MADRAS, Sept: Patent Documentation and Information Services provided by the National Informatics Centre were demonstrated in an exhibition organized on the occasion of the Computer Society of India's (CSI's) annual convention for 1992, said a report from our Madras Correspondent.

NIC receives data from the International Patent Documentation Centre (INPADOC), Vienna, to provide information on patent documents published from over 54 countries. Visitors to the NIC stall at the exhibition were given demonstrations on how NIC disseminates monthly patent data received from the International Patent Documentation Centre through NIC information services:

  • A Bibliographic Information Service (BIS),
  • A Selective Dissemination Service (SDI),
  • A Full Text Specification Service (FTSS).