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22.2.1 Notes on /UPLS and /EDLS
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The /UPLS field indicates when a certain event was entered in the legal status field (from April 2007).
For monitoring certain important events in patent procedures it was necessary to introduce a new update field,
/EDLS. This field indicates both changes in the bibliographic levels (/ED) and in the legal status data (/UPLS):
EDLS := ED + UPLS
It is planned to include certain publication information (e.g. grant) in the legal status again.
22.2.2 Notes on /LSFT and /LSBI
A new field /LSFT (Legal Status Free Text) was introduced, because in the back-file in some cases the legal status
information was not assigned to a specific field, e.g. /LSPA. To get all information the search should be made in
/LSFT + /LSPA, /LSIN, /LSOP, /LSAG or even in /LSBI (Legal Status Basic Index):
LSBI := LSAG, LSFT, LSIN, LSOP, LSPA
22.2.3 Search in the legal status fields
The information in the legal status fields is word indexed. (W) is used as implied proximity; the other proximity
operators may also be used in these fields (LSTX contains only the description for LSC). The Boolean operators
include all legal status information in LS and/or LS2. To link two terms from the same entry (L) proximity should be
used:
=> S DEOP8/LSC(L)20070524/UPLS
380655 DEOP8/LSC
62020 20070524/UPLS
(20070524/UPLS)
L9 483 DEOP8/LSC(L)20070524/UPLS
=> D HIT
L9 ANSWER 1 OF 483 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN
LEGAL STATUS HIT
AN 53174002 INPADOCDB
20070524 DEOP8+REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION AS TO PARAGRAPH 44 PATENT LAW
EXA Examination, Search Report
200721.................................20070524
UPLS is also range searchable:
=> S EPPG25/LSC (L) 20080101-20080215/UPLS
681792 EPPG25/LSC
1076248 20080101-20080215/UPLS
(20080101-20080215/UPLS)
L1 656579 EPPG25/LSC (L) 20080101-20080215/UPLSS
With DISPLAY HIT only those legal status entries will be displayed which were entered or updated during the period
specified:
=> D HIT 1 500
L1 ANSWER 1 OF 656579 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA on STN
LEGAL STATUS HIT
AN 55110748 INPADOCDB
20080131 EPPG25 - LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT
INFORM. FROM NAT. OFFICE TO EPO
LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE
DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED
TIME-LIMIT
FI: 20070905
NIF Lapses, Expiries, Withdrawals, Refusals
200807.................................20080214
L1 ANSWER 500 OF 656579 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA on STN
LEGAL STATUS HIT
AN 50717539 INPADOCDB
20080131 EPPG25 - LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT