Drug document production system

Patent 5963967 Issued on October 5, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 26, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 048744 filed on 03/26/1998

US Classes:

715/513, Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)707/1DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING

Examiners

Primary: Choules, Jack M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Dann, Dorfman, Herrell and Skillman, P.C.

Foreign Patent References

2150765 CA. 06/13/1995

International Classes

G06F 017/30
G06F 017/22

Abstract

A document production system is provided for preparing documents and managing a database of information pertaining to investigational studies of medical products. The document production system includes a data management user interface for providing user access to the database and for retrieving information from the database as specified by selected document templates for placement into word processor-compatible documents. Additionally, the data management user interface is capable of updating information stored within the database in accordance with information specified within a previously-prepared document.

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