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Dear Users,

Due to a change in data format, the CPC November data will be available in Espacenet from the evening of 2 November 2016 and not the 1 November 2016 as expected.

We thank you for your understanding.

The missing documents with a publication date of 12.10.2016 are now available in Espacenet.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Hi,

Full-txt search in Espacenet is text based only.

Hi Patrick,

The default database behind Smart search is the Worldwide collection, this is the reason why you receive the error message if you use a full-text field identifier.

You need to refine your search and then you can select the full-text database in which you would like to search.

Due to an unforeseen technical issue, European Patent documents published on 12.10.2016 are currently not available in Espacenet. Our IT specialists are working on a solution and are confident that the issue will be solved over the next days so that the documents will be available in Espacenet on Mo...

Hi Franklyn, The CPC codes for invention information are in a bold font and the additional information normal font, eg., EP2725662 (A2) Cooperative classification: H01B11/02 ; H01R13/6463 ; H01R23/662 ; H01B7/0876; H01R12/79; H01R13/506 The first three codes are in bold font to indicate "invent...

In response to various user requests we have started to record a number
of live webinars in order to make them available as a knowledge repository.

Please find and view them HERE.

Spain joins the Federated European Patent Register! The Federated Register view displays official bibliographic and legal status data relating to European patents in the national post-grant phase of the designated states concerned. It’s important to know that this information is hosted in the natio...

b]Latvia joins the Federated European Patent Register!!!![/b] The Federated Register view displays official bibliographic and legal status data relating to European patents in the national post-grant phase of the designated states concerned. It’s important to know that this information is hosted in ...