Thanks for such a clear and complete answer, Andrée!

Within the advanced search graphical interface, if I run a search that relates to two fields (e.g. applicants and inventors), it's obvious what the AND operator does - it means that any returned hits should have both the given applicant and the given inventor. The graphical interface shows this grap...

Is it possible to "flatten" or "export" a search query that has been built within the advanced search tool? What I mean is that I'd like to see the plain text of the search query that I previously built within the graphical interface of the advanced search tool.

I have a few questions regarding searching / filtering for citing documents. (1) The pocket guide does not really explain what the ct field does. It gives an example of ct=ep1000000, but it doesn't explain what results would be returned. Would that search return documents that ep1000000 cites, or do...

http://www.epo.org/searching/data/data/patent-additions.html lists only one kind code for Israel (IL) - kind code A. What document type is that? Published patent applications? Issued patents? I'm used to kind code A referring to published patent applications, but it seems strange to me that these, ...