Automation of patent classification

World Patent Information

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-271

  Smith, Harold ^a  

^a US Department of Commerce   (United States)

Author keywords

Assigning patent applications; Automated classification; Classifying patent applications; Clustering techniques; Patents linguistic utility service; PLUS; QBE; Query by example; Ranked listings; Reclassification; Word lists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036891240     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0172-2190(02)00067-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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