Search options available in STN databases - FIZ Karlsruhe
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19 <strong>Search</strong> by name<br />
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Guide to <strong>STN</strong> Patent Databases<br />
19.1 Important fields for a name search<br />
Databases SEARCH DISPLAY Notes Index form (see below)<br />
DWPI, EPFULL,<br />
/IN<br />
IN<br />
Inventor<br />
Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex<br />
FRANCEPAT, FRFULL,<br />
GBFULL, INPADOCDB,<br />
INPAFAMDB, KOREAPAT,<br />
LITALERT, PATDPA,<br />
PATDPAFULL, PCTFULL,<br />
/AU<br />
AU<br />
(Author)<br />
RUSSIAPAT, USGENE, /PA<br />
PA<br />
Assignee<br />
Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex with system<br />
USPATOLD<br />
/CS<br />
CS<br />
(Corporate Source)<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpretation<br />
INPADOCDB, INPAFAMDB /INS INS Inventor <strong>in</strong> INPADOC<br />
standard<br />
Mixed Index<br />
/PAS PAS Assignee <strong>in</strong> INPADOC Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex with system<br />
standard<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpretation<br />
CA, DPCI, DGENE,<br />
/IN<br />
IN<br />
Inventor<br />
ENCOMPPAT2, IFIPAT*, /AU<br />
AU<br />
(Author)<br />
JAPIO, USPATFULL,<br />
/PA<br />
PA<br />
Assignee<br />
Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex with system<br />
USPAT2<br />
/CS<br />
CS<br />
(Corporate Source)<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpretation<br />
PCTGEN, RDISCLOSURE /PA, /CS PA, CS Assignee Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex with system<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpretation; no<br />
<strong>in</strong>ventors<br />
DWPI, DPCI, DGENE /PACO <strong>in</strong> PA Assignee Code<br />
DWPI, PATDPA, EPFULL, /AG AG Agent Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex with system<br />
PATDPAFULL, USPATFULL,<br />
USPAT2<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpretation<br />
IFIPAT, FRANCEPAT /AG AG Agent Word <strong>in</strong>dex<br />
RUSSIAPAT /AG AG Agent Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex<br />
/CA CA Corporate Address (Agent) Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex<br />
PATDPA, EPFULL /OP OP Opponent** Mixed <strong>in</strong>dex<br />
(In the <strong>in</strong>dividual patent <strong>databases</strong>, a great variety of further name fields are <strong>available</strong>. To list them all would exceed<br />
the limits of this publication. It is recommended to keep <strong>in</strong>formed by means of the documentation of the <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
<strong>databases</strong>.)<br />
* In IFIPAT there is another field for applications, /PPA (Probable Patent Assignee).<br />
** In INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB an opponent can be searched <strong>in</strong> the /LSOP field. If the applicant name<br />
changes, e.g. due to a company merger, this can often be seen from the Legal Status <strong>in</strong> the LSPA field, however, the<br />
name may rema<strong>in</strong> unchanged <strong>in</strong> the PA field.<br />
19.2 Index types <strong>in</strong> name fields<br />
Word Index: This <strong>in</strong>dex form considers solely the s<strong>in</strong>gle words of a name. Normally the (S) proximity operator is<br />
predef<strong>in</strong>ed. If the search statement is S Procter & Gamble/PA, then Procter and Gamble may appear<br />
<strong>in</strong> any order of succession <strong>in</strong> the relevant name field of the same record.<br />
Phrase Index: In this case names are only <strong>available</strong> as bound phrases. If you enter S Fischer Artur/IN,<br />
the system will search accord<strong>in</strong>gly (watch out for punctuation!). Consequently, the searcher should closely<br />
follow the rules of the database searched.<br />
Mixed Index: In a mixed <strong>in</strong>dex the names are listed both broken up <strong>in</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle words and <strong>in</strong> full (as a phrase).<br />
When enter<strong>in</strong>g S Fischer/IN, the word Fischer is searched, enter<strong>in</strong>g S Fischer Artur/IN will<br />
result <strong>in</strong> a search for that very phrase.<br />
Mixed Index where the System <strong>in</strong>terprets the Query: As <strong>in</strong> the mixed <strong>in</strong>dex above, s<strong>in</strong>gle words and phrases<br />
are listed together. Here, however, the query S Procter & Gamble/PA results <strong>in</strong> a search by s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
words us<strong>in</strong>g implied (S) proximity. Enter<strong>in</strong>g S "Procter & Gamble"/PA (us<strong>in</strong>g quotation marks) will