Japanese patents from EPO

 

Description
The European Patent Office (EPO) offers free access to Japanese patent information via Esp@cenet.

 

 

Availability
Free of charge from Esp@cenet.

 

 

Number of entries: keywords = heat pump (Sept. 99)
4,479 entries with phrase "heat pump" in title.

 

 

Description of heat pump entries

• Application area: commercial, industrial

• Technology specification: all, in particular engine-driven and absorption heat pumps

• Type of project: inventions, no specific projects

• Search features: search help provided. Search by fields

A search result provides title, publication date, inventor(s), applicant(s), relevant classification numbers, and an English abstract. In many cases a drawing is also available in PDF format.

 

 

Assessment
Very useful for scanning purposes; has a huge number of entries. Details concerning source and time coverage are not available.

 

 

Last updated: 1 March 2004

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