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PATENTSCOPE Search The User’s Guide

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Table of ConTenTs

InTroduCTIonWhat is patentscope search?What is the data coverage?

searCh InTerfaCeLanguages and MobileHow to search?• Simple• Advanced• Fieldcombination• CLIRHow to browse?• Byweek• Bysequencelisting

searCh resulTsResultsanalysisOptionsGoogle translateReadingtheresultpage

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InTroduCTIon

WhaT Is PaTenTsCoPe searCh?

PaTenTsCoPesearchistheFREEOFCHARGEsearchserviceprovided bytheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(WIPO)thatallowsyoutoaccessmillionsofpatentdocuments,namely:• InternationalPatentApplicationsunderthePCT• Regionalandnationalpatentcollectionsfrom25participatingcountries:

• ARIPO• argentina• Brazil• chile• Colombia• CostaRica• cuba• DominicanRepublic• ecuador• el salvador• epo• Guatemala• Honduras

Pleasecheckourwebsite,asweaddnewcollectionsonaregularbasis. ThecollectionsavailablearelistedintheboxontheSimple Searchpagethatopensbydefault.

WhaT Is The daTa Coverage?

Forthemostup-to-dateinformationondatacoverage,pleasegototheHelpmenu,Datacoverageat:www.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf

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• Israel• Mexico• Morocco• nicaragua• Panama• peru• RepublicofKorea• Singapore• SouthAfrica• Spain• Uruguay• VietNam

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dIfferenT languages and a MobIle aPPlICaTIon

Thesearchinterfaceisavailablein9languages(A).

AmobileinterfacewasalsocreatedforuserswhowouldliketousePATENTSCOPEwiththeirmobilephones.ItiscalledPATENTSCOPEMobileanditisasimpleandfastversionoftheinterfaceallowingsmartphoneuserstosearchandbrowsemillionsofpatentdocuments.

hoW To searCh? Thereare4waystoconductasearchusingPATENTSCOPESearchservice.ThoseoptionscanbeselectedfromtheSearchmenuasindicatedbelow.

Tip:Thespellcheckasyoutypeisonbydefault.Toturnitoff,justright-clickanywhereinthesearchbox.

simple search

TheSimpleSearchoptionopensbydefault.Hereyoucanenterkeywordsin6fields:ALL;FULLTEXT;ID/NUMBER;IPC;NAMESandDATES.Todoso:1. Selectthefieldofinterest;2. Enterkeywords;3. Selectthecollection/syouareinterestedinand4. HittheSEARCH button.

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Untickthisboxifyouwouldliketorestrictyoursearchtotheexactword/sentencetypedinthebox.Stemmingusestherootformofa

word;ifyoutype“cell”,resultswillinclude“cell”,“cells”,etc.Thestemmerisrelatedtothelanguageofthesearch,inthisexample,itisthereforetheEnglishstemmer.

Thereareexamplesontherighthandsideforeachfield.Ifyouclickonthem,theywillautomaticallyappearinthesearchbox.TheygiveyougoodexamplesofthekindofkeywordsthatcanbeusedfortheSimple Search.

advanced search

the Advanced SearchisthePATENTSCOPEexpertsearchinterfaceinwhichanunlimitednumberofkeywordscanbeenteredandcombinedandthemostcomplexqueriessearchedfor.

QueriescontainingfieldcodesandBooleanexpressionsorkeywordscanbesearchedforinthisinterface.Todoso:1. Enterkeywords/Booleanexpression/fieldcodesetc.PleasereadtheAnnex

section(page22)ofthisguideorgototheHelpmenuonthesearchinterface(selectHow to search and then Query Syntax)foracompletelistofBooleanexpressionsandFields Definition;

2. Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwouldliketoperformthesearch. 11languagesareavailable;3. Selectthecollection/syouareinterestedinand4. HittheSEARCH button.

BytickingtheTooltip Helpyouwillbeshownexampleswhenmovingyourmouseovertheinterface

ClickingonthisQuestion Markwillautomaticallydisplaysomesearchexamples

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field Combination

Amoretargetedsearchusingspecificsearchcriteriainanysearchfields (eg.Title,Abstract,Description,etc.)canbeperformedusingthisinterface.

Inordertoperformasearchhere:

1. Selectthefield/sofinterestusingthearrowofthedrop-downmenu;2. UsetheAND/ORboxestoaddorincludefields;3. Ifyouwouldliketoaddmorefieldsorremoveoneormorefields,

pleaseclickon:4. Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwouldliketoperformthesearch.

11languagesareavailable;5. Selectthecollection/syouareinterestedinand6. HittheSEARCH button.

ClIr

CLIRstandsforCrossLingualInformationRetrievalandwillallowyoutosearch atermoraphraseanditsvariantsinChinese,English,French,German,Japanese,Korean,Portuguese,RussianorSpanishbyjustenteringtheterm(s) inoneofthoselanguagesinthesearchbox.Thesystemwillsuggestvariantsandtranslatetheterm(s),thusallowingyoutosearchpatentdocumentsdisclosed inaforeignlanguage.

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step 1:Enteryourquery

1. Enterthesearchqueryinthesearchbox.2. Selectthelanguageofyourquery.3. Selectthe“Expansionmode”:

a. SUPERVISEDwillallowyoutoselectthetechnicaldomainassociated withyourqueryandthevariantsrelevanttoyourquery.

b. AUTOMATICwillgeneratetheresultsimmediatelywithoutanyfurther userinput.

4. DecideonthebalancebetweenPRECISIONandRECALLforyourquery.IfyoufavorPRECISION,anexpandedquerywillbebuiltinordertoretrieveonlythemostrelevantresultsattheriskofmissingsomeresults.IfyoufavorRECALL,anexpandedquerywillbebuiltinordertoretrievethelargestpossiblenumberofaccurateresults,butalsoallowingthepossibleretrievalofalargenumberofirrelevantresults. precisionisdefinedastheproportionofrelevantdocumentsintheset

ofalldocumentsreturnedbyasearchquery.Precisionisameasureofexactness. Recallisdefinedasthenumberofrelevantdocumentsretrievedasfractionofallrelevantdocuments.Recallisameasureofcompleteness.

5. Clickonnext.

step 2:Selectthetechnicaldomain/s

IntheSupervisedmode,thetechnicaldomain/shastobeselectedbytheuserwhowillbeprovidedwithdifferentpossibilities:Thesystemwillautomaticallyproposedomainsassociatedwithyourqueryintherightcolumn.Ifoneormoretechnicaldomainsarenotrelevantjustselectit/themandclickontheREMOVE button.Toaddmoredomains,selectthedomainsintheleftcolumnandclick on aDD.ClickonNEXT.Upto5domainscanbeadded.

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step 3:Selectthevariantsrelevanttoyourquery

Thesystemwillsuggestvariantsfortheitemsofyourinitialquery.Tickthevariantsrelevanttoyourquery.Ifyouknowavariantthatisnotintheproposedlist,clickonADDVARIANT+,enterthevariantintheboxandselecttherelevantdomain.ClickonTRANSLATESELECTEDTERMS or STARTOVERifnecessary.

Youcandefinethenumberofvariantproposalsyouareinterestedinbutmovingthe button to LessforaninferiornumberofvariantsandtoMOREforahighernumber.

Pleasenotethatisnecessarytocheckifeachdisplayedvariantappliesoryouruntheriskofgettingincompleteresults.

step 4:Definethefieldsinwhichthesearchshouldbeperformed

1. Checkthetranslatedterms.2. Definethefieldswherethesearchwillbeperformed.3. Definethedistancebetweenthewords.4. Untickthe“STEMMING”optionifyouwouldliketohaveresultsincluding

onlytheexacttermofyoursearch.Stemmingusestherootformoftheword, forexampleifyousearch“swim”,theresultswillincludeswimming,swimmersetc.

5. ClickonSUBMITQUERY.Resultswillbedisplayedfromthesearchservice andresultswillbedisplayed.

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hoW To broWse?

browse by week (PCT)

WIPOpublishesnewPCTapplicationseveryweekonThursday.selecting Browse by weekgivesaccesstoalistofPCTapplicationsbypublicationweek.

Usethearrowofthedrop-downmenutoselectaPCTpublicationweek.

sequence listing

SelectingBrowse:SequenceListinggivesaccesstothelistsofnucleotideandoraminoacidsequencelistingscontainedinpublishedPCTapplications.Usethe2drop-downmenusshownbelowtoselecttheyearandpublicationweek.

 

  

 

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Thesearchquery,whetheryouperformedaSIMPLE;ADVANCED;FIELDCOMBINATIONORCLIRsearch,willreturnalistofresultsinawindowasshownbelow:

Thefirstcomponentofthiswindow:

A. AllowsthesearchquerytoberedefinedinreactiontoretrieveddocumentsB. Indicatesthesearchperformedandthenumberofretrieveddocuments.C. Thisbarallowsyoutomovefromonesearchresultpagetoanother.D. RSSnotificationofnewsearchresultsforthisquery,helpingyoutomonitor

patentingactivityandupdatesinyourareaofinterest.

 

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resulT analysIs

Thesecond“box”ofthewindowiscalled“Analysis”andcanbeclosedbyclickingonthearrowontheright-handside(circledinred):

A. SummaryofthemainOffices,MainIPC,MainApplicant,MainInventorandpublication Date

B. Optionsforthedisplayofsearchresults:1. Table(bydefault)orGraph:

2. Bar(bydefault–asshownabove)orPie:

Inbothbarandpieoptions,thetabsallowyoutoseetheinformationgraphicallyfortheOffices,MainIPC,MainApplicant,MainInventorandPublicationDate.ThechartscanbesavedinGIFformatforinclusionindocumentsorreports.

 

 

 

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Providesbibliographicdatawithsearchtermshighlightedandallowsaccessingofdetailedrecordsbyclickingonpublicationnumberandtitle

A. The“Sortby”optionallowstheusertosortthesearchresultsby:Relevance, Publication Date Descending, Publication Date Ascending, Application Date Ascending or Application Date Descending.

B. The“GoogleTranslate”optionallowsyoutohavethesearchresultstranslatedintooneofthe10proposedlanguages(PCTpublicationlanguages)byGoogleTranslate.ThetranslationtoolprovidedbyGoogleisalsoavailableforthedescriptionandclaims(seetheexplanationoftheDescriptionandClaimstabsinthenextsectionReading the result page).

 

 

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readIng The resulT Page

the tabs

• Refersgenerallytothevariousdataappearingonthefrontpageofapatentdocumentorthecorrespondingapplicationsandmaycomprisedocumentidentificationdata,domesticfilingdata,prioritydata,publicationdata,classificationdata,andotherconcisedatarelatingtothetechnicalcontentofthedocument.

• Clearandconciseexplanationofknownexistingtechnologiesrelatedtothenewinventionandexplanationofhowthisinvention

couldbeappliedtosolveproblemsnotaddressedbytheexistingtechnologies;specificembodimentsofthenewtechnologyarealsousuallygiven.IntegratedGoogleTranslatetoolallowstranslationofthedocument(*).

• Legaldefinitionofthesubjectmatterwhichtheapplicantregardsashisinventionandforwhichprotectionissoughtorgranted;eachclaimisasinglesentenceinalegalisticformthatdefinesaninventionanditsuniquetechnicalfeatures;claimsmustbeclearandconciseandfullysupportedbythedescription.IntegratedGoogleTranslatetoolallowstranslationofthedocument(*).

 

PCT Biblio. Data

Description

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• Whereinformationisdisplayedforanoffice,thisindicatesthattheapplicanthasrequestednationalphaseprocessingfortheapplicationconcernedinthatoffice.Thenationalentrydateandnationalreferencenumberaresuppliedbythenationalofficeconcernedandcanbeusedtoretrievefurtherdetailsfromthatoffice,ifdesired.Alistofnationalpatentofficessupplyingnationalphaseinformationcanbefoundhere: www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/nationalphase.jsp.

• Notificationsofchangesafterpublication

• ThisserviceprovidesaccesstopublishedPCTinternationalapplicationsandtothelatestbibliographicdataanddocumentscontainedinthefilesofPCTinternationalapplications.DuetochangesinthePCTRegulationsandtotheavailabilityofdocumentsinelectronicform,theinformationavailableisdifferentdependingonthedateoffilingoftheinternationalapplication.WIPObearsnoresponsibilityforthecontentofPCTinternationalapplicationsandrelateddocuments.Thebibliographicdataanddocumentsareupdateddailyandpublicationofnewapplicationsisupdatedweeklyonpublicationday,i.e.,Thursday,unlesstheInternationalBureauisclosedforapublicholidayinwhichcasedataispublishedonFriday.

(*)Translationislimitedtothefirst15,000characters.

National Phase

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TranslaTIon Menu

ThistranslationtoolisavailableforthetranslationoftitlesandabstractsofinventionfromChineseintoEnglishandFrenchintoEnglishandviceversa.Itisbasedonstatisticalmachinetranslationandwastrainedonpatenttitlesandabstractstranslatedbyhumantranslators.

Tousethistool:A. Enteryourtextinthe“sourcetext”box;B. Definethelanguagepair.Ifyoudonotdefinethelanguagepair,thesystem

willSelectoneofthepairs;C. Definethedomain.Ifyoudonotdefinethedomain,thesystemwillselectone

ofthedomains;D. HittheTranslatebutton.

 

 

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Theresultwillappearasshownbelow:

Followthedifferentstepsindicatedbythearrowinordertobeprovidedwithdifferenttranslations.Tip:ausers’guideisavailableonline.Clickonthelinkindicatedbyaredcircleontheprintsceenabove.

   

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oPTIons Menu

Sort:definethewayinwhichthesearchresultsarepresented,either 1.chronogicallyor 2.byrelevance

Graph:presentationoftheAnalysis table either in table or a Graph

Language:thelanguageoftheinterfacecanbeselectedusingthisoption

Show Options:Query tab:selectionofthequerylanguage,thestemmingoption,thesortingoftheresultsandthenumberofresultstobeincludedinthelist

the Resulttab:selectionofthelanguageoftheresultlist,thefieldsthatwillbedisplayed,thepresentationoftheAnalysis,thedifferentgroupsandthenumber ofitemsinthosegroups

the Interfacetab:apreferredcoloroftheinterfacecanbeselectedhere. TheTooltipHelpcanalsobeticked/untickedhere

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the Translate tab:theGoogleTranslationoptionfortheDescriptionandClaimscanbeticked/untickedinthisoption

neWs Menu

The“News”isadirectlinktoallthenewsitemspostedonthehomepagerelatedtothesearchsystem.

logIn Menu

Userscancustomizethesearchinterfaceaccordingtotheirneeds.Infact,bycreatinganaccount,userswillbeableto:• Savetheirpreferredsettings,suchasthesearchinterfacebydefault,the

lengthofthesearchresultlist,etc.,• Savetheirqueries;and• Downloadtheresultlistsupto100records.

Thecreationoftheaccountisfreeofcharge.

helP Menu

Inthismenu,helpashowtosearchisprovided,aswellasthedatacoverage,theFAQs,theforumandthelogforthequeriesinyoursession.

 

 

 

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searCh synTax

ThesearchsyntaxallowsyoutosearchforspecificinformationintheAdvancedSearch.Aqueryisalogicalsentencethatconsistsofelementsjoinedbyspecialsymbolscalledoperatorsusedtodefinetherelationshipbetweenwordsorgroupsofwords.

An“element”canbe:

• asingleterm(“engine”);

• aphrase(agroupofwordssurroundedbyquotestosearchformultiplewords inexactorder:“magneticcup”);or

• severalofthesegroupedtogetherwithparentheses.

ExampleofsearchsyntaxintheAdvancedSearchinterface.

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ListofoperatorssupportedinthePaTenTsCoPesearchservice: Operators Example Explanation

BOOLEAN alwaysuseincapital

anD train anDplane Returnsalldocumentsthatcontainboth the firsttermandthesecondterm.

OR train ORplane Returnsalldocumentsthatcontaineither thefirsttermor thesecondtermor both.

not train notplane Returnsalldocumentsthatcontainthefirst termand notthetermfollowingnot.

anDnot train anDnotplane Returnsalldocumentsthatcontainthefirst termand notthetermfollowingnot.

WILDCARD

? te?t Returnsalldocumentsthatcontaintest or text.Wildcard search uses ? to search termswithonesinglecharacterreplaced.

* electr*

elec*try Returnsalldocumentsthatcontainelectric, electrics,electrical,electricity.Returnsall documentsthatcontainelectricity.Wildcard search uses *tosearchtermswith0ormore charactersreplaceseitherinthemiddleof thetermorattheendoftheterm(*asthe 1stcharacterofthetermisnotsupported).

OTHERS

^ power^10nuclear Returnsalldocumentsinwhich“power” isconsideredtobemorerelevantthan “nuclear”.Boostingassignsimportance valuestoindividualqueryterms.

+/- +electric-power Returnsalldocumentsthatcontainelectric andthatdonotcontainpowerFiltered searchingallowstorequire(+)aqueryterm andtoprohibit(-)one.

~ roo~ Fuzzysearchreturnsalldocumentsthat containroom,rood,rook,etc.

() (spaghettiORplate) Returnsalldocumentsthatcontain ANDfork spaghettiorplateandfork.Grouping is usedtogroupclausestoformsub-queries.

~/NEAR “heartmonitoring” Proximitysearchallowsspecifyingadistance ~10HeartNEAR monitoringbetweenwords.Intheexample withtilde“heart”and“monitoring”are separatedby10otherwords;NEAR separateswordsby5wordsbydefault

[ ] [01.01.2000 Returnsalldocumentsthatcontaindates to01.01.2001] between01.01.2000and01.01.2001.Range search uses [ ]toincludethebounds.

{ } { Colombia Returnsalldocumentsthatcontaincountries to Germany} betweenColombiaandGermany,butnot includingColombiaandGermany.Range search uses { }toexcludethebounds.

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fIeld Codes

Fieldcodesincludedbeforeeachtermorphrasewillallowyoutodomorecomplexandspecificsearches.Seetheexamplebelow:

TosearchforalldocumentsinEnglish(EN_ALLTXT)containingprecipitatedcalciumcarbonateandcarbondioxideandinjection,injectable,injects,injected:“PRECIPITATEDCALCIUMCARBONATE”AND“CARBONDIOXIDE”ANDINJECT*andtheInternationalClassificationd21andallitsubclasses(IC:d21),thequerylookslikethis:

ListoffieldcodessupportedinthePaTenTsCoPesearchservice.

ForqueriesrelatedtoAPPLICANTS:

ForqueriesrelatedtoDATES/RANGE:

ForqueriesrelatedtoINTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS:

ForqueriesrelatedtoINVENTORS:

 

Fields Codes Examples

Application AD AD:[01.01.2001 TO 01.01.2005]

National Phase Entry OFDATE OFDATE: JP2005

Priority PD PD:[01.04.2033 TO 11.11.2007]

Publication DP DP:[15.05.2005 TO 15.15.2008]

 

 

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ForqueriesrelatedtoLANGUAGES:ThetableshowsexamplesforENGLISH,forotherlanguages,pleasereplace

ENby:• FRforFrench• DEforGerman• ESforSpanish• JAforJapanese• RUforRussian• VNforVietnamese

ForqueriesrelatedtoLEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:

ForqueriesrelatedtoNAMES:

ForqueriesrelatedtoNUMBERS:Numbersareflexible:examplescanbefoundontheSimple Searchinterface.

ForqueriesrelatedtoPCT NATIONAL PHASE:

 

 

 

 

 

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ForqueriesrelatedtoOFFICES/COUNTRIES:

ForqueriesrelatedtoPRIORITY:

 

 

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