Prior art search tools on the Internet and legal status of the results: A European Patent Office perspective

World Patent Information

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Archontopoulos, Eugenio ^a  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AltaVista; Article 54 EPC; Article 55 EPC; Availability to the public; Conformance; Date of availability; European Patent Office; Google; Internet search; Legal consequences; Metasearch engines; Non prejudicial disclosures; Prior art disclosures; Search engines; Viv simo

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342527933     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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