PatentlyUseful for USPTO
— Last update Oct 7, 2009 — Installed 182 times.|
Script Summary:
Provides helpful links for Issued Patents and Patent Applications at the United States Patent Office ( USPTO ). Additional information available at PatentlyUseful.com. Version: 0.7.4 Copyright: 2009, Kirk W Goodwin (http://www.patentlyuseful.com/) |
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Release History
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2009/08/26: Ver 0.7.3
- Yet another update to attempt to combat the difference between the way Firefox 3.5+ and an prior versions handle and pass html code
2009/08/26: Ver 0.7.2
- Modified additional data to help with backward compatibility
- Removed the wrapping updater code to stick with the @require http://sizzlemctwizzle.com/updater.php?id=45645
2009/08/13: Ver 0.7.1
- Modified some data to help reduce potential bugs with Firefox ver 3.0 and earlier
- Small improvements made to the Assignee Search
2009/08/12: Ver 0.7.0
- Started improving the appearance
2009/08/11: Ver 0.6.9
- Bug Fix
o Fixed an error related to certain filing date months
o Fixed an error related to certain very old patents displaying both the "searching" status and the results simultaneously
2009/08/11: Ver 0.6.8
- In the upper right hand corner
o Added a blinking searching notice while the search request is being made, sent, received and processed.
2009/08/10: Ver 0.6.7
- In the upper right hand corner
o Added related issued patent (if found) for a published patent(may take up to 30 sec as it is grabbing a search page)
o Added other information including, Publication Number, Publication Date, Filing Date, Serial number and code
o Assignee (if found) and search of Assignee in the published applications database
o Current US Classification and search of the class in the published applications database
- In the upper left hand corner
o Added link to the USPTO assignment page
2009/08/04: Ver 0.6.6
- Added related published application for an issued patent (may take up to 30 sec as it is grabbing a search page)
2009/08/04: Ver 0.6.5
- Added commas to the patent number (thanks to commafy)
- Updated the autoupdater (thanks to sizzlemctwizzle)
- Did some internal code organizing
- Replace INPADOC with Bibliographic Info for Issued Patents due to inconsistancies at the EPO
2009/08/03: Ver 0.6.4
- Added pat2pdf and EPO links to the cited US published applications
- Added a link to a self-populated page for Patent Bibilographic information
- NOTE: If someone clicks on one of the buttons too quickly USPTO sends a message that it may be against the TOS if automated. As this script does not automate the collection of data, but merely forwards known information to the
next page I don't believe it's against the TOS. But if it is, it's NOT MY FAULT as you've been warned.
2009/07/31: Ver 0.6.3
- Fixed Finding the Issue Date for really old patents that don't have full text searching (e.g. patent before US Pat. 3584130)
2009/07/29: Ver 0.6.2
- Fixed weird bug for search resultant patents (as opposed to patent number search results) which could hork the info in the righthand side
2009/07/29: Ver 0.6.1
- Turned off all GM logs accidentially left on
2009/07/29: Ver 0.6
- Removed Patent Fetcher due to their limit of 10 patents PER IP ADDRESS (bad for companies)
- Added link to USPTO Patent Assignment Records
- Added patent information to top right corner including:
+ Patent Number, Serial Number, Assignee (if known), Filing and issue dates, and Main US Class
- Added links to the top right corner for Assignee and Main US Class
2009/07/19: Ver 0.5.4
- Wrapped variables into a JavaObject
2009/04/07: Ver 0.5.3
- Added the EPO's INPADOC Family Link (Published applications only)
2009/04/07: Ver 0.5.2
- Changed Version numbers to a standard format (also to make the Firefox Add-on Version)
- Adding similar links to the cited art
2009/04/01: Ver 2009.04.01.4
- Added the Automatic Script updating back in with the corrected format.
2009/04/01: Ver 2009.04.01.3
- Removed Automatic Script Updating due to an unexpected error in the script header.
2009/04/01: Ver 2009.04.01.2
- Added Automatic Script Updating
2009/04/01: Ver 2009.04.01.1
- Initial Release
NOTES
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Additional potential features:
o Find corresponding publication for an issued patent - DONE in 0.6.5!
o Find corresponding issued patent for a publication (if in existence) - DONE in 0.6.7!
o Display the information in the right hand corner in a nice manner (e.g. a table? a floating box?)
o Add INPADOC for issued patents as we now have the published patent application number related to the patent
o Allow for an options menu for each user to select links they want, etc....
o Google Patents use: "http://www.google.com/patents?vid=" + patno
o Find any priority date and/or extension to calculate the date of expiration
o Add IC classification info and search
o Find a way to link to the File History at the EPO
o Change left hand links to nicer looking buttons
o Include the search links in the main body at the appropriate point(s)
o Avoid the CAPTCHA entry to get a pdf of an issued patent from the EPO patent site by using the corresponding publication number if found.
o Add Patent Title of Cited Art and/or Abstract to the list with the xmlhttpRequest command
Known Issues
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o Issue related to pre 3.5 versions of Firefox showing incorrect information for publication dates and/or extraneous information in certain fields after a search. 0.7.1 is the attempted fix. Please provide error feedback in the discussion group.
