Progress Report and Current System Description

U.S. Patent Office

M. J. Strumwasser, Andrew E. Wessel

Expert InsightsPublished 1968

An experimental JOSS program to aid in overcoming the backlog of patent searches. The conventional Patent Office computer systems do not give the patent examiner enough control over the data and the problem-solving process of comparing a patent application with existing patents. An experimental system was devised to apply interactive JOSS capabilities to searching by preassigned index terms. The initial operating system, implemented on a collection of 500 patents in the field of fluidics, is composed of INPUT, DELETE, SEARCH, and EDIT programs. When a program is called, JOSS gives the instructions for each procedure. One search expression may ask for any combination of 12 index terms (indicated by number) and logical connectors. The system is planned to grow and evolve naturally as experience is gained, and will therefore be subject to constant change. Presented at an International Patent Officer's Association meeting in Munich, April 22, 1968.

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Strumwasser, M. J. and Andrew E. Wessel, Progress Report and Current System Description: U.S. Patent Office. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1968. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3863.html.
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