Other
Lesson Four: Search Structures (2-5 hours)
Classification Systems & Taxonomy
IPC
ECLA
USCS
JPOCS
Other
Limitations
Document Range/Coverage
Query Input
Stop Words/Excluded Words
Boolean, Phrase & Truncation
Syntax, Symbols
Results
Field Codes/Attributes
Document Number
Date
Inventor/Applicant Name
Classification
Other
Lesson Five: Search Applications (2+ hours, practice)
Types of Search
Patentability/Novelty
Validity/Invalidity
Infringement
Clearance, right-to-use
Collection
NPL
Text Search
Language: English/non-English
Keyword, Term
Synonym, Nuance
Hyphenation
Phrase
Combined with Field Code or Attribute
Field Code Search
Classification
Inventor, Applicant Name
Date
Country Designation
Chemical Structures
CAS Registry
DNA & Protein structures, Gene banks
Results
Short Display
Bibliographic Display
Document Text
Document Image
Search Report
Family of Patents
Selection of Documents for Citing in Search Report
Presentation of Results in Report
Objective of search, description of (alleged) inventive features
Coverage: databases and date ranges
Scope: breadth of search concept
Classification: systems used, US examiners consulted
Discussion of Results
Bracketing the search objective with relevant documents
Most relevant documents - page/column/line/claim recitation
Summary statement of remaining peripherally relevant documents