FFII Patent Database Project ("Gauss")

News & Chronology

2004-11-10 Successful Gauss presentation at Brussels Conference
2004-11 new machine gauss.ffii.org
2004-08-13 Arebenti creates Banner for Gauss
2004-07-13 phm: problems downloading ampex patent EP0122094 with 'epatmake cwd'
2004-07: Carsten Svaneborg's swpat database increasingly powerful
2003-2004: new software probability tool based on Bayesian calculus created by Carsten Svaneborg
2001-2003: improvements, creation of postgres database on all EPO patents, download and textualisation of swpat pdf graphics etc, using a set of perl and scsh scripts developped by phm and freimann
2000: basic database and software probability tool swprob created by Arnim Rupp, published as EPO software patent horror gallery

Adrian Lozano (alozano), Jonas Bosson (jbosson), Carsten Svaneborg (svanebor), Jens Freimann (freimann), Hartmut Pilch (phm), Erik Josefsson (erjos)
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document the existing tools and working environment on kwiki
integrate patassassin and other new tools with existing scripts, give those who work on it access to genba
create lists of patents for special fields (e.g. automobile software, telco software)
create variants of the webshop poster for these special fields
talk to supporting companies (cf SARJI) about their patent information needs, offer patent analysis of their field as special service

Trivia: Gauss is the server name it was installed first (gauss.bacon.su.se).