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Field Modifiers

Field modifiers allow the user to specify certain additional conditions for the search.

Text Field Modifiers

 SFLD:

Single Field Modifier

Terms appear within the same field within a family.

SFLD:TAC=(personal AND computer)

(Results include families where personal and computer both appear in the Title, Abstract, or Claims)

 SPUB:

Single Publication Modifier

Terms appear within the same publication.

SPUB:TAC=(personal AND computer)

(Results include publications where personal and computer both appear in the Title, Abstract, and/or Claims of the same publication)

 

SPUB can also be used across multiple fields. Enclose the fields using brackets [ ]

SPUB:[CLM=(automobil*) AND PUBD=2020-01-01]

(Results include families with automobile in the claims published on January 1, 2020)

With SFLD: the expression will be searched within only the same field but can be from any family member.

Taking the previous example wherein Document A contains the word personal in its abstract, but not the word computer, and Document B contains the word computer in its title but not the word personal, searching SFLD:TI/AB=(personal AND computer) would not return this family, as personal and computer are in different fields (in the title of Document B and abstract of Document A).

For the search query to return a family, the words “personal” and “computer” must both be in the title or both be in the abstract of family member documents.

With SPUB: the expression must exist within one document but can be in any field within said single document.

Taking the previous example wherein Document A contains the word personal in its abstract, but not the word computer, and Document B contains the word computer in its title but not the world personal, searching SPUB:TI/AB=(personal AND computer) would not return this family, as personal and computer are in different documents despite appearing in the same field in each of the respective documents.

For the search query to return a family, the words “personal” and “computer” must be in either a title or an abstract of the same document.

SPUB: and SFLD: may also be used across different fields by forming a complex query surrounded in [square brackets]. For example the complex query:

SPUB:[TI/AB=(personal AND computer) AND DES=(laptop AND battery)] will return families where personal and computer are within the title or abstract and laptop and battery are within the description, all within the same family member document.

Date Field Modifiers

Date field modifiers allow the user to specify how a date is searched. By default, all dates in the family will be checked against the search criteria. The date field modifiers allow the user to specify searching only the most recent or oldest dates.

Further, if entering a date and a country code, Quartet would by default treat a family as a match even if the date and country code were matched in separate family members. This can contribute to noise in the results in cases where the user wants publications from a specific country with specific date restrictions. The country code specifier allows the date to be matched to specific country codes.

 .L

Latest Date

Searches the most recent date of a date field.

Must be combined with a date field.

PUBD.L=2003:2008

(Results include families having a most recent publication date within the range of years from 2003 to 2008)

PRID.L=2003:2008

(Results include families having a most recent priority date within the range of years from 2003 to 2008)

 .E

Earliest Date

Searches the oldest date of a date field.

Must be combined with a date field.

APPD.E<2001-03

(Results include families having an earliest application date before March 2001)

PUBD.E<2001-03

(Results include families having an earliest publication date before March 2001)

 .CC

Country Code Specified

Limits the search of a date field to a desired jurisdiction that is specified by the two-letter country code, where CC is the country code.

Must be combined with a date field.

PRID.US=<2002-01-10

(Results include US publications having a priority date on or before January 10, 2002)

PUBD.DE<2002-01-10

(Results include German publications having a publication date on or before January 10, 2002)

.L.CC
.E.CC

.L and .E can be combined with the country code modifier. This will search against the latest or earliest date associated with a specific jurisdiction

PRID.L.US=<2002-01-10

(Results include US publications having a latest priority date on or before January 10, 2002)

PUBD.E.DE<2002-01-10

(Results include German publications having an earliest publication date on or before January 10, 2002)

 

The query:

SPUB:[PUBD=2004-01-01 AND CC=(US)] is equivalent to PUBD.US=2004-01-01

Both return only US documents published on January 1, 2004.

Note that .CC limits the jurisdiction of the of the results, not the jurisdiction of the priority claim itself. 

For example

Would show up under the search PRID.US<2018-01-01, even though the priority claim is to a German publication. This is because the US document has a priority claim earlier than January 1, 2018

Assignee Field Modifiers

Assignee field modifiers allow the user to search original and current assignees. By default, Quartet would search both fields for an assignee match without current or original assignee being specified.

 .C

Current assignee

PA.C=(University 2D California)

(Results include families with a member assigned to the University of California)

 .O

Original assignee

SPUB:[PA.O=(University 2D California) AND PUBD=2020]

(Results include publications originally assigned to the University of California and published in the year 2020)

In some instances, current assignee may also be the original assignee.