Products: BizInt Smart Charts for Patents
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Current version: BizInt Smart Charts for Patents Version 3.3.22 (2010-07-12)
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Release History for the Last 18 Months
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.22 (2010-07-12)
- Support for LexisNexis TotalPatent. Export results from your TotalPatent work folder using the "Export to BizInt Smart Charts for Patents" option; a "BPD" (BizInt Patent Data) file will be exported from TotalPatent. Images are not currently exported from TotalPatent. More information can be found on the page Creating Reports from TotalPatent.
- This release includes a few bug fixes related to initial support of TotalPatent in 3.3.21. In combined charts, TotalPatent families would appear in the Title column. Also added columns for the Main and Extended Family ids, cleaned up a few display glitches, and defined two chart templates.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.21 (2010-06-30)
- Fixed problem with Move Rows feature which could cause the wrong row to move when hidden rows are present in the chart. Also added short cut Control-M.
- Added support for KWIC in claims for US, EP, and PCT full text files on STN.
- Questel's new Orbit.com platform includes an easy BizInt export.
- Added support for TotalPatent from LexisNexis.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.20 (2010-03-31)
- Added two new targets for links: Patbase Express family view; and PatentOrder Direct PDF access.
- A new command on the Edit menu allows you to move a row (or rows) within the chart, to the top, bottom, or to a specific position in the chart.
- Some families could cause version 3.3.19 to hang when importing from Patbase. This problem has been fixed.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.19 (2010-03-25)
- Patent Family data from Patbase was previously presented alphabetically sorted. The family is now sorted by date with all publications for an authority together. Patent Number and Date columns now reflect the earliest publication.
- Fixed mapping between GenomeQuest and USGENE Percent Identity fields.
- Patent Number was not being populated in USGENE on STN.
- Fixed problems that a few users would encounter when importing ZIP files. Also improved error reporting when importing multiple XML files from a ZIP.
- Fixed a problem that could cause a crash or smeared image when pasting images into a chart cell.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.18 (2010-02-08)
- Added initial support for USGENE on STN.
- Fixed several glitches in the new features introduced in version 3.3.17.
New in Version 3.3.17 (2009-11-03)
- A small change to the View Rows panel (which is now larger) now shows the row list starting with the current row. Once changes are made, the chart remains at the same position. Likewise for View Columns and Apply Template, the chart no longer jumps back to the top.
Fixed in Version 3.3.16 (2009-10-21)
- Version 3.3.15 could cause a crash when creating full-text links from the Basic Patent Number field (as opposed to full Family data). This has been fixed.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.15 (2009-10-10)
- Summary: This is a big collection of small fixes touching on several aspects of BizInt Smart Charts for Patents. The most extensive enhancements were to the full-text files on Questel, but useful changes were also made to USFULLTEXT on STN, Delphion, and to all databases on GenomeQuest. This release also fixes some known problems with full-text links, common family matching, and the mapping of fields into columns. The details are listed below.
- Added support for XML exports from Questel's Patent Examiner.
- Added support for PNB (Basic Patent Number) field in DWPI on Questel.
- Fixed some issues with leading space in the Sequence and Alignment fields from GenomeQuest. Sort types have been set for all alignment parameter columns.
- Fixed a problem extracting application dates from USFULLTEXT on STN. This would sometimes manifest as a missing priority date.
- Cleaned up data from US, EP, and PCT files on Questel: fixed priority data issues; cleaned up inventor lists; abstracts; and added support for claims.
- Fixed a few full-text link cases: EP A links to Micropatent; pre-2003 WO links to esp@cenet.
- Fixed problems with common family matching too broadly for some KR documents and not matching some applications where leading zeros were different. Also made matching rules more strict for DK and CN documents.
- Fixed a problem with importing application numbers from Delphion which caused US, WO, and JP numbers to be malformed.
- Publication date for non-patent literature now maps to the Earliest Priority Date for patents (rather than publication date).
- Updated the column mappings between US, EP, and PCT fulltext files.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.14 (2009-08-02)
- More RTF files are now properly recognized by the software.
- Fixed problem reading some files from Questel XML transcripts when highlights are included in the XML.
- Added support for GeneSeq Nucleotides on GenomeQuest.
- Fixed problem with Family display in GeneSeq on GenomeQuest.
- Paste of simple text now fills the range of selected cells.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.13 (2009-05-12)
- GenomeQuest databases now import the full list of patent family members. Also the publication date of the basic member is extracted and presented in the Patent Family.
- Added support for EnCompassPAT from the Ei EnCompass website.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.12 (2009-03-06)
- Added support for PatBase custom Inspection Fields. Inspection data will appear in user-added columns in the chart.
- The File Import dialog can now be resized to view longer file names.
- Links back to records on the new IDdb/Thomson Partnering site were broken. Charts built with this version or later will have correct links.
New and Fixed in Version 3.3.11 (2009-02-05)
- Fixed problem with loading patent families from Derwent WPI on Questel (XML only).
- Fixed problem with loading priority information from Derwent WPI on STN.
- Added support for file 525 as alias for BIOSIS on Dialog.
- Fixed mapping for PCT and EP Fulltext "Patent Date" columns.
- Fixed a problem that could sometimes cause cells to be placed in the wrong column when combining charts with no images.