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Chemical RFI Attachment 1 - Content

The USPTO is interested in learning about the current market capabilities for databases containing chemical abstracts, chemical reactions, inorganic and organic substances, and Markush structures from US Patents, Foreign Patents, and Non-Patent Literature (NPL) such as journals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical disclosures, catalogs, etc.

Example databases, that the USPTO is interested in learning more about include, but are not limited to the following:

• Bibliographic database of chemical abstracts, including structures and biosequences, covering analytical chemistry, applied chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, macromolecular chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and general materials science.

• Chemical reaction database covering synthetic organic research, including organometallics, total syntheses of natural products and biotransformation reactions.

• Directory and substance database of chemical catalogs, including structures and registry number identifiers, covering catalog information for the substance provided by the supplier (e.g. catalog name, chemical and trade names, grade information, structure diagram, properties), company names and addresses as well as supplier information and products and services.

• Directory, substance, and inventory database of regulated chemicals listings including substance inventories, regulatory lists, and dangerous chemicals. Including substance identity information, inventory status, source of information, and summaries of regulatory activity, reports, and other compliance information.

• Bibliographic database including information related to the chemical business industry.

• Markush structure database including registry number identifiers of structure records for patents as well as Markush structures derived from INPI. Markush structures of organic and organometallic molecules must be searchable and patent reference information must be displayable.

• Numeric and structure database covering all types of inorganic and organic substances, including alloys, coordination compounds, minerals, polymers, salts, high throughput screening (HST) compounds as well as nucleic acid and protein sequences. Content must include commonly used chemical names and trade names, molecular formulas, structure diagrams, biosequence data, alloy composition tables, classes for polymers, ring analysis data, experimental and predicted property data and tags, spectra, list of databases and regulatory listings containing information on the substances, and displayable information for the most recent references for the substances.

• Bibliographic toxicology database covering adverse drug reactions, air pollution, animal venom, antidotes, carcinogenesis via chemicals, drug evaluations, environmental pollution, food contamination, mutagenesis, occupational hazards, pesticides and herbicides, radiation teratology, toxicological analysis, and waste disposal.

Responses shall include:

• Submitter’s content and sources including dates of coverage.

• Licensing Model o Indicate whether licenses are perpetual, annual, subscription-based or other.

o Specify what each license type includes, how usage is measured and any limitations.

o Provide full documentation, End-User License Agreement of product usage terms, including restrictions, termination clauses and service-level agreements.

o Describe the scope of support included with each license type (e.g., hours of availability, support channels and response times).

• Pricing Structure o Submit a price list for all licensing tiers.

• Include volume discounts, onboarding/training fees, and any option add-ons.

• Procurement options including if content can be procured individually, bundled, or other.

• Method of delivery including if self-hosting options are available.