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15 USPATFULL / USPAT2
15.1 Typical queries
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Searches to find out the state of the art (full text, international and US classification), e.g.:
What US patents exist on Brakes for inline skates?
Is there an American patent for a product known as NOLU?
Searches using names (inventor, applicant), e.g.:
What US patent publications of INTEL CORP. have there been in the last 4 weeks?
Searches using formal data (e.g. numbers), e.g.:
What does the US patent, number 5,752,072, say?
Have there been any changes from the published US patent application, number US 2001003823, to
the granted US patent, number US 6,311,197?
SDI for US publications
Using the full-text to find material for an opposition
Multi-File searches with other national and regional patent databases
15.2 Brief description
Producer: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Period covered: Since 1974, since 1971 for certain technical fields
USPAT2: since 2001
(Documents from the period 1790-1975 can be found in USPATOLD)
Size: Approx. 6.3 million patent publications (June 2011)
USPAT2: approx. 1.23 million patent publications (June 2011)
Updated: Weekly, US classification bimonthly
Language: English
15.3 Contents
Full texts of Applications (since 2001-03-15) and Granted Patents published by the US Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) in the Official Gazette (including Utility patents, Defensive publications, Design
patents, Reissue patents, Statutory invention registrations, Plant patents).
USPATFULL: first or earliest publication
USPAT2: latest or newest publication
In the FS (File Segment) field it is noted whether the full text is that of the Application or that of the Granted
Patent.
Bibliographical details (title, publication number and date, application number and date, assignee, inventor
no assignee for Applications)
Data on citations in REP
Related patents, including Division, Continuation, Continuation in Part, etc. (application and publication
details) in RLI
Assignment/Reassignment information in RAI