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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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annexSearchsyntaxFieldcodes
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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
Notices
Documents
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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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