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WWW::Patent::Page::JPO_IPDI

Get (download and assemble into HTML, then zip with images) machine translated patents from the Japanese Patent Office, specifically the Industrial Property Digital Library at the National Center For Industrial Property Information and Training.

methods

set up the methods available for each document type

JPO_IPDI_request

makes a HTTP::Request

JPO_IPDI_translation

Translation download and assembly. Many HTTP requests are made; failure is not uncommon and eval() trapping is recommended.

_output_next_request_form

internal helper method, processes a common HTML CGI form

_output_next_request_re

internal helper method, passes a regular expression to hunt a web page for the next link of interest. could upgrade to TokeParser ...

_save_image

internal helper method, saves an image object obtained from JPO

JPO_IPDI_terms

You get what you pay for.

JPO_IPDI_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 ) .