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EAGAN, Minn., July 30, 2003 — Patent research now is easier, faster and more effective. A new agreement announced today between West and Thomson Delphion enables patent researchers to seamlessly access the Delphion patent research service, which includes more than 35 million records from over 70 patent offices worldwide, from within their Westlaw session. Both West and Thomson Delphion are Thomson businesses (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
"Recent headlines alleging patent infringement at some of the world's most recognizable businesses underscore the importance of patent research to protecting the intellectual property and financial interests of corporations and other innovators," said Chris Morton, vice president, Corporate Segment Marketing for West. "Thomson Delphion is among the most respected providers of patent research information and services. Seamless connections to the comprehensive, global collection of patent information resources on Delphion from Westlaw will enable our customers to be even more productive and confident in their counsel."
Users accessing Delphion through Westlaw will find:
- Text searching and images from U.S., European and Patent Cooperation Treaty collections, in addition to Patent Abstracts of Japan and bibliographic information and images from INPADOC
- Dynamic sorting and display of citation lists, including image thumbnails
- Analytical tools that create graphical maps and bar charts quickly online as well as offline analysis of results with 3-D graphs and charts
- Work files to save, organize, annotate and share personalized lists of patents
- Bulk downloads of patents and fast export of key bibliographic fields
- Saved searches and alerts
- Name normalized searching capabilities
"Delphion has much to offer the legal community," said Bob Smith, vice president and general manager of Thomson Delphion. "Unique features such as Citation Link and Corporate Tree allow legal researchers to get exactly what they need from patent data without extensive, time-consuming manipulation. And Shared Work Files facilitate the kind of collaboration that is necessary for legal teams to be effective. These features, combined with the content already existing on Westlaw, create a one-stop-shop for legal patent researchers."
Westlaw patent content includes major primary and analytical patent resources as well as the KeyCite Patent Citator, giving legal professionals quick, easy access to key information and relevant documents pertaining to U.S. patents. Westlaw also currently offers legal professionals doing patent research information such as cases, statutes and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) decisions and administrative content; analytical materials; litigation information; prior art sources; and news and information.
The integration of Delphion onto the West platform, coming just seven months after Thomson acquired Delphion, is an example of how synergies between Thomson businesses provide best-in-class services for customers. For more information, visit http://west.thomson.com/westlaw/patents/.
About West
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the U.S. legal market. West is a business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit the West Web site at west.thomson.com.
About Delphion
Delphion is an Internet-based service for researching and analyzing patents and related intellectual property information on a worldwide basis. With Delphion, business professionals can search the world's top patent collections, including those of the U.S., Europe, Japan, and World Intellectual Property Organization; leverage unique productivity tools to analyze and track market developments and competitive activities; and view, download and print high-quality patent images.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation, with 2002 revenues of $7.8 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
Brant Skogrand, APR
West
Phone: (651) 848-8578
brant.skogrand@thomson.com
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