RESEARCH DISCLOSURE GOES ELECTRONIC

Research Disclosure is delighted to announce that it now accepts disclosures electronically, has introduced a volume discount scheme and also offers full text on-line searches via both its own website and STNs new RDISCLOSURE database. With the launch of the RD Electronic on-line database, which contains nearly 45 years of full text archived data, users can instantly perform searches via the intuitive new researchdisclosure.com website.

(PRWEB) September 25, 2003 --Electronic disclosing
Research Disclosure now accepts original digital files, either as an attachment to an e-mail or as an FTP upload. This is a very useful step forward as up to now inventors or their agents have had to provide our New York office with a paper copy of the intended disclosure by mail for reproduction in the RD Journal.

The advantages of electronic disclosing are several:
1.   Price: Publication in both the RD Journal and RD Electronic database costs the same as it did previously for the RD Journal only. We have also introduced a new system of volume discounts and are fully confident that we remain the most competitive worldwide disclosure service.
2.   Date control: The discloser can now control the publication date by opting for:
·   The paper and electronic publication to be published simultaneously; for maximum defence the electronic publication can be timed to coincide with that of the paper publication.
·   The electronic publication to precede the paper publication and so establish virtually instantaneous prior art in the public domain
3.   Simplicity and speed: A finalised document can be simply e-mailed to us. We then e-mail it back to the discloser in the form it will appear and, once approved, it can then be uploaded to the database on the same day.
4.   Increased quality: Legibility in the RD Journal and ability to provide a more accurate search are enhanced by using a first generation electronic file as opposed to paper scanning as all OCR errors are eliminated.

Research Disclosure is now able to accept all the most commonly used document formats from anyone wishing to disclose electronically, thus increasing speed, availability and accuracy; for a list of the formats accepted please contact the publishers.

RD Electronic
Research Disclosure is also delighted to announce public access to its sophisticated full text on-line database, RD Electronic. Welcomed wholeheartedly by the worlds Patent Offices, the launch of RD Electronic provides users with enhanced retrieval capabilities, never before available for the entire Research Disclosure content. Industrial patent searchers, legal firms and individual inventors wishing to locate prior art will all find RD Electronic a major step forward in convenient information access.

The current release of RD Electronic provides full-text searching of all disclosures back to 1960, with one-click access to PDFs of both text and non-text material such as mathematical or chemical formulae and electronic diagrams.

Research Disclosure is currently offering a free trial of RD Electronic to patent professionals which can be arranged by contacting the publishers or by e-mailing trial@researchdisclosure.com.

RDISCLOSURE at STN
In addition to the on-line RD Electronic the entire RD archive is available via STNs new database, RDISCLOSURE. This development now enables IP professionals to query the full text of the archive whilst using STNs familiar and powerful search functions.

For nearly 45 years Research Disclosure has held an unrivalled place as the primary rapid-disclosure mechanism for companies and individual inventors wishing to place their research findings in the public domain. Research Disclosure accepts and publishes descriptions of inventions from all technical fields - chemical, electrical and mechanical - rapidly and conveniently, as a monthly journal.

Research Disclosure is the only dedicated rapid disclosure journal included in the PCT Minimum Documentation, ensuring its use during search examination by all leading patent offices around the world.

We would be delighted to discuss with you any of the above innovations in greater detail. We are also happy to tailor our service to your particular needs as well as discuss with you the volume discounts available. Please contact Felix Coxwell on +44 (0)1243-377977 extension 215 or e-mail felix@researchdisclosure.com

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