Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau

=> S L1 AND L2
L16 471 L1 AND L2
=> S L13-L16
L17 954 (L13 OR L14 OR L15 OR L16)
=> D SCAN
Search examples
The overall result is achieved by OR.
With 954 hits the search strategy should be refined. To check the
result and to find more aspects to refine the search a few titles
are displayed with D SCAN.
L17 954 ANSWERS WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2011 THOMSON REUTERS on STN
TI Leg's lower portion i.e. ankle, tightening and maintaining device for e.g.
INLINE SKATE, has levers for unlocking semi shells, STOP for
limiting movements of shells towards exterior, and return spring for
pushing shells outward
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L17 954 ANSWERS WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2011 THOMSON REUTERS on STN
TI Wheeled type recreational and sporting device for traveling on rough
ground, has foot cradle hingedly attached to leg support which is adapted
to be attached to user's leg
L17 954 ANSWERS WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2011 THOMSON REUTERS on STN
TI Wheeled skate e.g. roller skate, has front and rear wheel assemblies set
at front and rear sides of foot receiving region and having wheels
turnable relative to base as skate is tilted in plane perpendicular to
line-of-direction of skate
L17 954 ANSWERS WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2011 THOMSON REUTERS on STN
TI Traveling implement direction transformation mechanism e.g. for roller
skiing, comprises axle between wheel supports, which is loosely fitted
into incision groove for holding direction transformation disk
L17 954 ANSWERS WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2011 THOMSON REUTERS on STN
TI IN-LINE roller SKATE with progressive BRAKING device
HOW MANY MORE ANSWERS DO YOU WISH TO SCAN? (1):END
To check the titles one should either change to the STNGUIDE
database or save the answer set with the SAVE command. The
search can then be continued later with more specific search
terms.
=> SAVE L17 INLWPI/A
ANSWER SET L17 HAS BEEN SAVED AS 'INLWPI/A'
A refinement could for example be the type of brakes:
Hand-actuated brakes
Brakes acting on the ground
Brakes acting on the wheels
However, as the IPC does not offer specific enough classes this requires a keyword search.
29.1.5 Search with IPC: DWPI, alternative 2
(Bibliographic file in English, IPC8 with re-classification, using the field IPC for IPC1 8, for IPC1 7 the ICI and ICA
fields are included, attributes are used in this example for invention information, range searching)
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