IFIPAT

 

Description
IFIPat, the IFI Patent file, includes records of all utility patents granted, reissue patents and defensive publications relating to mechanical and electrical patents from 1963 onwards. It is available through STN International. More information can be found at http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/dbsslist.html.

 

 

Availability
This database is available in STN and STN Easy.

 

 

Number of entries: keywords = heat pump (Sept. 99)
Total of 3,199,520 citations (9/99); 2,284 entries with keywords = heat pump.

 

 

Description of heat pump entries

• Application area: all, mostly residences/industry

• Heat source: all

• Technology specification: all, interesting for emerging technologies

• Type of project: patents

Assessment
Database contains mainly the same titles as USPatfull, though coverage of mechanical engineering starts earlier, in 1963

 

 

Last updated: 1 March 2004

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