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This article briefly describes the preparation of a bibliographic database for Indian patents using CDS/ISIS software for MS Windows, which is developed and distributed free of cost by UNESCO. The steps in the preparation of the Field Definition Table, Data Entry Work Sheet, Print/Display Format and Field Selection Table (indexing and sorting parameters) for the database are described.