title: [Online patent searching--rapid responses to critical questions].
abstract: Online searching in publically available patent files opens up interesting possibilities to provide a rapid response to critical questions. A computerized analysis of all patents of leading German pharmaceutical companies over the last decade in important indication areas is described. Supported by subsequent manual processing of individual patents it is shown that duplicate experiments on animals practically never occur.
authors.affiliation: Bayer AG, Pharma Forschungszentrum, Wuppertal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blunck
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Busse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Rooijen
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D009862:Online Systems; D010330:Patents as Topic; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014481:United States
vernacular_title: Online-Patentrecherchen--schnelle Antworten auf kritische Fragen.