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Search Fields

The search fields define what is to be searched. Using search fields, the user can focus their search to different text fields, limit the search to specific classification areas, and define specific date ranges for the search query.

Search fields can be defined using the Fielded search interface and via search commands in the Command Line.

There are 6 different types of search fields, each containing different types of content. The 6 types of search fields are:

 

When using the command line, search fields are specified by the user and written on the left-hand side of the query.

Search fields of the same type can be combined together using forward slash ( / ).

TI/AB/CLM=(personal 2W computer)

is the same as

 TI=(personal 2W computer) OR AB=(personal 2W computer) OR CLM=(personal 2W computer) 

Text Fields

TI

Title

TI=(personal 2W computer)

AB

Abstract

AB=flow?

DES

Description

DES=(laptop OR tablet OR notebook)

CLM

Claims

CLM=(plane 3W (engine OR motor))

FT

Full Text

FT is equivalent to TI/AB/DES/CLM

FT=(short_cut AND project)

TA

Title and Abstract

TA is equivalent to TI/AB

TA=translation

TAC

Title, Abstract, and Claims

TAC is equivalent to TI/AB/CLM

TAC=(GPU OR processor)

none

If no field is given and the user has not specified a default field in their settings, then the default field is FT.

(personal 2W computer)

Number Fields

PNUM

Publication Number

PNUM=(US2001023123A1 OR KR20049312??)

ANUM

Application Number

ANUM=(US60423099)

FNUM

Family Number (DOCDB Family Number)

FNUM=(3467725 OR 987542)

Date Fields

Date fields are searched using =, <, >, =<, and => followed by the desired date.

Greater than ( > ) and less than (< ) exclude the entered date, while greater than or equal to ( => ) and less than or equal to ( =< ) include the entered date.

PUBD

Publication Date

 

PUBD=2002-01-28

(Results include documents with a publication date of January 10, 2002)

APPD

Application Date

APPD<2001-03

(Results include documents with an application date before March 31, 2001)

PRID

Priority Date

PRID=<2003

(Results include documents with a priority date on or before December 31, 2003)
Date formats accepted are YYYY, YYYY-MM, and YYYY-MM-DD

When searching for a range, a colon ( : ) can be inserted between two dates in any of the accepted formats.

 Ex. 2003:2008 includes documents with a publication date in the range of years from 2003-01-01 to 2008-12-31)

Country & Kind Codes Fields

CC

Country Code

CC=(CN OR FR)

KC

Kind Code

KC=(B1)

CKC

Country code & kind code

CKC=(CNB? OR JPB2)

A table of country names and country codes can be found in the country code table.

 

Classification Fields

IPC

IPC Classification Codes

IPC=(C07K16/28 OR C07K16/42)

CPC

CPC Classification Codes

CPC=(C07K16/2812 OR C07K16/4275)

USPC

United States Patent Classification Codes

USPC=(340/2.2)

JPFI

Japanese File Index Codes

JPFI=(G06F7/535_520 OR H04B7/26_109@M)

JPFT

Japanese F-Term Codes

JPFT=(5B016_FA05)

In addition to using asterisk ( * ) for truncating a classification code, the plus sign ( + ) can also be used to search a classification code and all subordinate subgroups.

Classification systems can be combined in one command if a code is common to multiple systems. Here are some examples:

  • CPC/IPC=G06F1/03
  • IPC/CPC/JPFI=G06F1/03

 

Party Fields

PA

Applicants and assignees

PA='Intel Corp⁎'

IN

Inventors

IN=(Jane 2D Doe)

 

Legal Status Fields

LGL

Legal status

Can take both short and long forms of legal statuses (see table below)

LGL=status

LGL=(Boolean expression of status)

Searchable Legal Status Terms

The legal status terms are searchable in both a long and short form.

Long form Short form
alive  
dead  
pending pend
granted grant
lapsed laps
recentlylapsed rlaps
longlapsed llaps
revoked rev
expired exp