User Guide Searching Australian Patents
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1. lt a Australian Government Rs IP Australia User Guide Searching Australian Patents February 2014 Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently Welcome to AusPat IP Australia s patent search system AusPat is the comprehensive search system for Australian patent data providing a single point of enquiry for information on Australian patents in a free online patent search tool Firstly we ve provided Australian patent specifications dating back to 1904 The initial release of the full text searching capability in December 2010 included approximately 50 of the full collection Since that time the large majority of the remaining specifications have been added Previously only electronic specifications dating back to 1998 were available and these were not text searchable Secondly eDossier provides customers with access to a suite of documents relating to the prosecution of patent applications dating back to 2006 and which are open to public inspection OPI This enhancement provides customers with the ability to access the following documentation online e requests for examination e examination reports e responses to examination reports amendments e search results These two enhancements mean customers are able to access the majority of the patent records A feedback system has been built into AusPat so that you can easily report issues with the system or data would encoura2. AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Results Search Results The Search Results screen is displayed after you have submitted your search See figure 4 In Search Results you can view results build and maintain MyList see page 16 e add the search to MySearches see page 16 e drill down to details e refine or search within your results e open a specification in a new page from a link where available Application Details The Application Details screen provides all the information relating to an application and is viewed by clicking on an application number in the search results screen See figure 5 In Application Details you can e view data e build and maintain MyList e print application details e show hide empty sections e view specifications where available e view an extract of the Patent Register where available Features eDossier eDossier is a feature that displays documents associated with a case file It can be found in the application details page See figure 6 In eDossier you can e view a suite of documents relating to the prosecution of patent applications dating back to 2006 which are open to public inspection OPI e select documents for viewing saving printing e select and retrieve multiple available documents for viewing and or downloading to a single bookmarked PDF you may be asked to confirm you are a person as a security measure e sort documents b
3. The following words are reserved words or operators and used to perform specific tasks in AusPat You can only search for these words if you use lowercase Note that not all of these operators are documented or in use in AusPat AFTER AND BEFORE BUTNOT CONTAINS EXCEPT GE IN LABEL LE NOT OR TO XOR The following characters and character sequences are operators and used to perform specific tasks in AusPat You can only search for these words if you enclose them in quotes Note that not all of these operators are documented or in use in AusPat Il n n where n is a number Operator Precedence Search expressions are evaluated according to the following precedence Note that not all of these operators are documented or in use in AusPat 1 Phrases 2 LABEL IN EXCEPT TO BEFORE AFTER 3 ee AND OR NOT Operators of the same precedence are processed from left to right Structured Search queries are evaluated from top to bottom Parentheses may be used to change precedence AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents 23 Capitals punctuation and special characters Character Behaviour If you are not getting the results you expect try Uppercase letters Lowercase letters Separator characters NO ip d s gt Insignificant characters wwe s Words in capitals indicate a reserved word You might get unexpected results if you capitalise reserved words like
4. AND OR etc in your searches Words in lowercase are treated as search terms You will not get the results you expect if you do not capitalise reserved words like AND OR etc in your searches These characters are treated as a space For example vapour liquid will be indexed as two words vapour and liquid These characters are ignored Searching for word word will only match wordword will not match word Searching for bbq will match B B Q and BBQ Stop words words that you cannot search for Enter all your searches in lowercase Only capitalise Operators and Field labels Capitalise all Operators and Field labels The following words are not indexed by AusPat In your search a stop word is treated as a space a claims may this about comprises means those abstract description more to according drawings not thereof all each of thus also example or use an for other used and from said using and or following same was any has specification were are have such which be having than with because herein that where been given the when being in their wherein between includes then will but including there within can into these claim its they 24 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Limits and boundaries AusPat has a number of built in limits and boundaries to help improve performance Number of records returned in a search Sorting larg
5. Australia Include full text in search Enter search term Choose search term Select operator El Include Full Text Search Delete ee x Applicant name criteria x Unilever gt Filed z z Frozen Confectig x Application status AND x Invention title Drevi review number of This search will return no results SEARCH Add search term matches Add criteria Figure 3 Advanced Search Advanced Search MySearches 0 amp MyList 0 Enter frozen confectionery IN TI search expression Field label amp operator Include reference full text in E include Full Text Search search Fields Operators About Available fields Field name Code Field name Code Name Number NU IPC Mark IPC selector Invention title Tl Filing date FD Inventor name INV Australian OPI date oD Applicant name AP National Phase Entry date ND Agent name AG Expiry date ED z 3 Application status ST Continuation Renewal fee paid to date cD P u bl icati on Application type TY Granting date SD Acti on Publication Action PB Related application number RN S Priority country PRC Pharmaceutical name PN ele cto r Priority number PRN Select SL Priority date PRD Abstract Full Text only AB Document Kind A Full Text only DKA Claims Full Text only cs Document Kind B Full Text only DKB Description Full Text only Ds Document Kind C Full Text only DKC Full Specification Full Text only FS
6. Eg wiper assembly IN TI Will find matches for carbon will not return wiper assembly carbonate carbon silicon carbonaceous carbonated carbonyl carbons etc Journal number formats This allows you to search the publication volumes of the Australian Official Journal of Patents Journal numbers are entered as VV II where VV is the two digit volume number II is the two digit issue number Note You will get an error if you enter a journal number that is not correctly formatted Volume issue truncation is available in this field according to the following method The journal range field on the LEFT is the from Journal range VVIII Will search for all records from this exact journal number VV Will search for all records from the first issue of the journal in volume VV Eg 23 equates to 23 01 blank Will search for all publication actions from the first available journal 16 42 Your search will return all matched publication actions if both the FROM and TO fields are blank The journal range field on the RIGHT is the to Journal range VVIII Will search for all records to this exact journal number VV Will search for all records to the last issue of the journal in volume VV Eg 22 equates to 22 50 blank Will search for all publication actions to the current journal Your search will return all matched publication actions if both the FROM and TO fields are blank 14 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents My
7. Filed Application Lapsed Refused Withdrawn Patents Ceased or Expired Applications OPI Assignments Corrigenda Extensions of Term Extensions of Time section 223 Letters Patent Sealed Patent Granted Licences Mortgages Changes registered Opposition Proceedings PCT Applications that have entered the National Phase Patent Surrendered Revoked APB AM AA AC AF AT AO AS CO ER Bn PS REG OP NPE SUR AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents 21 Operators AND OR NOT TO ee n logical AND Eg this AND that will search for records that contain both this and that in the specified search fields This is the default for words or numbers not separated by another operator in Quick Search and Advanced Search The AND operator must be entered in uppercase logical OR Eg this OR that will search for records that contain either this or that in the specified search fields The OR operator must be entered in uppercase logical NOT Eg this NOT that will search for records that contain this but not that in the specified search fields Be careful you don t unintentionally exclude records when you use the NOT operator The NOT operator must be entered in uppercase Match value in search field in Advanced Search Eg method IN TI will match applications with the word method in the title Specify date range
8. Invention Title field you will be returned a set of results that include the exact phrase solar cells Operators are not available within fields in Structured Search Eg entering solar AND cells in the Title field will find all applications that contain the exact phrase solar and cells Advanced search By default ALL of the words and numbers you enter must be present in one or more of the Advanced Search fields Examples solar cells IN TI This will search for all occurrences of the exact phrase solar cells in the title field john IN INV AND smith IN INV This will return all records where both john AND smith appear in the inventor field pizz IN AG This will return all records from the Agent Name field that contain a word beginning with the characters pizz john smith IN INV This will return all records where john appears in any search field AND smith appears in the inventor field Searching with dates Dates are entered as YYYY MM DD where e YYYY is a four digit year e MM represents the month of the year 01 January 02 February 12 December e DD represents the day of the month e g 02 05 20 31 In Advanced Search dates are searched using the TO operator Eg fromdate TO todate IN datefield This will return all records from and including fromdate up to and including todate The date field on the left is the FROM date Date truncation is available in this field according to the following met
9. find Mike Gomble s applications Company names Names of Organisations are formatted the same way they appeared on the application supplied to IP Australia To search for applications where Morningside Holdings Pty Ltd is recorded as an applicant try Quick Search Structured Search Advanced Search Enter Enter Search for morningside holdings morningside holdings morningside holdings Note You may receive into the Applicant Name field IMAR unrelated results if you use Quick Search Alternatively you could use the Name Selector in Advanced Search Enter morning Into the Applicant s Name Selector and then scroll through the list until you find Morningside Holdings Pty Ltd Note that there are two versions of the name Morningside Holdings Pty Ltd and Morningside Holdings Pty Ltd Click on both names and then click the Add selection to your search button Execute the search to find applications from Morningside Holdings Pty Ltd Note If you are using the Name Selector to find an organisation beginning with the word The you should ignore the The e g to find The American National Red Cross type American National Red Cross Agent names Names of Agents are formatted the same way they appear in the application e g Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys To search for applications where Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys is recorded as an agent you could take the following approach
10. in Advanced Search Eg 2004 10 01 TO 2004 10 15 IN FD will match records with a filing date from the 1st to the 15th of October 2004 Exact phrase Eg searching for small items will ensure that you don t collect results with an inventor or applicant called Small This is the default for words entered into Structured Search Eg you do not have to enclose an exact phrase in quotes Wildcard replacing zero or more characters May appear at the start middle or end of a word Using the wildcard at the start of a word will significantly increase search times and may cause your search to time out Wildcard replacing exactly one character May appear at the start middle or end of a word Eg searching for h t would match hat or hit but not heat Both forms of wildcard may be used together in any combination desired e g un gra ing Proximity search operator for within n words of Eg black 5 white IN CS This will search for the word black within 5 words of the word white in the specified field in either order ncan be from 1 to 9 Spaces are required between the search words and the operator in the expression When used in quick or advanced search the expression must be enclosed in quotes When used in structured search the quotes are not required 22 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Operators words that are reserved in AusPat
11. may not be viewable print D containing sensitive personal information or information that i under copyright or licensing conditions Inve w to obtain these documents can be found here AS a security measure you may be asked fo Confirm you are a person This will occur after you have download Download number of documents You will need to complete the validation task before you will be able to continue selected documents to Lifecycle details PDF ation hist Subscribe to SOY email notifications regarding LE search results Prev Next application Hide empty sections Add to MyList Expand all Collapse all Subscribe to notification service downloaded AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Searching with AusPat Search by number Search by keyword in title Search by name Search by International Patent Classification IPC Search by abstract keywords Enter the number Enter the keywords or an exact phrase wrapped in double quotes Your search will match applications that contain ALL of the words you enter unless you separate words with the OR or NOT operator Note that your search results will include matches from the Inventor Applicant Agent and Title fields Enter the words from inventor or applicant name Note that your search results will include matches from the Inventor Applicant Agent and Title fields It is not possible to search b
12. Jump to page Go Data last updated AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Figure 5 Application Details A HOME QUICK p STRUCTURED ADVANCED e IP Australia Application Details Additional Features AusPat number and title h results Prev Next ide empty sections Add to Mylist Expand all Collapse all 2010257351 Apparatus and process far nranaring frozen confectionery products Expand or Application details collapse Australian 2010257 3 ML LOIN Standard Serial number application tion type number Application GRANTED Paid to date 2014 12 21 First IPC Mark A23G 9 22 2006 01 status Currently under No Proceeding opposition type s Invention title Apparatus and process for preparing frozen confectionery products Figure 6 eDossier A HOME J e ADVANCED Select document to be Sort by _ document document 14 process Sort by zen confecti type to date earliest amp alphabetical alphabetical tolatest order order 2012 08 23 CORRO OUT FILED 2012 08 23 CORRO OUT FILED 2012 05 02 ble to b CORRO OUT Sari by 12 05 0 1 unable to be ORRO OU FILED d document 2012 05 01 A viewed or CORRO OUT FILED size largest 2012 05 01 downloaded CORRO OUT FILED smallest 2012 04 30 CLAIM ACCEPTED 2012 04 30 B DESCRIPTION ACCEPTED 492 2012 04 17 209797 AMENOMENT FILED 349 document to view save Retrieve Documents Some documents
13. Searches MySearches functionality will enable you to add searches conducted using Structured Search and Advanced Search to a MySearches list Add Search Will search for all records from this exact journal number REA EEE VVill search for all records from this exact journal number Execute Individual Will search for all records from the first issue of the journal in volume VV Eg 23 Searches equates to 23 01 BIEI F Nar Will search for all publication actions from the first available journal 16 42 Your search will query stored in return all matched publication actions if both the FROM and TO fields are blank MySearches ero TT ELE Searches can be combined using the checkboxes within MySearches and clicking Combine Searches will be combined using the OR operator as a default Combined searches are copied to the Advanced Search input box where they can be edited Saving Searches You can save searches in MySearches by clicking on Save list The file will be saved in TXT format and you can rename the file and the location where it will be saved Loading Searches You can load a saved list into MySearches by clicking on Load list MyList Reporting MyList Reporting will allow you to report on patent applications as contained in MyList Will search for all records from this exact journal number Data Elements Will search for all records from this exact journal number Included Add application Will search for a
14. al name is retained in the Standard and petty patent applications with an Name Selector even though the punctuation may application number like nnnnn yy nnnn yy nnn yy nn yy or n yy become CCyyOnnnnn CCyyOOnnnn CCyy000nnn CCyy0000nn and CCyy00000n respectively where yy is the application year and CC is the corresponding century 20 for years 00 01 and be insignificant characters when searching E g C S I R O is listed in the Name Selector separately from CSIRO even though these may be the same organisation and return the same search results 02 19 for all others e Note that different variations of the same company e Provisional application numbers like PMnnnn have name will need to be searched separately and will an AusPat number formatted as CCYYPMnnnn appear as different names in the Name Selector where CCYY is the century and year recorded as the For example CSIRO in the applicant name will provisional application filing date require a different search to Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization which may be different again to Commonwealth Scientific amp Research Organisation e PCT numbers may be found using either PCT CCyy nnnnn or PCT CCyyyy nnnnnn formats PCT numbers e PAMS applications using a 10 digit application number keep this number as their AusPat number AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents 17 have been standardised for display as PCT CCyyyy nnnnnn Similarly WIPO
15. all applications in AusPat using that Provisional as an associated complete or as a convention priority e PCT applications filed after 2004 will not be in AusPat unless they have entered the national phase These applications can be found in the WIPO search system by using the provisional number in the priority number search field and AU as the priority country once the PCT has been published by WIPO Templates for different application types e Different application types have different fields available for display There are five different templates used to display data elements for the following kinds of patent applications in AusPat e Standard e Complete e Innovation e Petty e Provisional e Most applications filed before 1979 Keyword Searching e Stopwords are words that are not indexed However where a stopword appears between two words the relative order of the words is preserved As a consequence a search for the phrase retracting the wheels will return different results to the phrase retracting wheels with the stopword the omitted A search for retracting a wheels will also return retracting the wheels as both a and the are stopwords and the relative position of the words retracting and wheels is the same e The wildcard substitutes for exactly one character unlike some other search systems where it can substitute for zero or one character The
16. asterisk substitutes for zero to many characters e The percentage character has been blocked from use in search terms for security purposes e Search terms should be in lower case This means that priority country codes should be in lower case even though they would normally be written in upper case Using upper case may give incorrect results For example IN which is the uppercase country code for India is an AusPat operator Quick Search Searching anomalies e Do not use Quick Search to search for dates or IPC marks While some results may be returned for these searches they will not accurately reflect IP Australia s data holdings For example entering a search term that resembles an IPC mark will only return applications where the IPC is listed as the primary or first IPC mark e Quick Search should only be used to search for patent or application numbers keywords from the invention title and applicant inventor or agent name e You are advised to use Structured Search or Advanced Search to search for IPC marks and dates Application status and type are searchable e You may receive additional unexpected results if your search includes any of the following words accepted certified filed granted ceased expired refused revoked withdrawn lapsed converted standard innovation provisional petty e Consider using Structured Search or Advanced Search for greater precision AusP
17. at User Guide Searching Australian Patents Structured and Advanced Search MySearches Searches executed using Structured and Advanced Search can now be stored in MySearches The search query is stored in advanced search form when it is saved in MySearches The list of searches can be saved as a text file for re use Searches stored in MySearches can be combined The combination is copied to the Advanced Search input box The query can be edited or executed as an advanced search Full Text Search To include the text of the abstract claims description or full specification check the Include Full Text Search box To include the text from a published specification in one of the published document kinds A B or C Advanced Search only check the Include Full Text Search box Dates Date of Patent and Expiry Date only apply to granted patents Patent applications show the dates expected should the application proceed to grant based on the currently available data During the prosecution of a patent application these dates may change Paid to Date shows the date up to which continuation renewal fees have been paid for an application or patent It does not necessarily mean that the application patent is still active if the paid to date is a future date Where this date is a future date the application patent status may indicate an inactive status if the application patent has already ceased lapsed etc Th
18. bstract description or claims when available or in the full specification by ticking the Include Full Text Search check box search on text from a published specification in one of the published document kinds A B or C by ticking the Include Full Text Search check box e search on text from a published specification in one of the components abstract description or claims or in the full specification by ticking or selecting the Include Full Text Search box Figure 1 Quick Search Subscribe to Notifications a Newsletters and Outages Learning search expression B io E include abstract text MySearches 0 amp MyList 0 3 i SEARCH Include abstract You can search using one or more of the following criteria h ange or clear search Pee A Patent or application number 2006238988 wention title aren Artificial amorphous sj cells text in search Applicant s NewSouth Innovations i Inventor s Agent Name Green Martin Andrew Peterson Patents WIPO number W02005 106966 PCT number PCT AU2005 000614 2005 04 29 LAPSED 2004 04 30 HO1L31 0264 About Contactus FAQs Feedback Help Learning formats Legal disclaimer News and Outages Privacy Subscribe AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Figure 2 Structured Search QUICK STRUCTURED ADVANCED Australian Government AusPat
19. d Search in the Abstract field Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Eg rabbit INAB AND fence IN AB AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Search by claim keywords Search Search by description keywords SLE OGO EA It is not possible to search EE ieie by full Quick Search Yr EOG EA It is not possible to search for keywords in a published document kind in Quick Search in a published document kind to search by claims keywords in Quick It is not possible to search by description keywords in Quick Search specification keywords in Select the Claims field and enter the keywords Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Note that any words you enter will be treated as an exact phrase Tip you can search for multiple words by clicking Add search term and then selecting AND OR or NOT to combine the terms Select the Description field and enter the keywords Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Note that any words you enter will be treated as an exact phrase Tip you can search for multiple words by clicking Add search term and then selecting AND OR or NOT to combine the terms Select the Full specification field and enter the keywords Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Note that any words you enter will be treated as an exact phrase Tip you can search for multipl
20. e application patent status should be considered to be active for up to six months after the Paid to Date has passed as the relevant fee can be paid up to six months late Next Fee Due is the anniversary number of the next continuation renewal fee required to maintain the patent application This value also indicates the number of years for which continuation renewal fees have been paid and is calculated as the number of years between the Date of Patent and the Paid to Date This data element is not populated for patents of addition The year part of a patent application number indicates the year the application was processed Generally this will be the same as the year it was filed However in some circumstances this may be different For example innovation patent 2004100092 was converted from a standard patent application in 2004 but it keeps the original filing date which is 10 September 1999 Similarly patent applications filed towards the end of December in one year will have a filing date for that year but may not have been processed until January of the following year When searching for dates AusPat will assume a default of 1904 01 01 if no FROM date is entered and today s date if the TO date is blank Of course at least one FROM or TO date must be entered Where the FROM date entered is a future date the TO date will still default to today if you do not enter a date giving misleading re
21. e result sets Number of entries in MyList Name selector Structured Search Data refresh cycle Characters in fields MySearches Specification text search The maximum number of records that will be returned for any search is 5000 If your search returns 5000 or more records you will receive a message similar to this one Your search for method returned 198509 results Here are the first 5000 results If you need to review results sets with more than 5000 results consider restricting the number of results by adding a date range to your query Note that if you sort a result set containing more than 5000 records only the 5000 records in the result set are sorted The maximum number of entries you can store in MyList at any one time is 200 Consider saving your MyList file and starting a new one if you need to keep more than 200 entries The name selector requires a minimum of two characters to operate Amaximum of 150 names are returned through the name selector A maximum of 20 criteria can be combined to form a single search in Structured Search AusPat data is updated each evening To determine when the data was refreshed check the foot of the Search Results page A 600 character limit applies to search expressions in Quick Search A 600 character limit applies to search expressions in Structured Search A 2000 character limit applies to search expressions in Advanced Search A maximum of 10 searches can be stored at an
22. e words by clicking Add search term and then selecting AND OR or NOT to combine the terms It is not possible to search for keywords in a published document kind in Structured Search It is not possible Search in the Claims field Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Eg rabbit IN CS AND fence IN CS Search in the Description field Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Eg rabbit IN DS AND fence IN DS Search in the Full Specification field Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Eg rabbit IN FS AND fence IN FS Search in selected Document Kind fields Ensure the Include Full Text Search check box is ticked Eg rabbit IN DKA AND fence IN DKA Tip you can choose to search for text in published document kinds A B or C by selecting the corresponding field DKA DKB DKC AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents What search should you use E UT A uE eL Quick Search simply enter the application or patent number on an application or patent Look up Australian Quick Search simply enter the PCT or WO number filing information for a Patent Corporation Treaty PCT application Find all Australian Structured Search select the IPC Mark field and enter the relevant IPC mark patents or OR applications in a particular Advanced Search choose appropriate keywords to restrict the search to the t
23. echnology technology area area you are interested in and search in specification text Eg car IN FS OR vehicle IN FS OR truck IN FS OR automobile IN FS OR bicycle IN FS OR bike IN FS OR motor IN FS AND wheel IN AB OR tyre IN AB 0r E EEE Structured Search AND additional fields with your search a number of criteria Find applications Advanced Search use the Name Selector from 2 pariicuiar Tip consider the variants of name of the organisation or person you are seeking applicant or inventor For example the CSIRO may be rendered differently depending on what was typed on the patent application form Eg CSIRO C S I R O Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization Commonwealth Scientific amp Industrial Research Organisation Comm Scientific and Industrial Research Org Construct a Advanced Search use parentheses to combine multiple criteria Eg Satiah car OR vehicle OR truck OR automobile OR bicycle OR bike OR motor AND wheel OR tyre AND granted IN ST NOT goodyear IN AP Refining your search Once you have conducted a search in AusPat you can start a new search refine your search query or search within the current set of results by clicking either the Search within results Refine your query or Start again links located in the top right hand corner of the Search Results page Start again Click the Sta
24. es Quick Search Structured Search Advanced Search Enter Enter Search for pizzey pizzey into the Agent pizzey IN AG Name field 12 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Using the Selectors About the selectors The Selectors are tools that help you locate name variations and Publication actions You can access the selectors by clicking on the Inventor Name or Applicant name or Publication Action link on the Advanced Search page Imagine you are looking for applications filed by the inventor Robert Carl Andrews Typing andrews r into the Name Selector yields the following results of interest Andrews Robert Andrews Robert C Andrews Robert C Andrews Robert Carl Fields Operators About Available fields Field name Code Number NU Invention title Tl Inventor name INV Applicant name AP Agentname AG Application status ST Application type TY Publication Actions PB Each of these names might be the inventor you are after Select each of them in the Name Selector and click the Add selection to your search button This will yield results where any of the four names are cited as inventor Note The Name Selector returns a maximum of 150 results at a time If you do not find the name you are looking for you will need to add more characters to your search Finding inventors and individual applicants Names are stored and therefore searched as familyname g
25. ge you to use this feature so that we can continue to maintain and improve AusPat Fatima Beattie Deputy Director General IP Rights Division Contents Welcome to AusPat IP Australia s patent search system Introduction Overview Types of searches Results Features Searching with AusPat What search should you use Refining your search Searching for keywords Searching with dates Searching for names Using the Selectors Using wildcards Journal number formats MySearches MyList Reporting Hints and Tips Copying and pasting from Microsoft Word NEMES Numbers Reference Copyright All content in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4 0 International CC BY 4 0 licence http creativecommons org licenses by 4 0 with the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms IP Australia s corporate logo photographs of our staff and premises content provided by third parties including photographs logos drawings and written descriptions of patents and designs Third party copyright IP Australia has made all reasonable efforts to clearly label material where the copyright is owned by a third party e ensure that the third party has consented to this material being presented in this publication Permission may need to be obtained from third parties to re use their material Commonwealth of Australia 2014 9 The CC BY licence is a standard form licence agreement that allo
26. hod YYYY MM DD Will search for all records from this exact date YYYY MM Will search for all records from the 1st of the month MM Eg 2004 10 equates to 1October 2004 YYYY Will search for all records from the first day of the year YYYY Eg 2004 equates to 1 January 2004 The date field on the right is the TO date Date truncation is available in this field according to the following method YYYY MM DD Will search for all records to this exact date YYYY MM Will search for all records to the last day of the month MM Eg 2004 10 equates to 31 October 2004 WAAAY Will search for all records to the last day of the year YYYY Eg 2004 equates to 31 December 2004 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents 11 Searching for names Individual names Individual names are formatted as familyname givenname To search for applications where Mike Gamble is recorded as an inventor you could take the following approaches Quick Search Structured Search Advanced Search Enter Enter Search for mike gamble gamble mike gamble mike IN INV Note You may receive into the Inventor Name field unrelated results if you use Quick Search Alternatively you could use the Name Selector in Advanced Search Enter gamble into the Inventor s Name Selector and then scroll through the list until you find gamble mike Click on the name and then click the Add selection to your search button Execute the search to
27. ictorial overview of the major features of each screen in the system The remaining sections contain useful information on how you can use AusPat to search our data and presents a number of technical considerations to keep in mind when using the system If you require any further information please visit our website at www ipaustralia gov au or email patentsearch feedback ipaustralia gov au AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Overview Types of searches Quick Search Quick Search is a simple tool that allows you to quickly search selected fields in AusPat See figure 1 Quick Search will look for e matches in the number e inventor e applicant e agent name e title fields and e when selected the abstract text Structured Search Structured Search enables you to search across many fields See figure 2 With Structured Search you can e search 25 search fields e add up to 25 search criteria Advanced Search Advanced Search allows you to enter complex search queries in the free text box It is only recommended for use by experienced searchers See figure 3 With Advanced Search you can search 28 search fields construct complex Boolean expressions use the Name Selector to find variants of applicant and inventor names use the Publication Action Selector to find applications with various types of publication actions search on text from a published specification in one of the components a
28. ivenname If you qualify the name with a given name you must include the comma If the inventor has more than one given name they follow on from the initial given name Finding applicants that are organisations Names of Organisations are formatted the same way they appear in the application The Arizona Board of Regents Typing arizon into the Name Selector yields the following results of interest Arizona Board of Regents Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona etc Note Do not use the word The at the beginning of an organisation Name Selector searches a list of applicants that have all instances of a leading The moved to the end of the name AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Using wildcards Wildcards are symbols that can substitute for one zero or many characters in a search as detailed below Whatitwilldo What it will no do Match exactly one character Match zero characters Eg peters n in INV Eg method IN TI will find matches for Peterson will find matches for methode and methods but not and Petersen method instead use the search method IN TI Match spaces Eg power plant IN TI will find matches for power plant but not power plant instead use the search power plant IN Tl OR power plant IN TI Match zero or more characters Match spaces Eg carbon in TI
29. ll records from the first issue of the journal in volume VV Eg 23 equates to 23 01 Removing Will search for all publication actions from the first available journal 16 42 Your search will applications return all matched publication actions if both the FROM and TO fields are blank AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents 15 a a se AN Bes A oe ie ae A Hints and Tips Copying and pasting from e The Name Selector will only match the start of a name It will not match a string of characters in the Microsoft Word middle of a name e Quotation marks copied into AusPat from Microsoft e Searching for Applicant Names will return matches Word can occassionally cause degradation in from both the Applicant Name and Old Name s performance This is because Word has a default setting which changes straight quotation marks into curly quotation marks e Name formats for real people have been standardised as FamilyName GivenName OtherNames e Curly quotation marks are not a recognised operator Numbers in AusPat and search strings containing them generally time out e A search of the Related Application Number field will find any associated additional divisional parent child To change the default settings in Word applications You can enter the application number 1 Select Tools and then select AutoCorrect Option serial number or PCT number into the Related Application Numbe
30. publication numbers may be found as either WOyy nnnnn or WOyyyy nnnnnn and have been standardised for display as WOyyyy nnnnnn IPC Marks e Do not include spaces when searching for IPC marks eg B23K11 093 e Truncated IPC marks may be used in conjunction with wildcards when searching by replacing the rest of the IPC mark with a wildcard on the right Eg to find all applications within a particular IPC main group enter the main group of the IPC mark followed by a slash and the wildcard B23K1 Omitting the slash character could give misleading results For example a search for B23K1 would return everything with main group B23K1 as well as everything in main groups B23K10 B23K11 B23K13 B23K15 and B23K17 as well as everything with indexing codes B23K101 or B23K103 Provisional applications e Australian provisional applications can form priority to a complete application through being an associated provisional or sometimes as a convention priority e A provisional can appear as a convention priority when a provisional forms a priority for a PCT application and the PCT designates Australia Where it forms a convention priority AusPat will not show the corresponding complete application on the Provisional s application details page Using the provisional number in the priority number search field and AU as the priority country to further narrow the search results if needed will return
31. r search field 2 In the AutoCorrect dialog box e Priority number searches will match both the original e Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab and ae y St 9 under Replace As You Type clear the priority number supplied to IP Australia including any straight quotes check box spaces or special characters commas hyphens decimal points etc and a standardised version that e Click the AutoFormat tab and under Replace has spaces and special characters removed leaving clear the straight quotes with smart quotes box just alpha numeric characters e Click the OK button e Mainframe application numbers formerly found in PATADMIN can be found by their original application Names number and as a transformed 10 digit AusPat number e In the Name Selector The preceding a company The AusPat number is a standardised 10 digit version of the mainframe application number used for identifying all applications in AusPat As the first four digits represent the application year all PAMS name is removed from the beginning and replaced at the end so that The Patenting Company Pty Ltd becomes Patenting Company Pty Ltd The To find and mainframe applications from the same year this name in the Name Selector start typing from will be together in a search results list Eg All 2002 Patenting ignoring the word The applications will be listed before 2001 applications e Punctuation of the origin
32. rt again link to open a blank search screen The blank screen will be the same type as the search you just conducted Eg if you just completed a Structured Search a blank Structured Search screen is opened Refine your query Clicking the Refine your query link will take you back to the search you just submitted and allow you to make changes before submitting the search again STM imei Clicking the Search within results link allows you to conduct another search within the results of your current search and not in the entire patents database Effectively this will AND the new search with the current search Note Your search within results must begin with an expression Eg apple IN AP and not an operator Eg NOT acer IN AP If you want to begin with an operator consider using Refine your query instead 10 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Searching for keywords By default ALL of the words and numbers you enter must be present in one or more of the Quick Search fields If you separate the words with OR Quick Search will match ANY of the words or numbers you enter You can also search for an exact phrase if you enclose the phrase in quotes Structured search Any words entered into a text field Eg Title Inventor Agent Abstract Claims will be treated as an exact phrase You do not need to enclose an exact phrase in quotes in Structured Search mode For example if you enter solar cells in the
33. sults this would apply to an expiry date or a continuation renewal fee paid to date search In that case enter a TO date that is later than your FROM date The Australian OPI Date data element is the date a patent application was available to the public in Australia Generally this is the date it was published either by IP Australia or by WIPO if the PCT was filed after 1 January 2004 For PCT applications filed before 1 January 2004 this is usually the date a copy of the PCT application was received at IP Australia after publication by WIPO Only divisional parents have a date in the Priority Date field in Priority Details This is the Earliest Priority Date of the divisional parent application A search in the Priority date search field searches for Earliest Priority Date the filing date of the priority application for convention associated provisional and divisional parent priorities or the earliest priority date of any divisional parents shown as priority AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Reference Number formats Australian application number yyyymnnnnn PATADMIN application number n yy nn yy nnn yy nnnn yy nnnnn yy PATADMIN serial number nnnnnn Old provisional number PXnnnn New provisional number yyyyPXnnnn WIPO number WoOyy nnnnn WOyy nnnnnn WOyyyy nnnnnn PCT number PCT CCyy nnnnn yyyy four digit year yy two digit year no century n any digit in
34. the range 0 9 m single digit that represents application type 1 Innovation 9 Provisional any other Standard complete CC two character country code P the character P X a single character in the range A Z PCT the characters PCT WO the characters WO the slash character Advances search syntax The basic syntax for the Advanced Search is searchterm IN FIELDNAME The IN operator and SEARCHFIELD must be in uppercase Multiple search terms and fields can be combined using parentheses For example solar IN TI AND 2004 TO 2005 IN FD Search terms cannot be combined like this solar OR cells OR silicon IN TI Use solar IN TI OR cells IN TI OR silicon IN TI 20 AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents Available fields Number Invention title iil Inventor name INV Applicant name AP Agent name AG Application status ST Application type Wy Publication action PB Related application number RN Priority country PRC Priority number PRN Document Kind A DKA Document Kind B DKB Document Kind C DKC Additional advanced search field codes Priority date PRD IPC mark IPC Filing date FD Australian OPI date OD National Phase Entry date ND Expiry date ED Continuation Renewal fee CD paid to date Sealing date SD Pharmaceutical name PN Select SL Abstract AB Claims CS Description DS Full specification FS Publication action All Publication Actions Amendments Applications Accepted Patent Certified Application
35. ws you to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format as well as remix transform and build upon the material on the condition that you provide a link to the licence you indicate if changes were made and you attribute the material as follows Licensed from the Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons Attribution 4 0 International Licence Contact us www ipaustralia gov au if you have any enquiries about IP Australia s copyright licence or the use of material in this publication Introduction IP Australia is the Australian Government agency that administers intellectual property IP rights and legislation relating to patents trade marks designs and plant breeder s rights IP Australia has a wealth of patent data dating back to the inception of the patent office in 1904 In 2008 we consolidated this information into one search system for Australian patent data AusPat Within AusPat you can e search for applications via a range of options e view sort and print the results of your search e customise the search results page e save searches and applications for easy reference later e view up to 165 discrete data elements for each application e access correspondence via eDossier subscribe to cases of interest e submit s27 and s28 material to IP Australia This user guide provides an introduction to using the features available on AusPat The Overview section provides a p
36. y IPC in Quick Search Tick the Include abstract text checkbox and enter keywords Select the Number field and enter the number Select the Title field and enter the keywords Note that any words you enter will be treated as an exact phrase Tip you can search for multiple words by clicking Add search term and then selecting AND OR or NOT to combine the terms Select the Inventor or Applicant field and enter one or more parts of the name Note that any words you enter will be treated as an exact phrase Tip You can use wildcards and search for multiple words by clicking Add search term and then selecting AND OR or NOT to combine the terms Select the IPC Mark field and enter the classification code Tip Enter the IPC mark without any spaces Use the wildcard to truncate at any point Select the Abstract field and enter the keywords Ensure the Include Full Text Search box is ticked Note that any words you enter will be treated as an exact phrase Tip you can search for multiple words by clicking Add search term and then selecting AND OR or NOT to combine the terms Search in the Number field Eg 2004205230 IN NU Search in the Title field Eg hair IN TI AND conditioner IN TI Search in the Inventor or Applicant fields Eg peters n IN INV Alternatively you can use the Name Selector to select and search for multiple names Search in the IPC Mark fiel
37. y alphabetical order date type status or file size e subscribe to our email notification service to receive early advice of changes to an application s case file e submit relevant material s27 s28 relating to an application Figure 4 Search results Search summary searches Your search for Invention title Solar Applicant name Pagiflc Solar Pty Limited returned 4 results First Last Page tof Prev Customise display Customise columns data 4 Incl Drill Application Title number down to details Limited 1 1994PM4834 Multiple layer thin film solar celis 2 1994PM9960 3 1995020876 lar celis with Open specification 1996041681 First Last Pag This data is current as of 2014 11 05 18 00 AEDT Download Application Numbers MySearches MyList pplicant s Pacific Solar Pty Multilayer solar cells with bypass diode Pacific Sol protection Limited CSG Solai bypass diode CSG Sola STRUCTURED O ADVANCED 0 Open MySearches 0 6 MyList 0 Further search options within results Refine your query Jump to page Results per page 10 Add all Filing date Application A Sat to Mylist 1994 03 31 LAPSED Inventor s 1994 12 08 LAPSED Sort by column rew Wenham 1995 03 31 CEASED 1995 12 08 CEASED toss Green Results per page 10
38. y one time Specifications are captured in a text searchable format using Optical Character Recognition OCR The limit of the OCR which converts images into the text searchable format may cause mis spellings and affect your text searching results Please refer to the PDF image for the authoritative version What kind of browser do I need AusPat requires Internet Explorer 6 0 or other modern browser and a minimum screen size of 800 x 600 To take advantage of all the features of AusPat you ll also need to have both JavaScript and cookies enabled What if have an older browser If you have an older browser you may not see content on the screen formatted as you would expect What if have cookies If you do not have cookies enabled we will not be able to remember how you set up AusPat i 2 RIES You will have to turn off Hide Show help prompts and reset the columns in Search Results and agree to the disclaimer each time you visit What if have If you do not have JavaScript enabled you will still be able to use AusPat JavaScript disabled However some of our advanced functions like rearrange columns in Search Results the Name Selector in Advanced Search and refining a Structured Search will not work AusPat User Guide Searching Australian Patents 25 Commonwealth of Australia 2014
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