esp@cenet@ Europe's Network of Patent Databases.
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The article presents information on the esp@cenet database developed by the European Patent Office in October 1998. The database features patent documents from Europe, Japan, the U.S. and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The coverage of the patents contained in the database begins in 1836.
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