Numbers
Four search options are available:
•
Publication number
•
Application Number
•
Priority number
•
Application or priority number
If you have other search criteria, the numbers will be
combined with the other criteria using the AND operator.
Note: If you
want to search more than 100 numbers or import numbers using a file, use the
Number Search assistant
Search by
publication number
Enter the numbers following the rules below:
Always enter the country code (two characters) before the
publication number.
Enter the status code (A, B, etc.) followed by the
truncation symbol ‘?’ if needed with the number, separating the number and code
with the S operator.
Example:
WO2009038965 S A1
For documents using years, published from 2000. Enter the
four digit year.
For documents using years, published before 2000.
Enter the two digit year.
For U.S. patents that are not Utility Patents, specify the
type of document after the country code.
Design Patent:
USD419277
Statutory Invention Registrations:
USH001830
Reissues: USRE36522
Defensive
Publications: UST109201
Plant Patents:
USPP11184
You have the option, in your User Settings for Orbit to
accept characters, such as space, comma, or slash, sometimes present in patent
documents. Orbit will automatically reformat the numbers for
searching. If this option is not selected, the numbers will not be
reformatted.
To search multiple publication numbers at the same time,
separate numbers by commas.
Clicking the number assistant to
the right of the box 
, opens a
new window. Here you can enter up to 100 publication numbers. This
tool is particularly effective when you copy / paste a list of numbers from a
word or excel file.
Numbers can be separated by a space, a comma, a
semicolon or by hitting the enter key.
Once entered, click Format,
and the list will be displayed in standardized format. By default all
numbers on the list are checked. Review the list, un-checking any numbers
not required. After the review is complete, click Validate, then
OK to send the numbers to the search assistant.
It is also possible to paste text containing patent numbers
into the Wizard. Orbit eliminates unnecessary words and will display a
list of numbers you can clean and / or validate.
If you have conducted searches related to particular types
of documents for publication offices (e.g. searching families that have a
European patent issued),you will need to use the search box Publication
country and refer to help.
The publication number that is searched for is the one that
will be displayed in your hitlist. When this occurs, the language and office
preferences will be ignored. The xlsx "only members corresponding to the
searched numbers" export function can be used to export information specific to
the searched-for member.
Search by
application or priority numbers
The following is a guide to formatting Application and/or
Priority Numbers
Questel standardized format: YYYYCC-NNNNNNN
YYYY = Year of
application or priority
WO = Country code
CC = Country code for 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. e.g. 2000WO-DE02241
For PCT applications, YYYYWO-CCNNNNN
YYYY = Year of
application or priority
US = Country code
SC = Series Code (01 to 13 for
non-provisional 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.
For US applications, YYYYUS-SCNNNNNN.
e.g.
2008US-12193156
2012US-61639727
Details about Series Codes:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/filingyr.htm Somepriority
numbers have an X (1920FR-1987160X). This letter is entered by
the EPO for priorities before 1920 when the office only has a priority date and
country. This information is available on the printed document.
To search multiple numbers at the same time, separate
numbers by commas.