Sorry - there will be no data for at least 18 months. cliff rayman genwax.com WWW Account wrote: > As I said, we don't publish them -- in any form. They are confidential by > US law. That will change somewhat when we begin publishing some > applications 18-months after filing, according to the new law just > passed. > > -- PTO Database Webmaster > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Cliff Rayman wrote: > > > Is there any way to lookup patent applications, in > > another database perhaps or is that purposely not > > published for legal reasons? > > > > thanks in advance for all the help, > > > > cliff > > > > > > > > WWW Account wrote: > > > > > We don't publish patent applications. Try searching in the ISD field > > > (Issue Date), not APD (Application Date). > > > > > > -- PTO Database Webmaster > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Cliff Rayman wrote: > > > > > > > there are no patent applications since jan 1 2000? > > > > seems unlikely in light of the fact that the database says > > > > it is updated to 1/11/2000 and yesterday it was only up > > > > to 1/4/2000. > > > > > > > > cliff rayman > > > > genwax.com > > > > Searching 1999-2000... > > > > > > > > [Search Summary] > > > > Results of Search in 1999-2000 for: > > > > APD/200001*: 0 patents. > > > > > > > > No patents have matched your query > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Search Summary > > > > APD/200001*: 0 occurrences in 0 patents. > > > > > > > > > > > > Search Time: 0.15 seconds. > > > > > > > > > >