Simplified Numbers Search

This part allows you to do a search by patent number. Several choices are possible in the menu drop-down:

Five search options are available: 

      Publication number

      Application Number

      Priority number

      Application or priority number

      Any patent number

From one to one hundred numbers can be entered. Numbers can be separated by a space, a comma, a semi-colon or a carriage return.

For publication numbers, characters, such as a space, comma or slash, sometimes present in the document number as published, are accepted by Orbit. In this case.

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. 

Enter the number in accordance with the rules below:

Always enter the two-character country code before the publication number.

Enter the four-digit year for numbers including the year that were published beginning in the year 2000. 

e.g. US20050257307

Enter the two-digit year for numbers including the year that were published before the year 2000. 

e.g. WO9912345

For US-issued patents which are not Utility Patents, specify the document type after the country code. 

e.g. USD419277 (Design Patent)
USH1830 (Statutory Invention Registration – SIR)
USRE36522 (Reissue)
UST109201 (Defensive Publication)
USPP11184 (Plant Patent)

 

If you are also searching for application or priority numbers, do not enter special characters like commas, spaces, or slashes.

Exceptions : For US, most the European countries, we can slightly modify the application number and search it.

The numbers could be manually standardized:

The standardized Questel format is YYYYCC-NNNNNNN.

YYYY = Year of application or priority
CC = Code of application or priority country
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.
Example: 1994GB-0011620

For PCT applications, YYYYWO-CCNNNNN.

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.
Example: 2000WO-DE02241

For US applications, YYYYUS-SCNNNNNN.

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.

e.g. 2008US-12193156
2012US-61639727

Details about Series Codes: Some priority 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.   

You can use the number search menu for FamPat, Fullpat and Fulltext collection searching. 

The Search button launches the search for numbers.

The Clear button removes the listed numbers and deselects any validated numbers.