.The search by assignee wizard allows you to carry out searches by names of assignees and owners.
You can also use the corporate tree.
It is recommended to use this wizard when you wish to carry out searches on all the subsidiaries of a company. The general request generated by this wizard is specifically adapted not to be blocked by the number of maximum characters by the request.
Please note that the menu on the left is retractable by a
click on the double-arrow button .
The question marks allow you the ability to open contextual help menus thus making it easier for you to use the wizard.
The Coverage Details link takes you to Questel’s corporate site where you can view the latest update information for Fullpat, FamPat, and the Fulltext collections.
The Guide & Tutorial link will open a new page or tab with links to online tutorials and Orbit-related user guides.
The FamPat fact sheet is also available for download and includes all the indices for the FamPat Collection.
At the top of the page, you have an input field for a quick search symbolized by a magnifying glass. You can directly enter a keyword or a name: the search will be performed in text fields + applicant + inventor. The hyphens are automatically replaced by the joint operator. A list of words in English and French was edited so that certain words are automatically deleted (e.g. the, a, to, is, in, with, by, an, for, of, be, on, are, which, from, as, at, that, has, when, where ...). If a field is specified, the search will be conducted specifically on that field. You can use truncation and operators.
If you enter a number, the nature of it will be recognized and research will be done on the number search fields of publication, application or priority, unless you specify a different field.
If you enter a part of a classification code, it will be searched in the IPC and CPC classification fields.
Clicking on the arrow at the end of the line will display your search history in a dropdown menu. By clicking on the number of results, you will display the list of results.
The arrows at the bottom of the page allow you to navigate from page to page. The double arrow to refresh the contents of the history.