button opens an assistant in which you
can search up to 100 publication numbers or a text containing publication
numbers.Patent families can also be searched with Publication, priority, application, and application or priority numbers.
With the Publication number option, characters, like spaces, commas, or backslashes, which are sometimes present in the document number as published, are recognized in Orbit. Those numbers are then searched in their standardized format.
The button opens an assistant in which you
can search up to 100 publication numbers or a text containing publication
numbers.
The Format button standardizes the numbers in Questel format, the Confirm button confirms the selection, and the Cancel button closes the standardization window without selecting any number.
The Erase button deletes the indicated numbers, the OK button searches the confirmed numbers through the portfolio.
The Cancel button closes the publication number assistant. Without a country code specified, Orbit will search all the numbers worldwide that match. The publication number being searched will be the one shown in the hitlist, regardless of your user settings.
With the other number options, don't enter special characters like commas, spaces, or backslashes. We recommend using:
The standardized Questel format is YYYYCC-NNNNNNN.
YYYY = Year of application or priority
CC = Code of the country of application or priority
NNNNNNN = 7-digit application or priority number. If the number has less than 7 digits, added as many zeroes as are needed after the country code to get to 7 digits.
For example:1994GB-0011620
For PCT applications, YYYYWO-CCNNNNN.
YYYY = Year of application or priority
WO = Country Code
CC = Code of the country of origin
NNNNN = 5-digit application or priority number.
If the number has less than 5 digits, added as many zeroes as are needed after the country code to get to 5 digits.
For example:
2000WO-DE02241
For US applications, YYYYUS-SCNNNNNN.
AAAA = Year of application or priority
US = Country Code
SC = Series Code (01 to 13 for nonprovisional applications, 60 or 61 for provisional applications)
NNNNNN = 6-digit application or priority number.
If the number has less than 6 digits, added as many zeroes as are needed after the country code to get to 6 digits.
Examples:
2008US-12193156
2012US-61639727
More information about Series Codes : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/filingyr.htm Some priority numbers have an X (1920FR-1987160X). This letter is attributed by OEB for priorities older than 1920 if the office does not have a country or date of priority. This information is available on the printed document.
The option Registry Number is reserved for drawings and models. Every office has its own numbering method.
For INPI:
From 1910 to 1979 there is a continuous numbering without distinction for the years.
Example: 127765
From 1980 to 2009, the number is made up of the last two digits of the application year and the annual serial number (4 digits)
Example: 933282
From 2010, the number is made up of the application year (4 digits) and the annual serial number (4 digits)
Example: 20115264
For OMPI: - in the format NNNNN for the applications Act of 34
Example:77443
- in the format DM/NNNNNN or NNNNNNN for the applications Act of 60
Example: DM/050695