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Format:  yyyymmdd, 

Example: 19941231 = December 31, 1994

 

(The default values are Jan. 1, 1976 and Jan. 1, 2010)

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 lasers, laser*

 laser?,

 "laser angioplasty",

 laser or maser ,

 laser? or maser? ,

(laser or maser) and fiber

 

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name(s):

Examples:  Kaufman-Stanley-L   If you are unsure of the exact name, you can truncate in the following ways:  Kaufman-S* or Kaufman-Stanley-*

city

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state

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country

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Table of Country Codes

 

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assignee city

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assignee state

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assignee country

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Table of Country Codes

 

Classification - this section under development

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Examples: 2/5    704/?    704/*

International:

 

Examples: G06F019/00   (replace spaces with zeros - see USPTO for help)

 

Examiner

Primary

Examples:  Zitomer-Stephanie-W  If you are unsure of the exact name, you can truncate in the following ways:  Zitomer-Stephanie-* or Zitomer-S*

Assistant

 

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Application serial number

Example: 156158  - this value will retrieve these patents: 06/156158, 07/156158, 08/ . . . etc.  It is not possible to search the "series code" e.g. "08".

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Examples: Arrett   Arrett not Steinkraus

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Foreign references

Examples: 11-289118 will find a Japanese reference.  "WO 98/34172" will find patents that cite this WIPO publication.

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Other references

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Parent case information

Example: 10/201,102   will find four patents that cite this application number

PCT information

 

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