IMS Patent Focus
Date revised: 12 December 2013

Description

Subject Coverage

IMS Patent Focus provides detailed patent information for
more than 5,000 commercially significant pharmaceuticalcompounds, both marketed or in Phase III (or above) clinical
trials.

The extensive worldwide coverage of IMS Patent Focus
covers pharmaceutical patents from over 120 countries.

Patent family information consists of the publication number
and date, filing date, patent type, estimated expiry date(including patent extensions where applicable),
Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) dates, and thedate on which the patent was added to the family.
Country comments provide additional information about aparticular patent family member and may also include
Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) status inEurope, and patent extensions in Australia, Israel, Japan,Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, and USA, if
applicable.

The patents are grouped together into families which
consist of a set of published patent applications or
granted patents that protect a single invention. A first
application (filing) – the priority - is made in one country
and is then extended to multiple countries.
SourcesIMS Patent Focus is compiled using national Patent
Office information, in addition to original patent
specifications, patent office journals, and additional
secondary sources of patent and chemical information.

Substance information about the compound(s) includes
generic names and synonyms, CAS® Registry numbers,
drug names, brand names and therapeutic class codes.
Indications, mechanisms of action, and highest phase arealso provided.
Date Coverage
1950 – present

Update Frequency
Monthly

Geographic Coverage
International

Document Types
Patents

Publisher
IMS Patent Focus is provided by IMS Health. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:
IMS Health
Customer Services Dept., Global Services
210 Pentonville Road
London, N1 9JY
England

Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:+44 0207-393-5888+44 0207-393-5346
service@imshealth.com

Field codes may be used in searches entered on the Basic Search, Advanced Search and Command Line Search pages.
The tools available for searching are Search Fields, Limit Options, Browse Fields, “Narrow Results By” Limiters,and Look Up Patent. Each is listed separately below. Some data can be searched using more than one tool.

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Sample record
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PA,PBC,PN,PD

AB

PA,CO
PPC,PRN,PRD
CNM, SUBST

GN,SUBSTSYN,SUBSTRN,SUBST

IND
MEC

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TC
PHS
LN
DT
AN
FAVUD

PUB

KC,PBC,PN1
PDA,APD,LD

PBC,PN,PDA DS

TX

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Search fields
You can use field codes on the Basic Search, Advanced Search, and Command Line Search pages to limit searches tospecific fields. The table below lists the field codes for this file.
Field Name

ExampleDescription and Notes

Abstract

FieldCodeAB

ab(aerosol dispenser*)

Abstract present

ABANY

Accession numberAN"inhaler counter" ANDabany(yes)an(9628)

All fieldsALL

all(verapamil)“technion israel”

Searches the main abstract only; TX can be used tosearch abstracts and country comments. Useadjacency and/or Boolean operators to narrow searchresults.
Add: AND ABANY(YES) to a query to limit retrieval torecords with abstracts.
A unique document identification number assigned by
the information provider.
Searches all fields except the full text in full-text
databases. Use proximity and/or Boolean operators tonarrow search results.
Searches all fields; including the country-specific text

All fields + text
All publication numbers

PNA

pna( AU 87/68715)

Searches publication and related publication numbers

Any numberPNUM

pnum(WO1991US8204)

Application country

APC

apc(GB)

Includes priority application, publication and related
publication numbers. Enhanced/variant forms of thenumber are also searchable.
Searches priority application country

Application date

APD

Searches application date.

Application dates – allAPDA

apd(1991-11-12)
apd(19911112)
apda(19901126)

Application number

APN

apn(GB 199025654)

Searches priority application numbers

Application numbers – allAPNA

apna(US 61111919)

Includes priority application numbers

CAS registry number

RN
SUBST

Chemical substance nameCompany information

CNMSUBSTCO

rn("150693-37-1")
rn("107322-03-2") LNK
monohydrochloridecnm(dihydroxypregna)co(technion)

Descriptions of CAS registry numbers can be searchedusing the LNK operator and the desired term without afield code
Note that substance names can also be searchedwithout a field code.
Includes assignee. Does not search parent company

Designated statesDSds(france and germany)

Search designated states with their full names

Document text

TXtx("self-propelled pharmaceuticalformulation")

Document title

TIti(“aerosol vial”)

Includes country comments and abstract(s). Useadjacency and/or Boolean operators to narrow search
results.
Includes title

Document type

DTYPE

The generic document type for all records in IMS Patent
Focus is “patent family”. Specific document types suchas “product” or “device” can also be searched.

Drug synonym

SYN
SUBST
FAV

dtype(“patent family”)
dtype(device)
dtype(composition)syn(formoterol AND budesonide)fav(2012-10-23)

Indicates the first time a document was loaded in thisdatabase. It will not change however many times therecord is subsequently reloaded.

First available4Includes application and priority dates.

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Field Name
From database 2Field
CodeFDB

ExampleDescription and Notes

verapamil AND fdb(1008263)

Useful in multi-database searches to isolate records
from a single database. When using FDB for thisdatabase, enter the name without blanks as illustrated.

verapamil ANDfdb(imspatentfocus)
Full text

FT

Generic nameHighest phaseGNSUBSTPHSIndicationIND

ind(copd AND asthma)

Language

LNln(english)

Mechanism of action

MECmec(adrenergic agonist)

Parent company--“techion israel”

Search without a field code

Patent assignee

PApa(minnesota mining)

Includes assignee

Patent assignee country

ACO

aco(USA)This is actually “nationality”

Patent expiration dateLDld(20111112)

Patent publication countryPBCPC

pbc(wo AND us)
pc(wo AND us)

Searches the 2-letter ISO standard country code for themain and related patent publication country.

Patent publication dates –allPDA

pda(19930915)
pda(19920625 AND 19920611)
pda(1994)

Includes all publication dates in the family.

Patent publication numberPNpn(EP 0559757)

Searches publication numbers in the family.

Patent publication
numbers – allPriority application countryPNA

pna(AU 92/22550)

PPC

ppc(gb)Priority application datePRD

prd(19901126)

Priority application
numberPRN

prn(GB 199025654)

Searches publication and related publication numbersin the family.
Searches the 2-letter ISO-standard country code
associated with the priority application number(s).
Searches the 8-digit date(s) assigned to priority
application number(s).
Searches priority application numbers

Publication title

PUB

pub(IMS Patent focus)

Publication typePT

pt(government)

Substance

SUBST

Therapeutic classification

TCCL

Trade nameTN
SUBST
UD

subst(formoterol)
subst("51333-22-3" ANDbudesonide)tc(r3f)cl(corticoid*)tc(r3f) LNK cl(b2 stimulant*)tn(symbicort)

Updatesft("self-propelled pharmaceuticalformulation")gn(formoterol)

Also searchable as TX.

phs(“phase iii”)

Includes the highest known development phaseworldwideud(20131110)

The language in which the document was originallypublished.

In a patent database, the publication title is generally
the database name.
All records in IMS Patent Focus have the publication
type "Government & Official Publications".
Searches chemical names, generic names, synonyms,
trade names, CAS Registry numbers and theirdescriptions.
Search class description using CL. Use the LNK
operator to link TC and CL.

The date(s) the record was loaded as a result of anupdate provided by the supplier.

2FDB searches the database ID. Click the “Field codes” hyperlink at the top right of the Advanced Search page. Click “Search syntax and field codes”,
then click on “FDB command” to get a list of database names and codes that can be searched with FDB.

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Limit options
Limit options are quick and easy ways of searching certain common concepts. Short lists of choices are available for:Document type.
Date limiters are available in which you can select single dates or ranges for date of publication and updated.

Browse fields
You can browse the contents of certain fields by using Look Up lists. These are particularly useful to validate spellings or
the presence of specific data. Terms found in the course of browsing may be selected and automatically added to theAdvanced Search form. Look Up lists are available in the fields drop-down only for: Patent assignee.

“Narrow Results By” limiters
When results of a search are presented, the results display is accompanied by a list of “Narrow results by” options shownon the right-hand panel. Click on any of these options and you will see a ranked list showing the most frequently occurring
terms in your results. Click on the term to apply it to (“narrow”) your search results. Narrow results by limiters in IMSPatent Focus include: Document type, Patent assignee, Patent publication country, and Publication date (slider)

Look up patent
If you need to trace a particular patent, use the Look Up Patent feature. Find a link to this toward the top of the Basic
Search, Advanced Search, or Command Line Search page; click this and you will go to a page where you can enter any
known details of the patent, including: Number, Patent title, Assignee, Inventor, Publication date, and Application date.

Terms & Conditions
The following terms and conditions apply.
IMS does not claim to offer legal advice on patent status - the information given in IMS Patent Focus is to be used as aguide only.
This database is copyrighted by IMS Publications. No part of this database may be copied or duplicated in hard copy
or machine-readable form without prior written permission of IMS Publications.
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