Computerized patent information processing in the All-Union Centre: The current state and prospects

Abstract

The development is described of the system for computerized patent information processing in the Scientific and Production Amalgamation (SPA) 'Poisk' ('search' in Russian) which is the All-Union patent service centre of the U.S.S.R. An integrated Computerized System of Patent Information (CSPI) was set up in 1976, which deals with the following services: (1) distribution of patent information in machine readable form; (2) computerized distribution of patent documents to users; (3) retrieval of patent information; (4) statistical analysis; and (5) computerization of document handling. Details of the organization of these services are given.