Search options available in STN databases - FIZ Karlsruhe

17.2 Contents of the Basic Index
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Guide to STN Patent Databases
Database Title(s) Abstract(s) Indexing terms Claim(s) other
CAPLUS TI AB ST, IT, CT, CW, RN
DWPI, BI TI, TT, AW AB (ACTN, KW, MC,
Searching only in fields of the
ACTV, ADV, PLE, CMC (for
invention level (ABEQ is part
ALE, DETD,
DRWD, NOV,
UADV, USE),
TECH, ABEQ,
ABEX, ABDT
subscriber)
of the publication level)
DWPI, BIEX TIDE, TIEN, ABDE, ABEN,
MCLM (CLM) Searching only in fields of the
TIES, TIFR ABFR
publication level
EPFULL TI AB all Claims DETD
IFIPAT TI AB RN all Claims GOVI, BOTI, GI, NTE, PARN
INPADOCDB / TI AB (AB, ABDE,
INPAFAMDB
ABFR, ABES,
ABOL)
JAPIO TI AB
PATDPA TI AB MCLM since
1996
PATDPAFULL TI AB all Claims DETD
PCTFULL TI AB all Claims (only
for doc. in en,
de, fr, and es)
DETD
RDISCLUSURE TI Full Text
USPATFULL/ TI AB ST, IT, RN from CA all Claims SUMM, DETD, DRWD, PARN,
USPAT2
GOVI
17.3 Notes on all databases
Text searching can be done in all databases in the Basic Index (/BI or without a SEARCH qualifier). The searched
terms can be entered in a truncated form:
=> S SENSOR?
L1 9491 SENSOR?
The following types of truncation can be used:
? replaces any number of characters (or none) at the end of the search term or at the beginning in the case of
left-hand truncation
# replaces one character or none at the end of the search term
! replaces exactly one character in the middle or at the end of the search term
In addition to the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT, Proximity operators may be used. These types of
proximity are available for text searching:
order.
terms are adjacent (with a spacing of 1, 2 ... words, or not) in the specified
terms are adjacent (with a spacing of 1, 2 ... words or not), in any order.
(T) the terms are connected, the terms may be written in one word (T) or have a
space (1T) or hyphen (1T) or even another term (2T) between them, e.g.
?micro? (2T) ?mechanical? would find e.g. micromechanical, microelectromechanical, micro
mechanical, micro electromechanical, micro-electro-mechanical ;
?anti? (1t) ?allerg? would find e.g. anti-allergic, antigen, allergen, quantifying allergens
(sometimes this does not work at line breaks)
(S) terms are adjacent in the same sentence/subunit (e. g. pairs of descriptors) or in the same paragraph of
text (DWPI, invention level).