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RecordContent• PIRA (PIRA & PAPERBASE - Packaging, Paper, Printing, Publishing, Imaging) is abibliographic database containing information on business and technologicaldevelopments in packaging, printing, publishing, pulp, paper, imaging, andnonwovens. Both business and technical aspects of these industries are covered, withemphasis on raw materials, production processes, machinery and equipment,
environmental issues, products, and end uses. In addition, PIRA includes information
relating to all aspects of imaging, including photography, holography, thermography,and radiography techniques, equipment, and applications.
• The database corresponds to the following journals: Imaging Abstracts, International
Packaging Abstracts, Nonwovens Abstracts, Paperbase Abstracts, Printing Abstracts,
and World Publishing Monitor• The records contain product and company names, title, author, abstract, andcontrolled and supplementary terms, geographic terms, language, document type,chemical names, and CAS Registry Numbers (R). Also included are entry and update
dates and publication years

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813,905 records (7/2018)

Coverage1975 to July 2018

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Static as of July 2018

Language

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Search and Display Field Codes
There are no fields that allow left truncation in this file.
Search Field Name

SearchCode

Display
Codes

Search Examples

Basic Index (contains single words
from the title (TI), controlled (CT)and supplementary (ST) terms,
geographic term (GT), tradename (TN), corporate name(CO), abstract (AB), andchemical name (CN) fields, aswell as CAS Registry Numbers(RN)) (1)None (or/BI)

S PACKAG?
S WRAP?(L)PAPER
S 50-06-6
S 9002-86-2Q
S VINYL CHLORIDE

AB, CO, CT,GT, RN, ST,TI, TN

Accession Number

/AN

AN

Author (Inventor)
Chemical NameClassification Code (2)(code and text)/AU/CN/CC

Company Name
(Corporate Name)(2)Controlled Term

/COS 90:106/AN
S 1998:1234/AN
S BROWN M/AU
S VINYL CHLORIDE/CNS LAMINATE#/CC
S 3246/CC
S WASTE TREATMENT/CC
S SONY CORP/COCT

Document Number
Document Type (code and text)

Field Availability/DN/DT(or /TC)/ED(or /UP)/FA

S PROCESS?/CT
S "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"/CT
S 03-92-05043/DN
S JOURNAL/DT
S P/DTS ED>=20020700

File Segment (code and text)/FS

Geographic Term

/GT

International Standard (Document)
Number (ISSN)
Inventor
Journal Title
Language (code and text)
Patent Assignee (2) (includes
PACO)
Patent Country (code and text)/ISN

Patent Number (4)Patent Publication Date (3)Priority Application Country (codeand text)
Priority Application Date (3)Priority Application Number (4)/PN/PD/PRC

Entry Date (3)Priority Application Year (3)/CT/IN/JT/LA/PA(or /CS)
/PC

/PRD
/PRN
(or/APPS)/PRY

S AB/FA
S IA/FSS IMAGING ABSTRACTS/FSS USA/GTS NAUSA/GT
S 0031-1340/ISN

AURN
CC

CODNDT
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Displayed
Not
DisplayedFS
GTSO

S ADACHI H/INS HEALTH SAF?/JTS ENGLISH/LA;S EN/LAS RICOH/PA
S 2610/PA
S GB/PCS UNITED KINGDOM/PCS US5330882/PN
S 20020508/PD
S KR/PRC

IN
JT, SOLAPAS PRD>=19940111
S US91-723346/PRN

PRAI
PRAI

S 1993-1995/PRY

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Search and Display Field Codes (cont'd)
Search Field Name

SearchCodePublication Year (3)Source (contains journal title,publisher, collation information,
meeting information, ISBN, andISSN)/PY/SO

Supplementary TermTitle
Trade Name/ST
/TI/TN

Search Examples
S 1991/PY
S PRINT?/SO
S 1-86020-550-X/SOS (IMAGING AND VOL 41)/SO
S 8750-9237/SO
S (INTERNATIONAL ONLINE MEETING AND
20TH)/SOS MORRIS/STS PAPER RECYCL?/TI
S THINSULATE/TN

Display
Codes
PI, PY, SOSO

STTI
TN

(1) A search of a CAS Registry Number retrieves both the Registry Number and the Registry Number with a Q appended. Q isappended when more that one CAS Registry Number appears with a name in a record.
(2) Search with implied (S) proximity is available in this field.
(3) Numeric search field that may be searched with numeric operators or ranges.
(4) Either STN format or Derwent format may be used.

DISPLAY and PRINT Formats
Any combination of formats may be used to display or print answers. Multiple codes must be separated by
space or commas, e.g., D L1 AB TN or D L1 AB,TN. The fields are displayed or printed in the orderrequested.
Hit term highlighting is available in all display fields except JT and PY. Highlighting is set ON by default andmust be ON when SEARCH is performed in order to use the HIT, KWIC, and OCC formats.
FormatAB
AN (1)
AUCC (1)CO (1)CT (1)DN
DT (TC)FS
GT (1)IN
ISN (2)JT (2)LA
PA (CS)
PI (PN, PATS)(3)
PRAI (PRN,APPS) (3)PY (2)RN (CN) (1)SO
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ContentExamples

Abstract
Accession NumberAuthor
Classification CodeCorporate NameControlled Term
Document Number
Document TypeFile Segment
Geographic Term
Inventor
International Standard (Document) Number (ISSN)
Journal Title
Language
Patent Assignee
Patent Information

D L4 1-4 AB
D L1 3 AN
D AU 1,3-5
D CC 5-10
D 1-3,7,8 CO
D CT
D DN 1-5
D L1 DT 3
D 1,3,6,8 FS L5
D GT L5
D IN PAD ISN 2
D L8 JT 1-3
D 1,4 LAD PA
D PI

Priority Application Information

D PI PRAI

Publication Year
CAS Registry Number and Chemical Name
SourceSupplementary Term
Title
Trade Name

D PY 3,5-8
D RN
D SO L1 4
D ST 3,4
D TI, ABD L3 TN

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ContentExamples
D ABS 2 8
D 1- ALLBIB
CBIB
IALLIBIBIND (1)SAM
SCAN (1,4)

AB
AN, DN, TI, AU, IN, PA, PI, PRAI, SO, DT, LA, FS, AB, CC, CT, ST, CO, GT, TN,RN
AN, DN, TI, AU, IN, PA, PI, PRAI, SO, DT, LA, FS (BIB is the default)
AN, DN, compressed bibliographic information
ALL, indented with text labels
BIB, indented with text labels
CC, CT, ST, CO, GT, TN, RN
TI, CC, CT, ST, CO, GT, TN, RN
TI, CC, CT, ST, CO, GT, TN, RN (random display without answer number)

HITKWICOCC (1)

Fields containing hit terms
Hit terms with 20 words on either side (KeyWord-In-Context)
Number of occurrences of hit terms and fields in which they occur

D HIT 2,8 NOH
D 3 KWIC L5
D L1 OCC

D 2-5 BIBD CBIB L2 4
D IALL L1
D L3 IBIBD IND TOTALD L6 SAM 7
D SCAN(1) No online display fee for this format.
(2) Custom display only.
(3) By default, patent numbers and priority numbers are displayed in STN format. To display them in Derwent format, enter SET
PATENT DERWENT at an arrow prompt. To reset display to STN format, enter SET PATENT STN.
(4) SCAN must be entered on the command line, e.g., D SCAN.

SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT FIELDSThe SELECT command is used to create E-numbers or an L-number containing terms taken from thespecified field in an answer set.
The ANALYZE command is used to create an L-number containing terms taken from the specified field in ananswer set.
The SORT command is used to rearrange the search results in either alphabetic or numeric order of thespecified field(s).
Field Name
Abstract
Accession NumberAuthor
CAS Registry Number
CAS Registry Number and Chemical Name
Chemical NameClassification CodeControlled Term
Corporate Name
Corporate Source (Patent Assignee)
Document Number
Document Type
File Segment
Geographic Term
International Standard (Document) Number
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
Inventor
Journal Title
Language
Number of occurrences of hit terms

Field CodeANALYZE/SELECT(1)

AB
ANAU
RN
CHEM
CN
CC
CT
COCS
DN
DT
FSGT
ISN
ISSN
IN
JTLA
OCC

Y (2)
YY
Y (2)
Y (2)
YYYY
Y (3)
YY
YYYNYY (4)Y
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SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT FIELDS (cont’d)Field Name
Patent Assignee
Patent Countries
Patent Country
Patent Information
Patent Number
Patent Publication Date
Priority Application Country
Priority Application Date
Priority Application Information
Priority Application Number
Priority Application Year
Publication Year
SourceSupplementary Term
Title
Trade Name
Treatment Code(1)Field CodeANALYZE/SELECT(1)

PAPCS
PC
PIPN
PATSPD
PRC
PRD
PRAIYY (5)Y
Y (4,6)
Y (4)
Y (4,7)YYY
Y (4,8)YNY
YYNYYYYPRNAPPS
PRYPY
SOST
TI
TN
TC

Y (4)
Y (4,9)Y (4)Y (4)Y (10)Y
Y (default)
YY

YNYYNNYYYSORTHIT may be used to restrict terms extracted to terms that match the search expression used to create the answer set, e.g., SEL HITTI.
(2) Appends /BI to the terms created by SELECT.
(3) Appends /PA to the terms created by SELECT.
(4) SELECT HIT and ANALYZE HIT are not valid with this field.
(5) Selects or analyzes PC with /PCS appended to the terms created by SELECT.
(6) Selects or analyzes patent number with /PN appended to the terms created by SELECT.
(7) Selects or analyzes patent number with /PATS appended to the terms created by SELECT.
(8) Selects or analyzes priority number with /PRN appended to the terms created by SELECT.
(9) Selects or analyzes priority number with /APPS appended to the terms created by SELECT.
(10) Selects or analyzes ISSN with /SO appended to the terms created by SELECT.

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Sample Records
DISPLAY IALLACCESSION NUMBER:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
TITLE:AUTHOR:
SOURCE:DOCUMENT TYPE:LANGUAGE:FS
ABSTRACT:

CLASSIFICATION:CONTROLLED TERM:COMPANY NAME:GEOGRAPHIC TERM:
TRADE NAME:
CAS REGISTRY NO.:

2002:14529 PIRA
20215660
Barrier material is "45% better" at keeping out carbon
dioxideAnon
Packag. Innovation, (2002) vol. 6, no. 10, July 2002,
p. 3.
JOURNALENGLISH
03; PK (Packaging)
Owens-Illinois Plastics Group, Food and BeverageProducts, has developed a new barrier material forpolyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers which is35%-45% more effective as a carbon dioxide barrier
than other formulations. Called SurShield it achieves
this at less cost and with less material, while
retaining the proprietary active oxygen and carbon
dioxide barriers it provides for beverages and beers.
SurShield's use as a multi layer is enhanced when it
is precisely introduced as an interlayer using theSurShot proprietary system which can precisely meterthe introduction of SurShield down to 1.5% of thetotal package weight. Owens-Illinois believes that noother company can match its consistency at such lowlevels. SurShield also widens the range of suitableproducts which can be packaged in smaller packs.
(Short article)
Rigid and semi-rigid plastics and laminate packs; 3440
BARRIER MATERIAL; BEVERAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST
SAVING; HEADLINE; JULY02; NEW MATERIAL; PLASTICCONTAINER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
Owens Illinois
Europe; United Kingdom; EU;EZUKM
SurShield
124-38-9 (CARBON DIOXIDE)
7782-44-7 (OXYGEN)
25038-59-9 (POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE)DISPLAY BIB
AN
2002:14710 PIRA
DN
40039112
TI
Image ProcessingIN
Zell J; Brett SPI
GB 2368994 15 May 2002
PRAI GB 2000-22071 8 Sep 2000
SO(2002) .
DT
PATENTLAENGLISHFS
06; IA (Imaging Abstracts)

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CCCTST
COGT
TN
RN

Paper and board making; 1180
ADSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATE; CLAY; FILLER; FUNCTION; LABORATORY;MARKETING; NEW MATERIAL; PH; PITCH CONTROL; PROPERTY; SODIUM
ALUMINOSILICATE; STRENGTH; SYSTEM; WASTE PAPER; WATER; WHITE PITCH
Abe K; Sango K; Thutida H
MIZUSAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES KK
ASIA; JAPAN; AS;ASJAPSILTON LP
1327-36-2 (ALUMINOSILICATE)
1344-00-9 (SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE)

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