Picture-perfect patents online
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Lexis-Nexis' new patent database allows users to see and use the pictures that accompany patents, making it easy to quickly grasp the idea behind the textual description. The database covers 20 years and receives updates every Friday. The patent descriptions sport links that let users see the drawing that corresponds to the page they are reading. Users can download and manipulate the images at will, and the database even supports side-by-side comparisons of different images. Users may cut and paste the downloaded images and use them in their own documents. Searching the database is fairly easy, and it offers a significant amount of information. Searching costs either $450 an hour, $49 per search, or rights may be purchased in monthly blocks. Each patent costs $2 to download, and any or all the images associated with the patent cost $3. If users access the same patent on the same day, subsequent image downloads are free.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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Mid-level power and price
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Toshiba's $3,100 2450CT laptop offers excellent value for the money. The system includes a 75MHz DX4 microprocessor, a 350MB hard drive and 8MB of RAM. Despite the generous RAM allotment, the 2450CT is a basic system. The wrist rest is wide and has recessed mouse paddles. A pointing stick is also provided. A PC Card Type 2 or 3 slot sits on the right-hand edge of the laptop, and a Type 2 slot sits on the left. The VGA and parallel ports are on the back, along with covered SCSI and docking ports. The floppy drive sits on the front, and a mouse port is located on the machine's left side. The screen is a 9.5-in thin film transistor (TFT) display. Advertised as multimedia-ready, the machine has no CD-ROM drive, although an optional sound card is available. The laptop seems a bit heavy, and the battery lasts less than four hours.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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