FW: Prior Art and e-publication dates (Jane Burke) Marcia Tuttle 11 Sep 2001 00:02 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:57:39 -0400 From: "Burke, Jane" <jane_burke@GROTON.PFIZER.COM> Subject: FW: Prior Art and e-publication dates A co-worker from the UK asked if I could post this to SERIALST. He has already posted to a listserv in the UK and his message is copied below. Please reply to Phillip directly. Thanks. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Jane D. Burke Serials Librarian Groton Laboratories Pfizer Inc PGRD Library MS 8118-05 Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 (860) 441-0683 (voice) (860) 441-8519 (fax) jane_burke@groton.pfizer.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruston, Phillip > Sent: 20 August 2001 17:17 > To: 'lis-e-journals@jiscmail.ac.uk' > Subject: Prior Art and e-publication dates > > Dear All, > > One of our information scientists has just been discussing an issue > in relation to electronic publication dates against the print publication > date, and how this affects the patents arena. > > In the past, we have accepted the date that a journal issue was > received by the British Library as the date it was publicly available. The > publication of issues online before the release/production of the print > obviously impacts on this. > > The easiest way around this is to look on a publisher's website to > see when the article was made available online. A quick look has shown > that ScienceDirect states when articles became available online, as does > Springer and Wiley. HighWire and ingenta do not appear to hold this > information. I assume that this is because they are aggregators, and may > not be the sole host for an online title. > > Does anyone know if any work is being carried out to store and > maintain this information? The discussion I had suggested that this is not > an immediate problem, but is something which could "go off" at any time! > > Can any publishers on the list comment on this as well? > > Best wishes, > > Phillip > > --------------------------------------- > Phillip Ruston, Systems Librarian > Research Library (ipc 855) > Pfizer Global Research & Development, Sandwich Laboratories > Ramsgate Road > Sandwich > Kent > United Kingdom > CT 13 9NJ > > Email: phillip_ruston@sandwich.pfizer.com > Tel: UK 01304 641140 - International +44 1304 641140 > Fax: UK 01304 658300 - International +44 1304 641140 > > http://www.pfizer.co.uk > > LEGAL NOTICE > > Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and > may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to > this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not an addressee, > any disclosure or copying of the contents of this e-mail or any action > taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorised and may be > unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender > immediately. > > Pfizer Limited is registered in England under No. 526209 with its > registered office at Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ > >