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December 2011 1/32 FAMPAT Fact Sheet

FAMPAT Worldwide collection of patents grouped by inventio n-based families

containing bibliographic information, full text & l egal status

Contents

Title, Abstract, Key Info ………………………………………………………………….………………………2 Description and Claims ………………………………………………………………….………………………6 Concepts ………………………………………………………………………………….……………………...6 Numbers and Dates …………………………………………………………………………….………………7 Classifications …………………………………………………………………………………….……………11 Names ………………………………………………………………………………………….….……………14 Citations ……………………………………………………………………………………….….……………17 Legal Status ……………………………………………………………………………………….……………19 Other Indexes ………………………………………………………………………………….….……………23 Update Codes ………………………………………………………………………………….……………….25 Field Code Definitions …………………………………………………………………………………………..27

This fact sheet lists all of the available syntax and fields on Orbit in expert mode for:

• The General Search Wizard command line • The Search History command line • Drafting scripts in your search history, saved searches or alerts • Modifying saved search scripts or alerts


Title, Abstract, Key Content

Basic Index /BI and Key Content Super-Index /SA Details for all the fields composing the BI and SA indexes are on the following pages.

Search by Index Search Hints Examples

Basic Index + Key Content Super Index

/BI /SA

(default)

If no other fields are specified, the search is conducted by default in the following fields: • Title in English language for all stages of publication (TI, TI2 to TI9) • Original title in French for all stages of publication (FT, FT2 to FT9) • Original title in German for all stages of publication (GT, GT2 to GT9) • Original title in another language for all stages of publication (OTI, OTI2-OTI9) • Official English abstract (AB) • Abstract in French (FAB) • Abstract in German (GAB) • Abstract in another language (OAB) • Abstract in English machine translation (MTAB) • English language descriptors of French documents (IW) • Patent Object (OBJ) • Advantages and drawbacks of the prior art (ADB) • Independent Claims (ICLM) • Drug name (MED) for EP & FR Search by: - Simple words using the operators - Phrases using implied adjacency Use truncation. Left truncation is available.

SPEECH RECOGNI+ AND +PHONE? PYRIPROLE

Basic Index (Title and Abstract)

/BI

/BI Restricts the search to the TI, TI2 to TI9, FT, FT2 to FT9, GT, GT2 to GT9, OTI, OTI2 to OTI9, AB, FAB, GAB, OAB, MTAB, IW and MED fields.

MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND SPEECH ??? RECOGNIZER? /BI

Key Content Super Index

/SA

/SA Restricts the search to 3 fields: OBJ, ADB and ICLM.

PORTABLE AND MEASUR+ AND FLEXIB+ AND ACCELER+ AND FREELY PIVOT+/SA


Basic Index (/BI) Details (cont’d.)


Title in English: Original, machine translation by Questel, or official translation from the EPO

/TI

(or /ET)

It is important to note that qualifying to /TI will search ONLY English Language Titles. Please Note: English language Machine translations are included for the following publications, and are replaced with the official English translations when available: CN (A-B-C-U-Y), DE (A1-B3-U1), FR (A-A1-A3), JP (A-BB1-B2-T-U-U3), KR (A-B1) and TW (A). Search English language title by: Single terms using Boolean or proximity operators and/or phrases using implied adjacency. Truncation may be used and left-hand truncation is available.

OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN?/TI +LITHOGRA+/TI

Title in French

/FT

Limited to the French language title of the first publication and primarily available for the following patent authorities: EP, FR, WO, CA, BE, CH. Search with single terms using Boolean or proximity operators and/or phrases using implied adjacency. Truncation may be used and left-hand truncation is available.

ROTATIF?/FT

Title in German

/GT

Limited to the German language title of the first publication and primarily available for the following patent authorities: DE, EP, AT, CH, WO, DD Search with single terms using Boolean or proximity operators and/or phrases using implied adjacency. Truncation may be used and left-hand truncation is available.

ELEKTRISCH+/GT

Original Title

/OTI

Original language titles are those published in a language other than English, French, or German. Especially useful for the visualization of references.

FOTOINICIADORES FUNCIONALIZADOS/OTI




English Abstract /AB All OFFICIAL English language abstracts are searched. If there is no official English abstract available, the /AB field will contain the English abstract of an INPADOC family member if possible, to be replaced by the official version when available. Search with single terms using Boolean or proximity operators and/or phrases using implied adjacency. Truncation may be used and left-hand truncation is available. Note: qualifying to /AB will search ONLY official English Language Abstracts, NOT Machine Translated Abstracts – see MTAB

+ISOMER? /AB

DNA AND VIRUS/AB

French Abstract German Abstract Other Abstract

/FAB

/GAB

/OAB

French abstracts are provided primarily for WO, EP, FR, CA and BE publications from 1978 on. German abstracts are provided for DE publications from 1989, EP from 1978 and WO from 1995. Abstracts published in other languages such as: - Chinese (CN TW) - Hungarian (HU) - Italian (IT) - Japanese (JP) - Korean (KR) - Portuguese (BR, PT) - Russian (SU, RU) - Spanish (ES, MX, AR, CR, PA, PE, NI, SV, UY, GT, CO, EC, CU, CL, DO, WO) - Turkish (TR) Mainly available from 1984. Especially useful for the visualization of references.

TRANSMISSION 3D METRIQUE/FAB UBERTRAGUNGS PRIORITAT/GAB PLURALIDAD S TRAYECTORIA/OAB




Machine Translated English Abstract

/MTAB

This abstract is replaced by the official English abstract (AB) when available. Available currently for new CN (A-B-C-U-Y), DE (A1-B3-U1), FR (A-A1-A3), JP (A-B-B1-B2-T-U-U3), KR (A-B1) and TW (A). Machine translated Abstracts are replaced with office English language abstracts when they are available. Search with single terms using Boolean or proximity operators and/or phrases using implied adjacency. Truncation may be used.

GOLF/MTAB

Index Terms

/IT

(or /IW)

English Language Index Terms for most French patent records from 1987 through 2009. Single terms using Boolean or proximity operators. Phrases using implied adjacency. Use truncation. **Please note: Left hand truncation is not supported.

DISTANCE/IT ROBOT+/IW DISTANCE MEASUREMENT/IT

Abstracts – Super-Index


All Abstracts No Machine Translated Abstracts

/ABS

/NOMT

Using the Super Index ABS searches all abstract fields simultaneously: /AB /FAB/GAB/OAB /MTAB. MTAB is included in the basic index, but may be excluded from the search, by using the field qualifier /NOMT (No Machine Translations)

(+PHENYL AND VIRAL+)/ABS (+PHENYL AND VIRAL+)/NOMT


Key Content Super-Index (/SA) Details:


Patent Objective

/OBJ

Extracted from the fulltext of the following English language publications: - EP published applications: 1988 to date (Euro-PCTs excluded)* - PCT published applications: Mid 2001 to date* - US Granted Patents: 1971 to 2000 - US Published applications: 03/15/2001 to date * Can find older documents, back to 1980 for the EP and 2000 for the WO . Search in English using single terms with Boolean or proximity operators and phrases using implied adjacency. Use truncation.

NETWORK? 2D SECURITY/OBJ DISEASE RESISTANCE/OBJ +ASSAY+/OBJ

Advantages of the Invention & Drawbacks of Prior Art

/ADB

SLOW+ DOWN/ADB INCREAS+ 2D CONCENTRATION/ADB +VIRAL/ADB

Independent Claims: Including Main or First Claim

/ICLM

COLLAPS+ S KEYBOARD? /ICLM "3D" DATA/ICLM +VINYL P COATING?/ICLM

Concepts

Key concepts are extracted from the full text of the patents using linguistic technology and reflect the semantic content of the publication. Coverage is the same as for Key Content above. The larger the characters and the brighter the blue coloring, the more important the concept.


Concepts (Keywords)

/KEYW

Search by: - Single terms using Boolean or proximity operators. - Phrases using implied adjacency. Use truncation. Left-hand truncation is NOT available. Note: If you click on the KWIC tab following a concept search and look at the section marked Concepts, the figures that appear in parentheses after each concept represent the score of the concept and its number of occurrences. The numbers are not searchable.

NETWORK? 2D SECURITY/KEYW DISEASE RESISTANCE/KEYW ASSAY+/KEYW


Claims and Description


Claims in: - English - French - German - Other languages

/ECLM /FCLM /GCLM /OCLM

Search by: - Single terms using Boolean or proximity operators. - Phrases using implied adjacency

FLEXIBIL+ AND CLUB HEAD/ECLM

Description in : - English - Other languages

/DESC /ODES

Search by: - Single terms using Boolean or proximity operators. - Phrases using implied adjacency -Use truncation.

(ELECTRONIC? AND ACCELER+)/DESC

Examples included in the Description of US Documents

/DESX Left truncation is available. ((OVABULMIN OR OVA) AND ENCAPSULAT+)/DESX

All Claims /CLMS /CLMS simultaneously searches the ECLM, FCLM, GCLM and OCLM fields.

((COLLAPS+ OR PLIANT OR PLIABLE) AND (CLAVIER OR KEYBOARD)) /CLMS

All Claims and Descriptions

/TX /TX simultaneously searches the ECLM, FCLM, GCLM, OCLM, ODES, DESC and DESX fields.

(FREELY D PIVOT+)/TX


Numbers and Dates

Publication Data


Publication number - Number - Country - Kind Code - Date Kind Code

/PN

/IKD

• Search all the patent publication stages using the patent/publication number in the following formats: 1) if patent authority uses a continuous series: CCNNNNNNN If the number is <7 digits, infill with hyphen(s) after the country code to achieve the necessary number of characters. 2) if the patent authority restarts its number series each year: Before 2000: CCYYNNNNN (if number is <5 digit, fill with zeros after the series year CCYY) After 2000: CCYYYYNNNNN CCYYYYNNNNNNN • Search for publications by ISO country code • Search by publication country and kind code information: CCKK • Search by publication date: YYYYMMDD YYYYMM YYYY Search in the format CCKK: CC = country code KK = status code

EP-982976/PN NL---2025/PN WO9916958/PN WO8909788/PN WO200016958/PN US20010000001/PN US/PN JPB2/PN EPA/PN EPB#/PN 19950625/PN 199506/PN 1995/PN EPA3/IKD EPB?/IKD


Publication Data (cont.’d)


Original PCT Publication number

/PPN

Search with: Questel Standardized format: Before 2000: CCYYNNNNN After 2000: CCYYYYNNNNN The publication date without numeric operators Check for the presence of the field

WO9838673/PPN WO200353458/PPN 1999/PPN PPN=YES

First Publication Date (incl. D0 date) for Each Patent Authority Member Last Publication Date of Each Member Published Application Date Granted Patent Date Other Publication Date: - coming into force for utility models - previous publication date - U.S.C. 371 National stage date

/PD

/PDL

/PDA

/PDG

/OPD

Search in the format: YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators: =, <, >, <=, >= /PDA is the publication date for disclosure of application (does not retrieve D0 date – date of announcement of application).

PD=1985-10-19 PD=1997-04-01:1997-04-15 PD>=1997 PDL>=2000 PDA>=2000 SDOC GB/PN PDG=2008 SDOC EP/PN OPD=2006-01-12 OPD<=2006-01 OPD>2006 OPD=2006-01:2007-01

Number of Patents in a Family

/NPN

Use numeric operators: =, <, >, <=, >=

NPN=1 NPN>=5 NPN=10:15


Application Data


Family Filing Data - Application Number - Country - Date

/AP

Search using the number in the format YYYYCC-NNNNNNN YYYY = 4-digit application year CC = ISO country code NNNNNNN= 7 digit application number (fill in with zero(s) if number contains less than 7 digits) - the filing country using the two-letter ISO country code - application date in the format: YYYYMMDD YYYYMM YYYY Do not use numeric operators.

1999EP-0202618/AP 1989WO-US01469/AP 1994US-0352062/AP EP/AP 19980615/AP 199806/AP 1998/AP

Filing Details

/FD

Available for US Records ONLY Provides information such as whether one patent is based upon another (continuation of, CIP, division of). Search using: - standardized Questel format YYYYCC-NNNNNNN - presence of the field Please Note: The USPTO Series Code is not used, fill in with zeroes as necessary. The exception is provisional applications beginning with series code 60. Replace 60 or 61 with P.

1997US-0930464/FD /FD=YES 1998US-P098014/FD

Original PCT Application Number -Provides the original PCT filing number for member patent office documents filed via the PCT.

/PAP Search using the number in the format: YYYYWO-CCNNNNN YYYY= 4-digit application year without using numeric operators Presence of the field

2002WO-CU00011/PAP 2002/PAP PAP=YES

Application date

/APD

Search in the format: YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators: =, <, >, <=, >=

APD=1999-03-09 APD=1999-01:1999-06 APD>=1996


Priority Data


Family Priority Data - Number - Country - Date

/PR

Search using the number in the format YYYYCC-NNNNNNN YYYY = 4-digit application year CC = ISO country code NNNNNNN= 7 digit application number (fill in with zero(s) if number contains less than 7 digits) - the filing country using the two-letter ISO country code - application date in the format: YYYYMMDD YYYYMM YYYY Do not use numeric operators.

1998US-P096204/PR 1996NL-0003303/PR US/PR 19980812/PR 199710/PR 1997/PR

Priority date - All priority dates Note :Many records have more than one priority date.

- Earliest Priority Date

/PRD

/PRD1

Search in the format: YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators: =, <, >, <=, >= Note: Priority date ranging is available for all priorities. The first priority date in the family

PRD=1998-04-07 PRD=1999-01:1999-06 PRD>=1998 PRD1=2000:2004

Number of Priorities

/NPR

Use numeric operators: =, <, >, <=, >=

NPR=3 NPR>1


Classifications

European Classification Data


EPO Classification (ECLA) Note: ECLA codes are revised monthly and retrospectively applied

/EC

Search the ECLA codes in the following formats: - Complete index: ANNA-NNN/NNN ANNA-NNN/NNA ANNA-NNN/NNAN ANNA-NNN/NNANA ANNA-NNN/NNANAN - Group *: ANNA-NNN - Subclass *: ANNA - Class: ANN #; use the # symbol. * These two formats are searchable without truncation. Use quotation marks to query by complete indexation code (containing the colon symbol:) Complementary codes, preceded by the & symbol, are also searchable. Note: The codes of the new Y01 and Y02 classes are to search the index /ICO.

C21D-001/773/EC C21D-006/00K/EC B25G-001/06S1/EC G10L-015/06A3S/EC C12Q-001/68D2E1/EC G10L-015/EC G10L/EC G10#/EC “C07D-285:00C”/EC &D/EC

“In Computer Only” Classification Note: Applied by the EPO examiners

/ICO ICO classification is based on the ECLA classification system. The ICO codes are used in the following cases: - non-inventive aspects - for additional characteristics (if there is no specific group) ICO symbols are derived from classification symbols, with a different 1st letter: instead of A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H the letters K,L,M,N,P,R,S, and T are used. The ICO classification also contains the Y01 and Y02 classes. Search by: - Complete index - Group * - Subclass * - Class: use the # symbol * These two formats are searchable without truncation.

S10L-015/18C1 /ICO M08L-009/06/ICO M08L-009/ICO M08L/ICO M08#/ICO

EPO Classification (Dutch)

/IDT

Old EPO Dutch classification. Search using the complete index.

124PA2D4 /IDT


International Classification Data


International Patent Classification

/IC

/ICAA

/ICCA

The IC index allows simultaneous examination of the following fields: • Codes as they have been assigned to each stage of publication: IC, IC2, IC3 and IC4...: contains IPC codes versions 1-7 before January 1, 2006 and IPC codes 8 or 9 since 2006 • Updated codes: The 4 fields below contain only IPC codes from the 8th version and concern all documents. -ICAI: Advanced inventive -ICAN: Advanced non-inventive -ICCI: Core inventive -ICCN: Core non-inventive Search with one of the following formats: -complete index: ANNA-NNN/NN -Group *: ANNA-NNN -subclass *: ANNA -class: ANN #: use the # symbol. * These two formats are searchable without truncation. All codes attributes from the IPC 8 are also searchable using the index /IC, /ICAA or /ICCA. In combination with a code, use the P operator. They can also be searched alone, without IPC code. When using a code that may also be used as a proximity operator enclose in double quotes (“ ”) /ICAA limits the search to the ICAI and ICAN fields. /ICCA limits the search to the ICCI and ICCN fields.

G10L-015/26/IC G10L-015/IC G10L/IC G10#/IC (B65G-039/09 P B)/ICAA (H01M-008 P “F”)/ICAA


United States Classification Data


USPTO Classification

/PCL

/PCLO

Search US classifications with 9 or 12 characters in the format: MMMSSSDDDAAA. - MMM= three digit main class - SSS= three digit subclass or DIG for “digest” - DDD= three digits - AAA= 1-3 optional alpha characters Search by: - the class (3 characters) - the “digest” including the DIG notice - the full code Search the Main US Class

379 /PCL 379093 /PCL 210DIG017 /PCL 379093150 /PCL 343754 /PCLO

Japanese Classification Data


FI and F-terms for 97% of JP documents FI (File Index) F-term (File Forming Term)

/FI

/FTM

Classification derived from the IPC 6th edition by Japanese examiners. Format of FI classes is as follows : - an IPC class: ANNA[N]N/NN[N] - an IPC code followed by a file discrimination symbol (1 letter): ANNA[N]N/NN[N] A - an IPC code followed by a subdivision symbol (3 chars): ANNA[N]N/NN[N] NNN - an IPC code followed by both subdivision and file discrimination symbols: ANNA[N]N/NN[N] NNNA - an IPC code with “facet” (3 letters) ANNA[N]N/NN[N] ZNN Classification based on different technical viewpoints. Format : Theme code (5 digits): NANNN Theme code and technical viewpoint indicator (2 letters): NANNN AA+ Theme code, technical viewpoint and “figure” indicator (2 digits): NANNN AANN

A01B1/16 /FI G10L9/20A /FI G11B11/105506 /FI G11B11/105506A /FI G11B11/08ZNM /FI 4C206 /FTM 4C206CB+ /FTM 4C206CB23 /FTM 4J002AC03.3 /FTM


Names

Inventor


Inventor

/IN

The /IN index searches the following: IN, IN2, IN3, ... IN9: Name of the inventor at each stage of publication. Machine translated English names are found for the following publications: CN (A-B-C-U-Y),JP (A-B-B1-B2-T-U-U3), KR (A-B1) and TW (A). The data is replaced once the official English translated name is received. IN0: Present for JP applications since 1989, KR applications since 1979, and U.S. applications since 2001. Provides information such as the city and state for US inventors in US publications and transliterated inventor names for JP and KR publications. OIN: Name of the inventor in the original language of publication, for CN,JP, KR, TW, RU/SU and PCT applications published in Russian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese Search by: - Single terms or groups of words from the

inventor name - Full name using implied adjacency. Use the D or W proximity operators to combine the Family Name and First Name. Note: First names may appear as initials only, so try both. Multiple initials may be separated by spaces, e.g. GUNTHER C J

NAGANUMA D KATSUYOSHI/IN (KAO? 1D (YO W HONG))/IN (PUYPLAT P (O OR OLIVIER)) /IN

Inventor Country

/INC

Search by ISO country code or country name Note: not all the records include the INC field.

US /INC JAPAN /INC

Inventor State--American

/INS

For US publications only. Search by state name in full or by two letter code

VIRGINIA/INS VA/INS


Applicant or Assignee


Patent Assignee

/PA

The /PA index searches the following: PA1, PA2, PA3 ... PA9 : Name of applicant at each stage of publication (EPO format) PA0: Name of applicant as published by the patenting office at the published application stage, but the field also contains addresses for the following publications: U.S. (since 1971), EP and WO (since 1978), DE (since 1987) and FR (since 1991). These are not searchable. OPA: Name of applicant in the original language of publication, for CN,JP, KR, TW, RU / SU and PCT applications published Russian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese PAH: History of applicant names with changes for various stages of publication. Also contains US Reassignment data as provided by the USPTO

PA: Contains the standardized name of applicant (see NPA).If it is not available, contains the name at the last stage publication. Machine translated English PA names are found for the following publications: CN (A-B-C-U-Y),JP (A-B-B1-B2-T-U-U3), KR (A-B1) and TW (A). The data is replaced once the official English translated name is received. Search by: - single terms using search operators and truncation - full name using implied adjacency

(TEXAS W INSTRUMENT?) /PA (KIMBERLY CLARK) /PA

Normalized Patent Assignee Name

/NPA This field provides the name of applicant standardized by Questel. This standardization includes corrections of typographical errors, the removal of non-meaningful parts of the name (INC CORP GMbH, etc.) and removing spaces and periods in acronyms. The field will supply, if possible, the latest name of the company. Search by: - single terms using search operators and truncation - full name using implied adjacency

PANASONIC/NPA


Applicant or Assignee (cont.’d)


Patent Assignee -Country

/PAC

Search by patent assignee country using the two letter country code or country name. Note: not all records include the PAC field.

/PAC JP /PAC JAPAN /PAC NL

Assignee State--American

/INS

For US publications only. Search by state name in full or by two letter code

VIRGINIA/INS VA/INS

Representative


Representative

/RP Representative information for: U.S. documents since 1971, EP since 1978, WO since 1978 and FR since 1966 Search by single (operators) or groups, words (implied adjacency) using truncation. Use the D or W proximity operators to combine Names. When searching names as a bound phrase, use the /RPN field tag

OBLON W SPIVAK/RP OBLON SPIVAK/RPN

Representative

/RP Representative information for: U.S. documents since 1971, EP since 1978, WO since 1978 and FR since 1966 Search by single (operators) or groups, words (implied adjacency) using truncation. Use the D or W proximity operators to combine Names. When searching names as a bound phrase, use the /RPN field tag

OBLON W SPIVAK/RP OBLON SPIVAK/RPN

Representative Country /RPC Representative information for: U.S. documents since 1971, EP since 1978, WO since 1978 and FR since 1966 Search by two letter country code

US/RPC

Names – Super-Index


All Names /NA This field allows for simultaneous searching of the Inventor, Assignee, and Representative fields: IN, PA, RP

GUTMANN/NA


Citations Citations (patent and non patent literature references) are available for the following publications: AP - from 1984 AU - from 1978 BE - from 1988 BG – from 1999 CH - from 1982 CZ - from 1997 DE - from 1943 DK - from 1956 EP - from 1978 ES - from 1993 FR - from 1969 GB - from 1983 GR - from 1988 JP - from 1972 LU - from 1999 NL - from 1965 SG - from 2001 TR - from 1987 US - from 1971 WO - from 1978


Cited Patents Patents cited in search reports are displayed under the title "Search Report" or "Cited References" for all the countries listed above. Format is the same as the PN field: CCNNNNNNN. • For US, EP, WO, FR, DE, NL, BE, GR, CH, GB, TR, LU and DK publications this field also contains applicant citations • For EP publications this field also contains opposition and applicant citations. • For JP publications citations are listed in 4 categories: Opposition citations (reason for opposition), Opposition citations (reason for decision), Examiner citations (reason for refusal) and Citations in registration report.

/CT Search patent citations using: - Standardized patent number (filled in with hyphens if needed) - Two letter country code - Presence of the field

EP-248377 /CT EP /CT CT=PRES

Non Patent Literature Citations

References to literature are displayed under the title “Search Report” or “Literature Citations” for all the countries listed above except BG. Search using single words or phrases (implied adjacency), using truncation on: - Title - Authors - Source

- The XP number assigned by the EPO examiners

• For US, EP, WO, FR, DE, NL, BE, GR, CH, GB, TR, LU and DK publications the field also contains applicant literature citations. • For EP publications the field also contains opposition and examiner references

/REF Search using single words or phrases (implied adjacency), using truncation on: - Title - Authors - Source

- The XP number assigned by the EPO examiners.

(RECOGNITION W SYSTEM?) /REF DESHMUKH /REF (SIGNAL 1W MAGAZINE) /REF (XP 002058560 OR XP002058560) /REF


Citations (cont.’d)


Standardized Publication/Patent Numbers in the CT Field

Relevancy Category Codes -The patent cited code I -The patent cited code X -The patent cited code Y -The patent cited code A -The patent cited code O -The patent cited code P -The patent cited code T -The patent cited code E -The patent cited code D -The patent cited code L

/XCT

/XCTI

/XCTX

/XCTY

/XCTA

/XCTO

/XCTP

/XCTT

/XCTE

/XCTD

/XCTL

To facilitate cross file searching with other patent databases, Questel has created a standardized citation number field: CCNNNNNNN. Search: - For the presence of the field - In the standardized Questel format Relevancy Category Codes, also known as relevance indicators, are used by the EPO in their Search Reports. Relevancy Category Codes are found in EP, FR and PCT search reports.

Definitions: I – Particularly relevant when taken alone and affecting the inventive action X - Particularly relevant if taken alone Y - Particularly relevant if combined with another document in the same family A - Technology background O – Unwritten disclosure P - Intermediate document T - Theory or principle underlying the invention E - Earlier patent document, but published on,

or after, the filing date

D - Document cited in the application L - Document cited for other reasons

For Japanese publications, cited patents posted in the sections "Opposition citations - reason for opposition", "Opposition citations - reason for decision" and "Review citations - reason for refusal" are integrated in the XCTX field. Those displayed in the section " citations in registration report" are integrated in the XCTA field.

XCTX=YES /XCTX US4567890


Legal Status

Event codes The list of event codes is available on the EPO web site by clicking here: Go to the most recent update under Legal status codes in English


Action /ACT This field contains three types of information: - a standardized explanation of the action in English - a standardized explanation of the action in the language of the application country - a complementary text, which may contain dates, designated states, inventor or patent assignee, change of IPC codes, etc.

(SEARCH REPORT) /ACT

(NON PAYMENT) OR (FAILURE 1W PAY))/ACT

Data calculated by Questel : Legal State Status Actual or expected expiration date

STATE

STATUS

EED

Search with the keywords: - ALIVE - DEAD and use the numeric operator =. Search with the keywords: - UNPUBLISHED - PENDING - GRANTED - EXPIRED - LAPSED - REVOKED - RESTORED and use the numeric operator =. Search with the date format : YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators : =, <, >, <=, >=.

STATE/ACT=ALIVE STATE/ACT=DEAD STATUS/ACT=GRANTED STATUS/ACT=LAPSED STATUS/ACT=PENDING OR STATUS/ACT=GRANTED EED/ACT=2020-15-03 EED/ACT>=2010-11 EED/ACT<=2015

Date of event publication

AD Search with the date format : YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators : =, <, >, <=, >=.

AD/ACT=20010-06-16

Effective date of the event

EFFD EFFD/ACT>=2010-06

Event code CO Search in the format CC/NNNN using the numeric operator =. CO=Country code NNNN=2 to 4 character alphanumeric code

CO/ACT=US/FP CO/ACT=EP/PGFP


Event codes (cont.’d)


Index assigned to the event

SI

This index specifies if the event is positive or negative. -POS (positive) -NEG (negative) Use the digital operator =.

SI/ACT=POS SI/ACT=NEG

Event groups

EG

To facilitate researching actions, Questel created 16 event codes that bring together similar actions of different patent offices: ADM - Administrative notifications CCL – Classification amendments COR - Corrections, amendments DCS – Designated states ENP - Entry into national phase, translations (PA, EA, EP, OA, WO) EXM – Requests for examination, review procedures and review process, research reports LIC - Licensing and operating agreement NENP - Non-entry into national phase NIF - Not in force, Lapse, expiration, forfeiture, refusal, withdrawal NMC – Name change of applicant, assignee, inventors; other: opponents, applicants NOPP – No opposition filed OPP - Opposition, re-examination PIF - Payment of fees, in force, registered, issued RAS – Reassignment RES - Restitution, restoration: in force SPC - Actions concerning complementary or supplementary certificates of protection, extension of protection period. Search the code using the numerical operator =.

EG/ACT=LIC EG/ACT=RAS EG/ACT=SPC EG/ACT=RES OR EG/ACT=SPC




Countries affected by the event: -Country of filing -Country of publication -Designated countries

APC

PC

CC

Query with a code using the numerical operator =. These subfields are useful in combination with other queries to restrict the search to a particular member of a family. Use the P operator to connect the search criteria.

PC/ACT=EP CC/ACT=FR (PC/ACT=FR OR CC/ACT=FR) P EG/ACT=SPC (PC/ACT=US OR CC/ACT=US) P STATUS/ACT=GRANTED

Dates affected by the event: -Date of application -Date of publication -Date of application in countries designated by a WO or an EP -Date of publication in the country designated by a WO or an EP

APD

PD

CAPD

CPD

Search with the date format : YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators : =, <, >, <=, >=.

APD/ACT>=2005-12 PD/ACT<=1990 CAPD/ACT<=1995-05 CPD/ACT=2008-07-04




Numbers affected by the event: -The publication number -The stage of publication code -Number of the application in countries designated by a WO or an EP -The publication number in the country designated by a WO or an EP -Code of the stage of publication in the country designated by a WO or an EP

PN

KD

CAP

CPN

CKD

Search using the Questel standardized number. Searching using the 1 or 2 character code. Search using the Questel standardized number. Search using the Questel standardized number. Searching using the 1 or 2 character code.

PN/ACT=EP1131715

KD/ACT=B1 PC/ACT = EP P KD/ACT = B1

CAP/ACT=2001US-10629694

CPN/ACT=EP1414368

CC/ACT = EP P CKD/ACT = A1

Other subfields of the /ACT index: Expiry date (GB documents designated by an EP) Date of extension (for some RU, EP and US) Date of withdrawal (EP) Date of annuity payment (for countries designated by an EP)

EXD

EXTD

WTHD

PAY

Search with the date format : YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM YYYY Use numeric operators : =, <, >, <=, >=.

EXD/ACT>=2001 EXTD/ACT>2005

WTHD/ACT>=1990

PAY/ACT=2011-02

Number (1 to 20) of the year of payment (US, EP) Number of days of extension (US)

YR

XDAY

Use numeric operators : =, <, >, <=, >=.

YR/ACT=20 YR/ACT>=3

XDAY/ACT>=300


Names


Owner – Original or Current Available for some US, EP, BE, DE documents

/OWR The field is present when there have been changes in ownership. Search by: - single words (operators) or - phrases (implied adjacency) Truncation may be used. Addresses are not included

QUADRANT DRUG DELIVERY /OWR (INT+ BUS+ MAC+) OR IBM/OWR

Inventor Available for EP & DE documents

/INV The field is usually present when there have been changes or corrections to an inventor's name or address. /INV contains the surname, first name, city and country code of the inventors. Search by: -single words (operators) or -phrases using the W operator or implied adjacency Truncation may be used. When using NBR, MEM and MEMS commands, use the /INVN index

((PEREIRA W ALEXANDRE) AND FR) /INV

Representative Available for EP, DE, CH documents

/REP The field is present when there have been changes to the representative. Search by: -single words (operators) or -phrases (implied adjacency) Truncation may be used. Addresses are not included When using NBR, MEM and MEMS commands, use the /REPN index

(ISLER 1W PEDRAZZIN) /REP

Opponent Available for EP documents

/OPP Search opponent name by: -single words (operators) or -phrases using the W operator or implied adjacency Truncation may be used. When using NBR, MEM and MEMS commands, use the /OPPN index

AKZO/OPP

Requestor Available for AU, NZ

/REQ The field is present when there are: mortgages, licenses, cancellation of financial interests. Search requestor name by: -single words (operators) or -phrases using the W operator or implied adjacency Truncation may not be used. When using NBR, MEM and MEMS commands, use the /REQN index

HSBC BANK/REQ

Names /NAM The Names Super Index simultaneously searches the OWR, INV, REP, OPP and REQ fields.

(INT+ BUS+ MAC+) OR IBM/NAM


Other Indexes


Designated states for European Patents (EP) and PCT applications (WO)

/DS Search by ISO country code using the two letter format CC. The EP designated states are from the last EP publication stage.

AT /DS (FR OR GB) /DS

Original language

/LA Language is provided for EP and WO documents and in all other cases where the language is not the sole official language of the country. Search LA using the ISO three letter language code: CHI Chinese CZE Czech DAN Danish DUT Dutch ENG English FIN Finnish FRE French GER German ICE Icelandic ITA Italian JPN Japanese KOR Korean NOR Norwegian POR Portuguese RUS Russian SER Serbian SLV Slovenian SPA Spanish SWE Swedish

ENG/LA ENGLISH/LA GER OR FRE/LA

Notes (US, EP, WO only)

/NO

For U.S. documents /NO contains examiner names and company representative names. For EP and WO documents /NO contains information on divisions, changes or corrections. Search by simple words or phrases Search for the presence of the field

BANNER WITCOFF/NO RAMIEREZ W CYNTHIA/NO NO=YES

Numbers (US Only) Number of Drawings, Claims, etc

/NUM

For US documents only. Search for:

- Number of drawings (NDR) - Number of figures (NFG) - Number of claims (NCL) - Number of independent claims (ICL) - Number of exemplary claims (ECL) - Art Unit (ART) - Number of pages (NPS) - Days of extension (EXTD) - Term of patent (TRMT)

NDR>=20 NFG<=50 NCL=10:15 ICL=4 ECL=1 ART=271 NPS=10:50 EXTD=134 TRM=14

Case ID Number—US documents

/CID

For US documents only. Litigation filed in the 94 US District courts. Use in conjunction with MaxVal IP Litigation, available in Orbit.com. Search for the presence of the field

CID=YES


Other Indexes (cont’d.)


Family Accession Number Previous Family Accession Number

/FAN

/PFAN

Producer number assigned to a record. If a family has been recomposed, the previously-assigned producer number is found by searching PFAN.

/FAN/PFAN 20042802935754

Access number of the legal status in the LGST base reference

/LAN

Application number identifying the legal status reference in FamPat and LGST bases

EP09010508API /LAN


Update Codes All codes below are available for use in alerts as well.


New references to the database Weekly: Monthly:

/UP /UP4

Use the relevant update code in the following format: YYYY-WW (weekly) YYYY-MM (monthly) Truncation may be used YYYY+

2010-52 /UP 2010-12 /UP4

Addition of equivalents or changes to publication stage Weekly Monthly Addition of Citations

/UE /UE4

/UCT

Use the relevant update code in the following format: YYYY-WW (weekly) YYYY-MM (monthly) Truncation may be used YYYY+

2010-50 /UE 2010-12 /UE4 2010+ /UCT

Addition of Human produced English Abstracts 1st time Weekly Monthly Addition of Machine or Human produced English Abstract 1st time Weekly Monthly Addition of any* Human abstract 1st time. Weekly Monthly English French German Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese

/UAB /UAB4

/UMTA /UMT4

/UABA /UAA4

Use the relevant update code in the following format:

YYYY-WW (weekly) YYYY-MM (monthly)

Truncation may be used YYYY+

2010-14 /UAB 2010-04 /UAB4 2010-14 /UMTA 2010-04 /UMT4 2010-14 /UABA 2010-04 /UAA4

Addition of ECLA codes for the 1st time, or modifications to ECLA codes.

/UEC

Use the relevant update code in the following format: YYYY-WW (weekly) Truncation may be used YYYY+

2010+ /UEC


Update Codes (cont.’d)


The update codes below pertain to Legal Status upda tes only

Week input or update events (ACT)

/EUP Use the relevant update code in the following format: YYYY-WW (weekly) Truncation may be used

YYYY+ (year)

2011+ /EUP 2011-47 /EUP

Week input or update any information of legal situation

/LUP Use the relevant update code in the following format: YYYY-WW (weekly) Truncation may be used

YYYY+

2011+ /LUP 2011-48 /LUP

Month input or update any information of legal situation

/LUP4 Use the relevant update code in the following format: YYYY-MM (monthly)

2011-12 /LUP4


List of Fields

AB Abstract - (EAB) ADB Advantages and Drawbacks AN Accession Number AP Application Number (APC) APD Application Date (DDP) BC Berlin Class CT Citations DEF ECLA Definition DS Designated States DT Document Type EC ECLA Class (ECLA) FAB Abstract in French FD Filing Details - US Only FI FI-Terms FID Family ID FPR Family Priority FT French Title FTM F-Terms (File forming terms) - JP Only GAB Abstract in German GT German Title IAB Reference for Abstract IC Intl Patent Class ICA Additional IPC ICAA IPC Advanced All ICAI IPC Advanced Inventive ICAN IPC Advanced Non-inventive ICCA IPC Core All raised ICCI IPC Core Inventive ICCN IPC Core Non-inventive ICLM Independent Claim ICM Main IPC ICO In Computer Only Class ICS Secondary IPC ICT Reference for Citation IDT Dutch Class IKD Patent Kind Code IN Inventor(s) IN0 Inventor(s) INC Inventor Country INN Inventor Name INN0 Inventor Name IT Index Terms IW Index Words KEW Concepts


List of Fields (cont’d) LA Original Language of the publication MTAB Machine Translated Abstract NPA Normalized patent assignee NPR Number of Priority Numbers OAB Other Abstracts OBJ Patent Object OPD Other Publication Dates OTI Other Title PA Patent Assignee PA0 Patent Assignee PAC Patent Assignee Country PAH Patent Assignee History PAN Patent Assignee Name PAN0 Patent Assignee Name PAP PCT Application Number PCL US Class PCLO US Original PCL PD Publication Date PDA First Date of Publication PDG First Date of Issue PDL Patent Date Last PN Patent Number PPN PCT Patent Number PR Priority Details PRD Priority Date PRI Priority Indicator PUB Publication country (from legal status only) QM Questel Month QW Questel Week REF Non Patent Citation References SFM Simple Family STG Stage TI Title - English UA Update Amendments UAA4 Monthly UABA UAB Abstract Update UAB4 Monthly UAB UABA All Abstracts - Human UCL Classification Code Update UCT Citation Update UE Update Equivalents / Stages UE4 Monthly UE UMT4 Monthly UMTA UMTA MTAB Update UP Update Code UP4 Monthly Update


XAP Standardized Application Number XCT Standardized Citation Number XCTA Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports–Technology Background XCTD Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports–Document Cited in Application XCTE Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports–Earlier Patent, published on or after filing date XCTL Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports– Document Cited for other reasons XCTO Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports–Non-Written Disclosure XCTP Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports–Intermediate Document XCTT Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports –Theory/Principle Underlying the Invention XCTX Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports-Particularly Relevant if taken alone XCTY Cited Document Category from EP, WO Search Reports–Particularly Relevant if combined with r

document in the same family XPN Standardized Patent Number XPR Standardized Priority Number XR Basic – Cross Reference Number

Keywords and Concepts

ADB Advantages of the invention and disadvantages of prior inventions

ICLM Independent claims

KEYW Concepts

OBJ Patent objective

Description and Claims

DESC Description in English

DESX Examples contained in the description of US documents

ECLM Claims in English

FCLM Claims in French

GCLM Claims in German

OCLM Claims in languages other than English, French, or German

ODES Description in languages other than English