Orbit Additional Search Options

Joint Operator
The JOINT operator: _ (Underscore symbol)
The joint operator can help you find search terms that can be written in 1 or 2 words, e.g.: Air bag or Airbag With truncation use it can help connect parts or segments or words, particularly useful with chemical names +ethylen+_+carbonate+
Note : similar to STN (T) operator
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Joint Operator : Example

retrieves : polydiethyleneglycoldiallylcarbonate

ethylenemonothiolcarbonate

dimethylhexamethylenebisdithiocarbonate
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Negative Proximity Operators

Phrase operators that take a NOT to specify first term in absence of second term.

NOTS : 1st term with absence of 2nd term in a sentence NOTP : 1st term with absence of 2nd term in a paragraph NOTF : 1st term with absence of 2nd term in a field NOTL : 1st term with absence of 2nd term in a linked
context Examples:

collaps+ nots (screen? or display+) solar cell? notp concentrat+

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SDOC Operator
SDOC = same document
Family records are built from individual family member records and all family members contribute search terms to the search context. Thus we can connect & combine search terms from all the different family member in a composite pool, puzzle or picture of family text.

Example :

collaps+ and keyboard?

Sometimes we may want to isolate the search to just one document or family member. The SDOC operator permits one to specify that all search terms must be found in same document or family member.

Example :

collaps+ sdoc keyboard?

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Using the sdoc operator

Keywords not in same document

additional keyword fields

The following keyword fields are not offered in the dropdown menu of Search Screens but one may search with these fields in the orbit comand line FIELD ABSTRACT only Description only Patent Object Advantages &/ or Drawbacks Qualifier Example /ABS /DESC /OBJ /ADB (phenyl and viral+)/abs (freely p pivot+)/desc (network 2d safety)/obj (faster response)/adb
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Using the command line

Using the command line

One may enter search terms in the regular query boxes and then click on show command line to modify/add, or one may create searches directly in comand line box Rules for using command line entry box directly:
1. Use parentheses: If you use multiple operators within the same search statement it is necessary to specify the processing order. Semiconductor? W((field? Effect? Transistor+) or +FET?) 2. Use post-qualification when using field qualifiers (/field name): (Semiconductor? W((field? Effect? Transistor+) or +FET?))/bi/tx (Semiconductor? W((field? Effect? Transistor+) or +FET?))/abs
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other additional fields

The following useful fields are not offered in the dropdown menu of Search Screens but one may search with these fields in the orbit comand line FIELD Assignee Country Inventor Country Designated States Last legal action Qualifier /PAC /INC /DS /LEG Example us/pac jp/inc pt/ds nif/leg (nif=not in force)

Note: not all records have these fields

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Last legal action uses SDOC with patent office code

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EP member in family: Not in force last legal action

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Grant Date Searching

Date option in search menu applies to first publiction date
To use date ranging for granted patents or any publication stage after first, one has to use the entry boxes Publication Number or Publication Country and use L operator ( link ) to link the Patent Office/Country grant stage code and dates. For example - EP Grants:

EPB# L 2007 EPB# L 200709 EPB# L 20070919 EPB# L 2007091#

<= all EP grants in 2007 <= all EP grants in Sept 2007 <= all EP grants on Sept 19, 2007 <= all EP grants on Sept 10-19, 2007
<= all EP grants in 2007-2009

EPB# L (2007 or 2008 or 2009)

(EPB# or USB2 or USB1) L 2007 <= all EP and US grants in 2007

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Grant Date Searching

This dropdown date menu applies to first pub. date 15

Grant date searched for specific members

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other date fields

The following date fields are not offered in the date dropdown menu of Search Screens but it is possible to search with these fields in the orbit comand line FIELD Patent Grant Date
(all family members)

Qualifier PDG PDA

Example pdg=2007:2010 pda>=2000 pdl>=2009 prd1>1998-10

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Patent Appln Date

(all family members)

Latest Pub Stage Date PDL

(all family members)

First Priority date

PRD1

note : dates apply to all family members cannot be linked to family member

date searching in comand line

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Other Citation fields

The following date fields are not offered in the citation Search Screens but it is possible to search with these fields in the orbit comand line FIELD Qualifier Example

Category X citation
Category Y citation

XCTX
XCTY

xctx=yes
xcty=yes

Non patent citation

REF

ibm/ref

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Searching in the non patent citations

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