Foreword ------- p.1Yoshihiro Abe
Feature Articles"Patents, and Information Management"Inventive Research in Universiy ------- p.2
Tsutomu Minami
Practical Use of the Internet Patent Information Service ------- p.8
Hidehisa Hiromoto
The Paperless System of the Japanese Patent Office ------- p.14
Naoshi Yamaguchi
Industrial Property Digital Library-From the aspect of computerizing patent and technology information- ------- p.18
Hitoshi Watanabe
Topics on the patent systems ------- p.22
Mamoru Kuwagaki
Managemant Policy in our Intellectual Property Division ------- p.29
Keiichi Uchida
Patent Suit in the United States ------- p.33
Fumio Inoue
New Glass Research TopicsFast Proton Conducting Glasses ------- p.37
Masayuki Nogami
Lectures for NewcomersMicro-Optices Part 1. A Review of The Glass Materials Technology ------- p.41
Ken Koizumi
VisitĦĦtoĦĦGlass Research InstituteMy Stay at Iowa State University ------- p.46
Tomoko Akai
"Stay at the University of Southampton,England" ------- p.49
Hiromichi Takebe
Inside Topics in Developmant ofIntelligent Windows using a Hydrogel Layer for Energy Efficiency ------- p.52
Haruo Watanabe
Introducing Homepages"Biomaterials Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University" ------- p.58
Satoshi Hayakawa
Topics of Meetings on GlassPhotonics West-Optoelectronics '98(Integrated Devices and Applications ------- p.60
Kohei Kadono
A Report on 25th Amorphous Materials Seminar ------- p.62
Norimitsu Yoshida
Report on the 30th Summer Seminar by Young Members of Glass Division of Ceramic Society of Japan ------- p.64
Hiroyo Segawa
Report of Participation in the Second International GPF-CGR Symposium ------- p.66
Sumiyuki Yoshii
Report on XVIII International Congress on Glass ------- p.70
Manabu Nishizawa
Report on 6th International Otto Schott Colloquium ------- p.72
Shigeru Fujino
Report on Third Optoelectronics and Communications Conference ------- p.75
Yoshiaki Takeuchi
Lecture NoteInsect Robot-Dream of Micromachine ------- p.77
Hirofumi Miura
Introduction of New Book ------- p.82Tetsuji Yano
New Members ------- p.85NGF Office of Secretary