Crossfile Searching with QPAT-US Using WordBasic Macro Tools
Elvin L. Hoel · Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences · 1999
QPAT-US, Questel−Orbit's database of U.S. Patents (1974−present) accessible via the Internet, is a powerful and cost-effective tool for full-text searching. In our searching group, it has also largely replaced CD-ROMs as the preferred means of browsing U.S. Patents. However, the resource provides poor help in crossfile searching efforts. Tools and techniques have been developed, using Microsoft Word and WordBasic Macros, to ease export of search results from QPAT-US to other online databases (e.g., Derwent's World Patents Index) and to ease import of U.S. patent numbers from other online databases to permit browsing the full text of the patent. Examples of use and source code for these tools are provided.