Anyone can use it. An attorney searching for a Japanese patent number, a scientist looking for drug data from a clinical trial, a business consultant checking on a competitor's most recent acquisition, or anyone else who needs authoritative information to perform his or her job can find the answer on Dialog1. Information professionals and their clients within their organizations will welcome Dialog's newest solution to their information needs. Expert Dialog searchers have constructed these strategies based on the questions most frequently asked of Dialog Knowledge Center experts. There is no charge to access Dialog1, and most of the searches provide free title lists.
Customers only pay for the information they download.
There are no DialUnits or connect time fees. The modules that are currently available include Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals, Business Intelligence, World News, and Marketing. Dialog1 The Intellectual Property module gives customers easy access to full-text patents, patent families, patent citations, global trademarks, and U.S. copyrights. This module also provides the intellectual property researcher with some useful features unique to the industry, such as a Japanese patent finder. With Dialog1, patent searchers do not have to worry about Toroku, Kokoku, Kokai, Utility Models, Showa Era, or Heisei Era patents.