WWW::Patent::Page::MICROPATENT

support MicroPatent (TM) commercial service of Thomson (TM)

methods

set up the methods available for each document type

MICROPATENT_login

You need a username and password.

MICROPATENT_xml

xml download

MICROPATENT_html

html download

MICROPATENT_pdf

pdf download, presently full document only

MICROPATENT_data

get the worksheet data for a single patent

_data_hash_from_arrays

an internal helper function to transform worksheet data titles into attribute names

MICROPATENT_terms

You get what you pay for.

MICROPATENT_country_known

hash with keys of two letter acronyms, values of the dates covered

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008, Wanda B. Anon wanda_b_anon@yahoo.com . All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License version 2.0 or above ( http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0 ) .