QPAT The Global Patent Domain Wageningen UR

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QPAT The Global Patent DomainWageningen UR
Plant Research International
QuestelOrbit

• Training

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Login Screen www.qpat.com
Help Menu
French login screen
Secure login, Change password and Direct access
on Patent Copy Order
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Introduction in the Contens of the Databases

• QPAT databases
• Bibliographical Fulltext Databases

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Databases

• Access to the databases
• PlusPat (weekly update, currency depending on the
  country)
• FamPat New from 1st February Patent Family
  Database
• US Patents (weekly update based on Tuesday
  publication)
• USAPPS (weekly update based on Thursday
  publication)
• European Patents (weekly update based on
  Wednesday publication)
• European Patent Applications (weekly update based
  on Wednesday publication)
• International Patent Applications (weekly update
  based on Thursday publication)
• French Patent Applications and Patents (weekly
  update based on Friday Publication)

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PlusPat Database (Same for FAMPAT )

• Worldwide Patents database 42 million patent
  documents from 72 patent granting authorities
• Coverage starting dates vary by country (Coverage
  table see help button)
• Bibliographic coverage for the US and most of
  Europe starts in the early 1920s
• Extensive coverage, including abstracts generally
  starts in the early 1970s for most issuing
  authorities

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US Patents Coverage

• Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical patents are
  covered from October 1971 to present
• Design and Plant Patents are covered from
  December 1976 and Statutory Invention
  Registrations from 1985

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US Patent Application

• US Applications were published from March 15th,
  2001 onwards

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European Patent Coverage

• Bibliographic and Fulltext information of EP-B
  documents from 1991

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European Published Application Coverage

• Bibliographic information from 1978 is provided
  for all records.
• Full-text coverage is from 1988 onwards.
• 103.000 records in the period 1978 through 1987
  are also full-text.
• Full-text is not available for Euro-PCT patent
  applications.
• These you will find in PCT Published Applications

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PCT Published Application Coverage

• Bibliographic and Fulltext information of the
  International applications published under the
  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) from October
  19th, 1978 (Full-text in English, German, French
  or Spanish).

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French Published Applications and Patents
Coverage

• Bibliographic information since 1966.
• Special Medicine Patents since 1961.
• All French abstracts since 1978.

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Part IQuick, StandardAdvanced Search
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The Search Interfaces

• Which should I use
• Quick search Allows you to perform
• quick searches on one field
• using truncation
• one criteria per search
• Standard Search Allows you to do
• precision text searches and to limit your
• results using specific data fields
• No knowledge of search operators
• (boolean, hierarchical, proximity) is
• required to conduct searches

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Quick Search Interface
Type the keywords
Allows you to do quick searches in the database
of your choice
Possibility of Selection of one or several
databases for the Search
Choice of number of records per page of results
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Quick Search Interface

• For Text Searching all the words searched will
  be present in the patent
• the implied search operator for TEXT is AND
• Example
• gene sequences
• (retrieves patents that contain all of these
  words)

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Quick Search Interface

• For Assignee or Company name Searching different
  versions can be covered by entering the
  variations separated by a comma
• Use the unique part of the name, use truncation,
  use all possible variations of the name
  acronyms, spelled out in full and as one word or
  two, use all earlier versions of a company name

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Quick Search Interface

• For Inventor name Searching different versions
  can be covered by entering the variations
  separated by a comma
• Inventor names are keyword indexed, so the search
  DAVID SMITH will produce the same results as
  the search SMITH DAVID

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Quick Search Interface

• For Patent Number Searching
• Enter two character country code preceding the
  patent number do not enter commas or slashes do
  not enter status code for numbers less than seven
  digits long, left fill with dashes until a length
  of seven is reached
• Publication numbers examples
• EP1081432 USD442761
• WO200133934 WO9900001
• USD442761 US20010001328

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Standard Search Interface
Boolean operators assistance in keyword searching
Limit by latest Update
Database choice
Limit by Date Range
Choice of number of records per page of results
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Standard Search Interface

• The Standard Search page allows you to do
  precision text searches and to limit your results
  using specific data fields.
• No knowledge of search operators (boolean,
  hierarchical, proximity) is required to conduct
  searches
• Do not use search operators or parentheses.
• In the Limit by , Expand by data entry
  boxes use commas to separate search concepts.

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Standard Search Interface

• When conducting searches in PlusPat, you can
  limit results to specific countries by entering
  the two character Country Code in the patent
  number box
• For example, entering TW, KR - would limit your
  results to patents from Taiwan and Korea
• Limit by classes or Expand by classes In all the
  QPAT databases the international patent
  classifications are present

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Standard Search Interface

• Limit by classes or Expand by classes
• In PlusPat, PCT Published Applications and
  French patent databases you can limit or expand
  your results using the European classification
  codes.
• These codes are revised monthly and are
  retrospectively applied
• In PlusPat the US classification codes are
• revised bimonthly and are retrospectively
• applied but in the US Patents and US
• Applications databases they are not revised

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Standard Search Interface

• Limit by year in PlusPat uses the year of the
  first publication stage (PlusPat contains
  multiple stages)
• Limit by Date Range using Application,
  Publication or Priority dates
• You can limit results to the latest update

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Advanced Search Interface
Search History button
Full range of search functions for Text or other
fields
Choice of number of records per page of results
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Advanced Search Interface

• Allows you to perform powerful and complete
• Searches
• You can perform your search not only using the
  interfaces for the searched fields but also in
  the Construct your search box
• You can use a full range of search operators,
  truncation, and logical nesting
• As well as Field Qualifiers for some selcted
  fields on the proposed databases
• You can combine criteria together but also search
  statements
• (Your strategy is saved temporarily in the
  HISTORY)

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The Advanced Search Interface

• Terms that are not separated by an operator will
  be searched as a phrase
• Terms not qualified to a specific field will
  search the text fields available in the database
• In the PlusPat and the PCT Published Applications
  only titles and abstracts are available for text
  searching

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Truncation

• Truncation can be used on all Search screens of
  QPAT - Quick, Standard, Advanced Search
• For searching multiple names or numbers, enter
  each serch term separated by commas
• Truncation symbols can be used
• Unlimited truncation, both beginning and
  ending . It is used to expand searches
• ? Zero or one character truncation, it is used to
  retrive sigular and plural
• Exactly one character truncation, it is used to
  retrieve American and British spelling in one
  query
• Note Truncation can be used up to 9 times in a
  query

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Searching with Field Qualifier

• Title /TI
• All databases
• Abstract /AB
• All databases, except European Patents
• U.S. Main Claim /MCLM
• U.S. Patents U.S. Applications
• All U.S. Claims /MCLM/CLM
• U.S. Patents U.S. Applications
• E.P Claims
• English /CLM
• German /GCLM
• French /FCLM
• European Patents European Applications

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Searching with Field Qualifier

• European Classifications (ECLA) /EC
• PlusPat PCT Applications
• International Patent Classifications /IC
• All databases
• U.S. Original Patent Classification /PCLO
• PlusPat U.S. Patents U.S. Applications
• U.S. Original and Cross-reference
  Classifications /PCL
• PlusPat U.S. Patents U.S. Applications

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Searching with Field Qualifier
Legal Representative /RP All databases except
PlusPat Patent Country /PC PlusPat Priority
Country /PR All databases
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Boolean Operators

• Use AND, OR and NOT to define your search profile
  in the Advanced Search Screen
• In all other searches it is by default
• Switch gear
• will look for patent documents containing both
  words in the abstract or the title next to each
  others
• Switch and gear
• will look for patent documents containing both
  words in the abstract or the title
• switch or gear
• will look for patent documents containing either
  the word switch or the word gear in the
  abstract or the title

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Proximity Operators

• When you should use them
• To narrow the search especially in the Fulltext
  search, they enable a great precision in the
  search of keywords
• F terms in the same field
• P terms in the same paragraph
• W adjacent term in the order given
• D adjacent terms in any order
• nD adjacent terms in any order, separated by
  up to n words, where n is 1 to 9
• nW adjacent terms in specified order,
  separated by up to n words, where n is 1 to 9
• Please Note Proximity Operators can only be used
  
• in the Advanced Search Screen

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Searching in other fields

• PUBLICATION NUMBER... IF YOU KNOW THE PUBLICATION
  NUMBER OF A DOCUMENT
• This field enables you to search for a document
  using the number assigned to it on publication.
  The publication number is made up of a two-letter
  country code (eg GB) and the number of the
  publication (eg 2301278) resulting in this
• case in GB2301278.
• Questel Orbit Publication format is standardized
  in all databases
• CCNNNNNNN
• 2 letters for the country code and seven digits
  minimum for the number if less fill the spaces
  with hyphens.-

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Searching in other fields

• APPLICATION NUMBER
• ... IF YOU KNOW THE APPLICATION NUMBER OF A
  DOCUMENT
• This field enables you to search for a document
  using the application number assigned to it on
  filing.
• The application number is made up of a two-letter
  country code (for e.g. GB), the year of filing
  (for e.g. 1995), and the serial number of the
  application (for e.g. 8026).
• In Questel Orbit the application number is
  indexed as follows
• YYYYCC-NNNNNNN Yyear CCountry Code N-Number
• If there are less than seven digits in N fill
  spaces with zeros.

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Searching in other fields

• PRIORITY NUMBER ... IF YOU WANT TO FIND
  EQUIVALENT DOCUMENTS
• This field enables you to search using the number
  of the priority document of a patent. By
  definition, the priority number is the
  application number of the first application
• Some patent documents can have several priority
  numbers.
• If you have found a patent document in one
  country, and want to know if there is an
  equivalent (related) publication in another
  country, use the priority number from the first
  document to search in the priority field of data
  from other countries.
• The priority number in Questel is indexed as the
  application number.

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Searching in other fields

• INVENTOR, ASSIGNEE
• If you are interested in finding out if a person
  you know has patented any inventions, or in
  seeing what application a particular company has
  filed, you should use the inventor or assignee
  fields.
• The inventor field contains information relating
  in general to the actual individuals who have
  made the alleged invention,
• whilst the assignee field in many cases contains
  the name of the company or organisation for which
  the individuals work.
• Searches for a combination of more than one
  inventor (inventor field) will be rather precise,
  while searching with the name of a multinational
  corporation (assignee field) will often produce a
  very large number of results.

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Searching in other fields

• The inventor field allows you to search for the
  name of a person registered as the inventor of a
  patent.
• The names are registered with the surname first,
• followed by the forename(s), for e.g. Smith
  John Robert.
• In QPAT You can search with
• a single surname, for e.g. Smith,
• or with a full name, for e.g. Smith John You will
  retrive Smith John and John Smith the field is
  key word indexed.
• You can also search for documents having more
  than one inventor Smith, Jones will retrieve
  documents where Smith or Jones are the inventors.

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EC or IPC Classification

• What is the IPC classification system?
• The IPC is a hierarchical classification system
  applied to published patent documents.
• You can use the IPC class, sub-class and group
  levels as search criteria in the IPC
  classification field.
• Whenever a patent document is published in the
  majority of countries in the world, it carries
  one or more IPC symbols classifying it into
  specific technological areas.
• In the IPC, technology is divided into almost 70
  000 fields, or groups. Every five years, it is
  revised by the WIPO and a new edition is issued.
• The current edition is the seventh and was issued
  on 1 January 2000.
• Once allocated, a documents IPC classification
  never changes.

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EC or IPC Classification

• What is the EC classification system?
• The EC classification system is used by the EPO
  for carrying out patent application searches.
• Although it is based on the IPC, it is not the
  same. The most important point for patent
  information users is that it is designed with the
  searcher in mind.
• Whenever a new document is to be given an EC
  classification, it is sent to the examiner in
  charge of the field to which it relates.
• The ECLA defines exactly the technological area
  of an application of an invention
• Its a hierarchy system divided into different
  classes with sub-divisions
• ECLA has more sub-divisions available than IPC
  system (130,000 additional sub-divisions)
• The examiners of the EPO office intellectually
  apply the ECLA codes

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Finding the relevant patent classification

• Finding the relevant classification is often one
  of the first steps in a search
• In QPAT you can locate
• The European Classification
• The International Classification
• The American Classification
• Very easily through the Statistical Analysis
• of the Classification Tool

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Finding the relevant patent classification

• This is the most efficient way to retrieve
  relevant classification symbols quickly
• Enter two or three keywords defining the
  invention in the Basic or Advanced Search
  Interfaces
• Click on search
• Generate Statistical Analysis in the Result
• Screen
• - Check the meaning of the classifications

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Part IIFamily, Citation and Similarity
SearchDisplaying Results
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Patent Family Search

• What is a Patent Family?
• An applicant seeking protection for an invention
  must file for a patent in each country where
  patent protection is desired. The worldwide
  applications and publications for an invention
  are collectively known as a patent family
• Typically, the applicant files for a patent first
  in his own country. Subsequent applications in
  other countries will claim priority rights based
  on this original application and filing date

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Patent Family Search

• What is a Priority Number?
• The application number and filing date for the
  original application are called the priority
  number and priority date
• What is a Patent Family Search?
• A QPAT family search will retrieve all documents
  in the PlusPat database that share at least one
  common priority number. (IMPADOC extended ) It
  will include divisionals, continuations, and
  continuations-in-part in the family results
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• IN FAMPAT you will retrieve documents divided
  into families . Be aware the family concept is
  strict with some additional rules .

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Family Search with FAMPAT and options

• In FamPat , you will search immediately the
  inventions gathered into strict PLUS families .
• In the display screen options you will always
  have the possibility to display the INPADOC
  familiy

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Controlled germination
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Family Search Interface
Family status
Family status abstract citations
Choice of number of records per page of results.
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Family Report Display Option
Display includes Table, Full bibliographic and
legal status details
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Family search report with legal status data
Family Report
Display of Family members in tabular form
(patents belonging to the same invention filed
in different countries)
Includes Full bibliographic and legal status
details
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Citation Search

• What is a Citation?
• When a patent is published it includes a list of
  citations to previously published patents and
  literature. This cited art has some direct
  relevance, in terms of novelty, obviousness, or
  state-of-the-art, to one or more claims in the
  patent. Citations are made by both patent
  applicants and patent examiners.
• What is a Citation Search?
• A citation search is a specific subject search of
  the technology that is closely related to a
  published patent. The backward citation search
  will retrieve the prior art that is cited on the
  patent. The forward citation search will retrieve
  all the subsequent published patents that cite
  the patent.
• In QPAT, there are citations available for patent
  publications from EP, WO (PCT), US (since 1970),
  GB and France (since mid-1970's).

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Citation Search

• Why do a Citation Search?
• A backward citation search is a typical place to
  start a validity search.
• A forward citation search is a typical place to
  look for patent infringement.
• A backward and forward citation search together
  creates a very precise subject search from the
  starting point of a single patent number.
• A Family Citation Report increases the
  comprehensiveness of the citation searches by
  basing the search on a complete patent family
  rather than a single patent number.
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Choosing the Citation Search interface and
inserting the Patent Number you want to Analyze
further Choosing Option 3 Display a Family
Citation Report
Option to perform A citation search on 1
single patent to be analysed further (Backward
Forward) A Citation Search of patent
references and to include the original patent in
the result or not. Or the citations on the
complete family of the publication
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Family Citation Report
SOURCE PATENT FAMILY EP1310025 ENCAPSULATED
MEDIUM-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Patent Number
EP1310025 A1 20030514 EP1310025AU9435201 A
20020225 AU200194352NL1015932 C2 20020218
NL1015932WO200215351 A1 20020221
WO200215351 Title (A1) ENCAPSULATED
MEDIUM-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Other Title
(A1) GEKAPSELTE MITTELSPANNUNGSSCHALTANLAGE(A1)
SYSTEME DE DISTRIBUTION MOYENNE TENSION
ENCAPSULE Patent Assignee (A1) HOLEC HOLLAND NV
(NL) Patent Assignee Holec Holland N.V. Postbus
23 7550 AA Hengelo (NL) Inventor(s) (A1) ODIJK
FRANK ADRIAAN (NL) VAN DER ZANDE RICHARD (NL)
BINNENDIJK MARTEEN (NL) SCHOONENBERG GERARD
CORNELIS (NL) Application Nbr 2001WO-NL00599
20010814 2001EP-0974981 20010814 2001AU-0094352
20010814 2000NL-1015932 20000814 Priority
Details 2000NL-1015932 20000814  2001WO-NL00599
20010814 Citations EP1310025Cited in the search
reportSee references of WO 0215351A1 Citations
WO200215351Cited in the search
reportUS5892195(A)(Cat. X,D)DE3927835(A)(Cat.
X,D) Abstract WO200215351Encapsulated
medium-voltage distribution system which
comprises one or more sections. The sections are
composed of a number of compartment modules,
which comprise a first busbar subsystem, a second
busbar subsystem and a switching subsystem and a
disconnector subsystem for connecting or
disconnecting the first busbar subsystem and/or
the second busbar subsystem to and from an
external connection subsystem. Each subsystem is
in each case accomodated in a separate
compartment module, which is in each case
separated from the remaining compartment modules
physically and in touchproof way.
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Family Citation Report
CITED PATENT PREVIOUS PATENTS CITED BY SOURCE
FAMILY EP0447503 Encapsulated medium-voltage
cubicle Patent Number EP0447503 A1 19910925
EP-447503DE3927835 A1 19910228
DE3927835WO9103089 A1 19910307
WO9103089 Title (A1) ENCAPSULATED
MEDIUM-VOLTAGE CUBICLE. Other Title (A1)
INSTALLATION BLINDEE DE COMMUTATION MOYENNE
TENSION.(A1) GEKAPSELTE MITTELSPANNUNGSSCHALTANLA
GE.  Patent Assignee (A1) RITTER STARKSTROMTECH
(DE) POSSIBLE COMPETITOR? Patent Assignee
RITTER STARKSTROMTECHNIK GMBH CO. Am Niekamp 8
D-4716 Olfen (DE) (except US) NIKLASS, Jürgen
Gleiwitzer Str. 150 D-4630 Bochum 1 (DE) (only
US)SCHELLHAS, Heinz Viktor-Reuter-Str. 49a
D-4690 Herne 1 (DE) (only US) Inventor(s) (A1)
NIKLASS JUERGEN (DE) SCHELLHAS HEINZ
(DE) Application Nbr 1989DE-3927835
19890823 1990WO-EP01342 19900816 1990EP-0912429
19900816 Priority Details 1989DE-3927835
19890823 Citations EP-447503Cited in the
search reportSee references of WOA
9103089 Citations WO9103089Cited in the search
reportDE3125364(A)(Cat. A)EP144753(A)(Cat.
A)Abstract WO9103089Encapsulated and
compartmented medium-voltage cubicle (20) with
withdrawable carriages or crates (12) for the
connection as desired of an output to one of the
two busbars (3) of a twin-busbar installation by
means of a connector (10) arranged on the
carriage or crate (12), with plug connections
(28, 30 32, 4, 34) which are insertable or
removable with the carriage or crate (12) and
with low-voltage switchgear to control and
indicate the operation of the cubicle (20), in
which the cubicle (20) has compartments (A1, A2
B1, B2 C, D) divided off from one another for a
first busbar (SS1), a second busbar (SS2), a
first connector (10), a second connector (10), an
output (41) and low-voltage switchgear (D). In
addition, there are pressure-relieving devices
like flap-valves (e.g. 50, 52) leading out of the
compartments reserved for medium-voltage
switchgear. According to the invention the
compartments (A1, A2 B1, B2 C, D) are fitted in
a shared casing (74) forming a circuit
compartment (2), where the casing (74) surrounds
an encapsulated pressure-relief compartment (E)
and the compartments carrying medium voltage
equipment are arranged so that they adjoin either
the top of the casing or the pressure-relief
compartment.
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The Similarity Search

• A similarity search will use the European
  Classification (ECLA) assigned to a patent to
  automatically search for other patents with those
  classifications
• If the patent does not have a European
  classification assigned to it, then the
  International Patent Classification (IPC) will be
  used to conduct the search

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The Similarity Search

• When should I use it?
• The ECLA Classification enables to locate the
  technology area of an invention
• Similarity Search can be used to locate all
  documents which have a function or an application
  applied in a specific technological domain
• It enables you to perform a broad search
• N.B Documents should be evaluated in terms of
  relevancy

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Choosing the Citation Search Screen and
inserting The Patent Number we want to Analyse
further Choosing Option 3 Display a Family
Citation Report
US PCL/ECLA Correspondence for US Patents
Option to perform A citation search on One
Single publication (Backward Forward) Or on
the complete Family of This publication
Possibility to exclude JP, EP, US or WO.
Option to perform A citation search on One
Single publication (Backward Forward) Or on
the complete Family of This publication
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Display Results

• Which possibilities do I have?
• After performing a search the Hit List will be
  the default display on your screen .
• Note choose already on the Search Screen how
  many records you want to dispaly in one page
• You will have options to display the documents
  with several differnt format options

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The Hit List
Option to perform A citation search on One
Single publication (Backward Forward) Or on
the complete Family of This publication
Database that was used, number of results and
search statement
To see more details 2 b) VIEW SELECTED RECORDS
To see more details 1) set the desired View
Format option and 2) use VIEW RECORD or VIEW
SELECTED RECORDS
Option to perform A citation search on One
Single publication (Backward Forward) Or on
the complete Family of This publication
Patent number, Title, Assignee and Inventor are
displayed
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Display Results

• What should I use?
• View records enables you to
• to browse in the display through your result set
• to include the documents you are browsing to your
  export file or export selected document
• once you are in view record mode, you can
  continue to navigate through your results with
  your chosen view format
• Hit List Display enables you to
• to view and navigate through the documents in
  one shot to perform a pre-selection you can
  choose the fields to display

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Display Results

• What should I use?
• View format is the traditional display
• option enabling you to select
• The documents
• The display format
• The display options (Fulltext, Legal Status,
  Class, Claims, Images)

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Documents Display Formats

• Several View Formats available
• Doc Publication Stage, Publication Number,
  Title, Abstract, Designated States, Application
  and Priority details, Inventor, Assignee, Clipped
  Image
• KWIC Publication number, title and KeyWords In
  Context
• Class Publication Number, Title, Inventor,
  Assignee, European Classes, International
  Classes, US Classes
• Legal Publication Number, Title, Inventor,
  Assignee Application and Priority details,
  Citations, Legal Status
• Bib/Claims Front Page Information, Claims when
  available, Clipped Image
• Full Record All Document Information, full-text
  when available, Clipped Image

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Documents Display Formats

• Legal Status
• When including Legal Status Information with your
  document displays you will receive information
  relating to thousands of different types of legal
  actions which can affect a patent after
  publication or when granted
• ? Coverage AT, BE, BR, CA, DK, EP, FR, DE, GB,
  IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, CH, US, WO and selected
  coverage for other countries

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Documents Display Formats

• Fulltext, Main Claims, Claims, Description
• When including Fulltext with your document
  displays you will receive the text for US records
  and for most EP and WO patents
• The fulltext does not include tables and drawings
  that are imbedded in the text of the original
  document
• ? Consider ordering the original patent copy
  instead of including the Fulltext in your displays

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Documents Display Formats

• Claims
• When including Claims with your document displays
  you will receive the claims for US records and
  for most EP and WO patents
• US since 1971 EP since 1978
• WO since 1978

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Dynamic Keywords Feature
Jump to the first occurrence
Clicking on Dynamic Keywords (red) will take the
user to the next key word found
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Documents Display Formats

• Drawings
• A single image, considered to be the most
  representative drawing of the invention, is
  available for selected patents
• Drawings can be included for records retrieved
  from the PlusPat and PCT Published Applications
  databases
• ? Only selected patents have a drawing available

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Record Toolbar

• All records have a blue header with a gray
  toolbar attached
• There are four possible options available on each
  record toolbar
• View Record
• Add to shopping basket
• View Family (in PlusPat database)
• Visualise Citations

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Record Toolbar
Choose a view format and click  view record  in
the record tool bar
Add to Shopping basket / Remove from Shopping
basket
View Family button
Visualise citations
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Part IIIStatistical Analysis ToolMultifile
Searching
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Statistical Analysis

• The Analyze Top options allow you to do a quick
  statistical analysis of your result set. This
  allows you to locate the most frequently
  occurring assignee names or classification codes.
  You can then use these names or codes to further
  refine your search strategy.
• The Analyze Top command performs a frequency
  count of 500 randomly selected records from your
  result set. If your set is less than 500 records
  then all records will be included in the
  analysis.
• You can perform two types of Analysis
• On classifications (US, ECLA or IPC)
• On Patent Assignee

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Statistical Analysis

• You can perform two types of Analysis
• On the classifications (US, ECLA or IPC)
• This Analysis will enable you to locate the 15
  most used Classifications used in the documents
  retrieved and you will be able to reuse it for
  expanding or refining your search.
• 2. On the Patent Assignee
• This analysis will enable you to locate the most
  frequent Patent Assignee and your competitors in
  your area.

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After search is complete Immediate Display of the
Search Results in a Hit List Display Format
Immediate Display of Search Results in a Hit
List Display Format
Generate a Statistical Analysis on
the Classifications to enhance the Search
Strategy
Analyze Top generates a Statistical Analysis on
the Classifications to enhance the search
strategy
Analyze Top Feature for Statistical Analysis on
Assignees, European Classes, US Classes,
International Classes (depending on the database)
Highlighting Of the searched Term in the
document
Highlighting of the searched terms in the document
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Link to the ECLA classification
Statistical Analysis Display in a table on EC
generated from the results set 60 records With
frequency count and hypertext link to the
Definition of the ECLA classification
After selection of the appropriate codes you
can use these codes to further enhance the
search strategy
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Focusing on the EPO ClassificationSearching
for the appropriate class for enhancing the
search

• F16C-019/52
• CL F MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LIGHTING HEATING
  
• CL F16 ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL
• MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE
• FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
• SC F16C SHAFTS FLEXIBLE SHAFTS ELEMENTS OR
  BEARINGS
• 00 F16C-019/00 Bearings with rolling contact
• 01 F16C-019/52 Bearing with devices affected
  by abnormal or undesired
• conditions
• GO1L-005/00C
• CL G PHYSICS
• CL G01 MEASURING TESTING
• SC G01L MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, MECHANICAL
  POWER,
• MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
• 00 G01L-005/00 Apparatus for, or methods of,
  measuring force
• 01 G01L-005/00C EPOForce sensors associated
  with a bearing
• GO1M-013/04

The EC defines exactly the technological area
of an application of the invention
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QPAT Multifile searching

• Fulltext Searching
• Multifile searching or single File Searching
• On EP, PCT, US and French Fulltext

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QPAT Multifile Searching
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QPAT Multifile Display
Displays the results retrieved in each database
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Part IVExport featuresShopping
BasketSubaccountPatent Delivery Service
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Scroll Session
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Export Feature
There is an Export Feature available in the Hit
List, in View Records interface, Selected Records
feature, Export File, Export Session
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The Shopping Basket

• Once you have opened the Shopping basket , you
  can download patents by clicking on the PDF
  icons.
• STATUS - 3 possible indicators
• Retrieving process usually occurs in less than 1
  minute but can take longer (use refresh
  button!!!)
• Available click on the associated PDF icon and
  it will be downloaded
• Unavailable document not available from any of
  the patent office archives

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The Shopping Basket

• Pages Displays the number of pages
• Size Displays the size of the PDF file
• Email link Check to tag for email delivery and
  click the SEND LINKS button
• Delete Check and click DELETE SELECTED button
• Refresh Updates the order status.
• Send links Click to send emails to any e-mail
  address you enter

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The Shopping Basket

• Please note
• The Shopping basket DOES NOT retain items
  between QPAT sessions.
• You must download your patents or e-mail the
  links before logging out, as the items in your
  basket will be erased.

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The Shopping Basket
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The Sub Account

• A subaccount can be entered on the login screen
  or by clicking subaccount on the toolbar.
• Enter a code of up to 20 alphanumeric characters
  and click Set Subaccount to
• Searches can be assigned to a subaccount prior to
  entering a search and displaying results, not at
  the time of Export and not when choosing to
  logoff.
• To terminate subaccounting enter END and click
  Set Subaccount to

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The Sub Account
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Patent Delivery Service
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Patent Delivery Service
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Patent Delivery Service
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Patent Delivery Service

• Document Availability
• BE Belgium from 1920 CH Switzerland
  from 1920 DE Germany from 1920
  EP EPO from the beginning (1978)
  FR France from 1920 GB United
  Kingdom from 1920 JP Japan from
  1980 LU Luxembourg from 1945
  MC Monaco from beginning (1957)
  PT Portugal from 1980 US United
  States of America from 1920 WO WIPO
  from the beginning (1978)

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Logoff costs
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Logoff costs

• The option to include Cost Displays is provided
  for the purpose of charging back QPAT searches to
  clients or departments.
• The subaccount option allows you to assign
  costs to different clients or projects.
• Cost Display when choosing Logoff Cost.

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Logoff

• Use the Logoff button in the toolbar.
• Remember to export your results before using
  Logoff or Logoff Cost.
• If you close the QPAT window without loging off,
  the system will automatically disconnect you
  after 10 minutes so you will be able to log in
  again.

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Thank you for your attention For more
informationplease contact me viaemail
fmacken_at_questel.fr Helpdesk ManagerMs.
Fabienne Persijnemail fpersijn_at_questel.frFor
documentation please refer to the website
http//www.questel.orbit.com
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