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Historically, Thomson Scientific included abstracts for many equivalent members of the patent family. Is this data still available?

April 26, 2017abstracts Data equivalent family historically included members patent thomson scientific

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Historically, Thomson Scientific included abstracts for many equivalent members of the patent family. Is this data still available?

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Yes, this data is available at the Member Patent Level. However, in the case of GB-B, EP-B, and US-A documents, the equivalent abstract for certain time periods was actually the first or main claim and not a Thomson Scientific value-add abstract. For consistency, this data has been moved to the new claims field at the Member Patent Level and, therefore, no longer qualifies as an equivalent abstract.

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Yes, although this data is only available within the ABEQ field at the Member Patent Level. However in the case of GB-B, EP-B and US-A documents the equivalent abstract for certain time periods was actually the first or main claim and not a Thomson Scientific value-add abstract. For consistency this data has been moved to the new claims field at the Member Patent Level and so no longer qualifies as an equivalent abstract (ABEQ).