayed by default To display the window on the desktop select the 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 51 When you select a subdocument from the Document structure window or from the selection box on the toolbar MIMOSA 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 la
96. re 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 the fields notto 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 Itis 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 PN EP 0812662 9971217 ET COMPOSITE SENSOR ROBOT SYSTEM PA FANUC LTD PN EP 0813110 A 9971217 ET Graphic arts recording film with blue base PA AGFA GEVAERT N V PN EP 0813192 A 9971217 ET System for discriminating optical discs PA PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION PN EP 0813193 A 9971217 ET OPTICAL DISC PA SONY CORPORATION PN EP 0814382 A 9971229 ET I
97. ree structure of repertory of the CDROMS EPA and EPB PDF Files are not available for the EuroP CT 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 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
98. rties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 18 Database Query Parsed Query 1 1998002 laser OR beam OR neutron A LASER BEAM ABE NEUTRON OR MIFT1388002 IC 8620009 OR 1 8620015 IC B62D009 OR IC B62D015 OR 20021 ANDNOT 6200210 1998002 IC a61k IC a61k006 AND IC ANDNOT ANDNOT A61K007 AND IC A02 MIFT 1998002 IC a61k IC a61k006 IC ANDNOT 1 06 ANDNOT IC 61 007 MIFT 1998002 laser OR KI A1 AND ABE LASER OR A1 AND ABE MIFT1338002 laser AND KI OR ABE LASER AND OR NEUTRON ANDNOT KI 1 MIFT1338002 laser AND KI OR ABE LASER AND OR ABE neutron gt 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 3 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 EP 0812135 OR EP 0812136
99. rton 2 2 MEPA1999094 OR P burt ET SNOWBOARD OR burton 1 MEPA1999094 ET SNOWBOARD ET SNOWBOARD 99908 7 0 The form search mask is made up of four components The list of available search criteria 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 field 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 fields using the toggle control entries in the View menu Ouen mode EB mode 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 31 4 5 2 Edit field The Query field is the main component in the Expert search mask It is used for formulating and then sub
100. s the property of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 9 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 unchecking 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 Action Menu option Shortcut Icon Open a database File Open Database Ctrl 0 fka 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 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 MIMOSA FIRST 1997 010 Refresh list Annuler Aide Type Main database 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 t
101. ser 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 DENV A KABUSHIKI KAISHA Crawford Fiona Merle et al Shinjuku ku Tokyo to JP Elkington and Fife Prospect House 2 Inventors 8 Pembroke Road Usami Masashi Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR GB 54 Optical short pulse reshaping device Taser men distinct from its oscillation 57 An optical short pulse reshaping device 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 caprerti e time The device comprises a semiconductor element 11 17 BAND PATH FILTER means 12 AGF injecting an ic current to the 1GNPUT WAVELENGTH semiconduc aser domes or obtaining an oscillation La state of the serittco ek ncn emen memng 13 14 18 for injecting into the Sermtonducta glement eN ene input optical short pulses of wavelength ehefer than ISIMEMISPHERICAL that of the light of
102. 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 of the European Patent Office It may not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 47 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 notto 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 xi Product definition Notice Hitlist SGML Style Sheet Synonyms Sub document definition Form mask Notice Fields Don t print Don t download Don t display Criteria Description AN Applicatio
103. t image Edit P rint current Ctrl P d Zoom View Zoom Zoom Ctrl c Cx Zoom View Zoom Zoom Ctrl Zoom selection View Zoom Zoom selection Export Export only in context menu Rotate left View R otate R otate left 2 Rotation right View R otate R otate right Ctrl 1 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 58 5 5 8 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 1 ks fai 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 59 6 PRINTING The MIMOSA display mode offers two modes of printing e Printcurrent this prints the document currently displayed e Printcustomized this allows you to specify precisely which documents from the hitlist should be printed the type of printing and the documents or par
104. t 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 SES s e When the mouse pointer changes to slide the tile bar to the desired location e To return to a single window double click on the tile bar Mimosa EP 0811986 1 19971210 151 File Edit View Options Tools Window Help 181 xj 54 Page mode memory device with multiple level memory cells 1 2 Enu REPORT 1 ITI 57 A page mode X semiconductor 9 2 memory device comprises a matrix 1 of memory cells n een etree ee 7 arranged in rows and columns C each row Yata WE aucian 1 10 62013056 F colum 3 Tine i column 3 Yine 19 forming a memory page MP1 MPn of the lar Sx eatin b Vine bs memory device and comprising atleast one group MW1 E BEA 295 MW2 MW2m 1 MW2m of memory cells MC memory W Mel EP 9 GB SEE THOMED page selection means 2 for selecting a row R of the th matrix 1 and a plurality of sensing circuits 3 each one associated to a respective column C of the matrix The memory cells are multiple level memory cells which can be programmed in
105. te between documents You can also mark documents of interest using the following feature Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Mark a document View Mark document F4 The marking function acts as 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 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 45 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 ooe Hat English Title EP and WO WO 9749354 A1 19971231 CORNEAL INSERT INSTRUMENT OF INSERTI MORGAN James Garnet WO 9750011 A2 19971231 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND USE T MUTTER Michael EP 0814550 A2 13971223 Diode array for diode pumped solid state laser von Hellfeld Axel Dr Dipl Phys W
106. tomate the export and printing 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 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 at the 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 66 8 GLOSSARY A C Caracteres g n riques esee 19 COGXISLell CB eie e n ree re es 20 Collections isse coner rrr t HH ere 5 Connectors 15 COPY tee 56 Cross 166 38 Dictionary 6 Document 6 41 47 Downloads eT erri 62 E EP
107. trl END This document is the property of the European Patent Office It not be communicated to third parties without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 44 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 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 9750133 19971231 EP 0814382 A1 19971229 rn nm 4 amp 40 0074 You can then use the 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 differentia
108. ts of documents pages subdocuments etc to be printed Action Menu entry Shortcut Icon Current printing Edit P rint current Ctrl P Customized printing Edit P rint customized t3 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 printing allows you to specify precise parameters for printing All selections made in these print parameters are automatically saved and re used each time the Print 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 60 Carry out the following actions before printing 1 Printer C Name PROPI JUKEUOTSHPSSi Properties Status Plus de papier 1 documents en attente Type Lasenet 5Si Where LPT1 Document range Page range C The current document The curent page All the documents All the pages he marked document C From Te ml the Hitlist C From T Subdocuments Print of Document Nb copies 1 99 fi E Print Cancel Footer Page Time Free text Print
109. tware allows you to make a series of queries to one or a number of databases in a single operation Y ou can then view extract or print the resulting documents 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 and stored on any medium and viewed with the aid of this small application The software can also be used to view other common file formats 48 KTOOLs this software only runs under Windows 95 It is used to manage jukeboxes in local mode 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 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 DOCUMENTATION 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 5 1 2 Hardware configuration 1 2 1 Minimum configuration e Pentium PC 16 MB RAM under WINDOWS 95 and 24 MB und
110. under INID code 62 50 1 EP 0811757 A2 1937121 51 1 EP 0811782 A2 1997121 52 15 EPOBIT862A2 1997121 64 Articulated arm transfer device 53 4 EP 0811873 A2 1997121 54 4 EPO0811903 A2 1997121 shaft in the opposite direction The elbow enc 55 2 EP 0811904 A2 1937121 57 An articulated arm transfer device employs a upper arm is el 1 EP 0811821 A2 1997121 pair of upper arms each upper arm being rotatable at its other upper arm is rotatably mounted on its st 1 EP 0811923 2 1997121 shoulder end and pair of forearms each forearm being elbow end of one forearm is rotatably mountec 1 EP 0811924 A2 1997121 The elbow ends of each pairare shafto which the elbow end of an upper arm is fi 10 EP 0811925 A2 1997121 connected to each other by a link means The shoulder the elbow end of the other forearm is fixed to the 60 4 EP 0811927 A2 1997121 ends are mounted on a support in such a manner that which the elbow end of the other upper arm is 8 0811928 42 1997121 Ma Ready TA page s 44 126 doc s 11 doofs selected 100 MEPA1997050 Notice and FULL Text 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 56 5 5 4 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 passag
111. upplied on CD ROM also called disc A number of CD ROM collections are also available on DVD ROM This is the case for MIMOSA ACCESS EPA 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 we shall call the main database The discs for certain collections contain two databases a main database and one known as the pilot index or cumulative index This second database in fact 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 patents filed in Europe over a determined period An ESPACE EPA disc contains complete information on approximately 800 patents To search through all the patents filed in Europe since 1978 the founding of the EPO would involve searching through hundreds of CD ROMs To facilitate this kind of operation certain Producers offer index databases These databases contain the bibliographical information for all the patents 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 five CD ROMs in the ACCESS SPA collection
112. ut 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 444 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 All Patents Kind 41 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 A1 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 4 4 5 Combination This 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 NEUTR
113. ve words laser and beam in the English abstract you would use the following syntax Enaiish abstract ABE Jaser 4 21w 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 ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSING ACCESSORIES ACC COMODATION ACCOMPLISHING ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING ACCUMULATION ACCUMULATOR ACCUMULATORS ACCURACY ACCURATE ACETAMIDES ACETAMINOPHEN ACETATES 1 5 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 To the left of each entry in the listi
114. without written authorization MIMOSA User Guide page 62 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 Download 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 outthe following actions before downloading Download xi Download of Notice M Document range Page range 2 The current document Allithe pages All the documents Subdocuments C The marked documents Abstract gij GE IG GGUTTTE TI Inte THES From mm To jum elect file to download C Program Files EPO MIMOSA V4 Beta2 Download Notice tat ae Help Download ESPACE Images Download Document Download Notice BACON Images SGML Images C DataBase format TIFF Images C RTF Files Text format RTF format Hitlist for batch references ALL ICES Select the vi

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