Other Fields

Other fields section includes a list of fields that you can use to complete your search.

Up to five boxes may be used in Other fields.  By default the AND operator is used with other search criteria. 

Names

Licensing interest (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can target your search to US patents with licensing. The search can be performed with a name or a date of granting of the license.

You can use operators and truncation for a search with an applicant's name. To search with a date, use the W operator to separate the year, month and day.

Security interest (FamPat, Fullpat)

The search can be performed on the US Patent pledge criteria. With this research, you are targeting banks and investment companies, for example. The search can be performed with a name or a date.

You can use operators and truncation for a search with an applicant's name. To search with a date, use the W operator to separate the year, month and day.

USPTO Examiner (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can limit your search to US patents containing a USPTO examiner name. You may use the operators and truncation in order to effectively search the names.

Locations

Assignee city (FamPat, Fullpat)

It is possible to search for the assignee's city. To do so, enter the city's name spelled out in full, or use truncation.

Assignee post code (FamPat, Fullpat)

The post code of the assignee's city is searchable. You can enter the post code in full or use  truncation .

Assignee country (FamPat , Fullpat, Fulltext)

The country(-ies) of the assignee(s) is searchable using the two-letter country code.

Assignee US state (US) (FamPat, Fullpat, Fulltext)

This search is only allowed for US documents. The US state(s)of the assignee(s) is searchable using the two-letter abbreviation corresponding  each state.

The list of US state abbreviations are found here.

Inventor country (FamPat, Fullpat, Fulltext)

The country(-ies) of the inventor(s) is searchable using the two-letter country code.

Inventor US state (US) (FamPat, Fullpat, Fulltext)

This search is only allowed for US documents. The US state(s) of the assignee(s) is searchable using the two-letter abbreviation corresponding each state.

The list of US state abbreviations are found here.

Representative country (FamPat, Fullpat, Fulltext)

The representative's country is available only for US, EP, and WO patents. You can run a search using two-letter country codes.

Earliest priority country (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can search the country of 1^st priority using the two-letter country code.

Earliest application country (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can search the country of 1^st application using the two-letter country code.

Earliest publication country (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can search the country of 1^st publication using the two-letter country code.

Designated states (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field is used to search for countries designated by EP and WO patents. For EPs, the designated countries are the ones indicated in the latest publication.   

The search goes by country codes.

Dates

To search by date, there are four options: From, Up to, Between and On.  Enter the date or dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD or use the calendar tool.

Grant date (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the grant publication date of each member.

Earliest grant date (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the earliest publication date when each member was granted.

Date of published application (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the publication date of each member.

Earliest priority date (FamPat, Fullpat)This field can be used to search the family's earliest priority date.

Earliest application date (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the family's earliest application date.

Earliest publication date (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the family's earliest publication date.

Earliest publication of each application (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the earliest publication of each publication (application or grant) for each member.

Latest publication of each application (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field can be used to search the latest publication of each publication (application or grant) for each member.

Other patent dates (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can search the effective date, previous publication date, and U.S.C. 371 national step date. 371.

Counts

The numerical operators may be used to search for the following information.

Number of patents in the FamPat family (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can limit your search by requesting a minimum number of patents included in the family.

Number of priorities in the FamPat family (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can limit your search by requesting a minimum number of priorities included in the family.

Number of claims (US) (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can limit your search by requesting a minimum number of claims in US patents.

Number of independent claims (US) (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field lets you search with a number of independent claims in US patents.

Number of drawings (US) (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can limit your search by requesting a minimum number of diagrams in US patents.

Number of pages of drawings (US) (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can limit your search by requesting a minimum number of pages containing diagrams in US patents.

Numbers

FamPat family number (FamPat)

Also known as FAN, this number is assigned by QUESTEL to each family, even if it only contains one member.

The search is based on the full number in the following format: NNNNNNNN

PCT publication number (FamPat, Fullpat)

Search by:

The PCT publication number in the format WOYYNNNNN (before 2000) or the format WOYYYYNNNNN (since 2000)

The publication date in the format YYYY or YYYYMM or in the full format YYYYMMDD.

PCT application number (FamPat, Fullpat)

Search by:

The PCT application number, in the format YYYYWO-CCNNNNN

The application date in the format YYYY or YYYYMM or in the full format YYYYMMDD.

US case ID (FamPat, Fullpat)

This field is used to search for US patents links to a litigation case ID number.

Others

Cited patents (FamPat, Fullpat)

You can search patent publications cited by examiners and applicant.  Patents cited in search reports are displayed under the title "Search Report" or "Cited References" Cited references are available for the following countries: 

For US, EP, WO, FR, DE, NL, BE, GR, CH, GB, TR, LU and DK, the Citations field also contains the patents cited by the applicant: “Applicant citations”

For EP publications, this field also contains cited patents from “Opposition Citations” and “Observer citations (art. 115)”

For JP publications, you can find patents cited in “Citation during opposition as reason for opposition" and "Citation as reason for refusal of an application”. You can search with patent numbers in standard format CCNNNNNNN.

Cited literature (FamPat, Fullpat)

You may also search the cited literature references. All the countries cited above contain "Search report references" or "Examiner references":

For US, EP, WO, FR, DE, NL, BE, GR, CH, GB, TR, LU and DK publications, the references cited by the applicant are also included and searchable; they are called "Applicant references".

For EP publications, "Opposition references" and "Observer references" will also be searched (art.115).

You can search references with:

•      keywords for authors, titles, or reviews, using truncation and operators

•      dates in the format YYYY

•      unique XP numbers assigned by the EPO to each cited article

US and FR filing details (FamPat, Fullpat)

This data is only available for US and FR patents. They specify whether US patents are derived from others (continuation of, division of) and whether FR patents have been divided.

For US patents, the query is formed by a number in the format YYYYUS-NNNNNNN (replace N with a zero if needed). To search for an initial application number for divisional FR patent applications, use the application number (before February 1987) and the publication number (after February 1987).

Examples (US) (FamPat, Fullpat)

This data is only available in certain descriptions of US patents. You can search with keywords using truncation and operators.