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by EPO / Innovation Networks
Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:52 am
Forum: Patent Information Matters
Topic: technical definitions
Replies: 1
Views: 4106

Re: technical definitions

Dear user, Under the following links you find further helpful informations regarding the use of operators when using Espacenet: Operators in smart search , Boolean Operators , Truncating - search terms with wildcards Maybe a query such as caul prox/distance<2 plate* not mould* might help ...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:47 am
Forum: Search tips
Topic: Espacenet User Privacy
Replies: 1
Views: 2195

Re: Espacenet User Privacy

Dear Dogan, Please refer to the EPOs Terms of use - Data protection :arrow: https://www.epo.org/footer/terms.html#Data. We do not share any user data. We count the number of unique user IP addresses and the number of visits only. We count the number of times a particular search mask is used e.g. Adv...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:25 pm
Forum: Open Patent Services (OPS) and bulk data subscription products
Topic: Difference between Espacenet and published-data/search/ ?
Replies: 4
Views: 6782

Difference between Espacenet and published-data/search/ ?

Hi Amir, If you enter Arnaud and Callais in the applicant or inventor field in Espacenet, the system will retrieve all documents containing the name Arnaud and the name Callais but not necessarily Arnaud Callais as a persons first and second name. To make sure you only retrieve documents for a speci...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:14 am
Forum: Technical issues
Topic: Country code CSSR
Replies: 2
Views: 4174

Country code CSSR

Dear Peter, In Espacenet under "Help" you will find the list of the country codes : [url][/https://worldwide.espacenet.com/help?locale=en_EP&method=handleHelpTopic&topic=countrycodesurl] Up to 1993 the country code was "CS" (and after 1993 "CZ"). I do not find a...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:46 pm
Forum: European Patent Register and Register Alert
Topic: Turkey joins the Federated European Patent Register
Replies: 0
Views: 2398

Turkey joins the Federated European Patent Register

Turkey 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 nati...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:43 am
Forum: Search tips
Topic: Patent citations ESPACENET vs. Fulltext
Replies: 1
Views: 1737

Re: Patent citations ESPACENET vs. Fulltext

Dear User, Non-patent literature cited by the applicant without a patent application number cannot be traced in our databases. The only traceable NPLs are those that have been cited and allocated an XP number by an EPO examiner. XP numbers are not allocated to NPLs cited by the applicant, unless the...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:28 pm
Forum: Technical issues
Topic: Country code CSSR
Replies: 2
Views: 4174

Country code CSSR

Dear Peter, You need to use CZ as the country code for the Czech Republic and SK for the Republic of Slovakia. However, according to our coverage tables, our database only contains patent documents published from 1992 onwards. You can find the coverage provided by the EPO's bibliographic database (u...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:57 am
Forum: Search tips
Topic: Search Results Order
Replies: 1
Views: 2239

Search Results Order

Dear Praveena Chandra,

Our IT specialists are looking into the matter and we'll update this post as soon as we have received feedback.
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Mon Feb 13, 2017 10:21 am
Forum: Technical issues
Topic: Link to the AT Register now in Espacenet
Replies: 0
Views: 1106

Link to the AT Register now in Espacenet

Dear Espacenet Users, We are pleased to inform you that it is now possible to access legal and procedural information for Austrian patent publications in the Austrian patent register from within Espacenet. The only exception is for AT-T publications, the link for these will be activated at the end o...
by EPO / Innovation Networks
Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:53 am
Forum: Patent Information Matters
Topic: Espacenet rejections: Possible Solutions/Workarounds
Replies: 0
Views: 2350

Espacenet rejections: Possible Solutions/Workarounds

We are currently testing the implementation of a Human Detection Logic (HDL) tool in Espacenet to counter automated processes. Once this tool is successfully in place, human users will benefit by being able to download more data than the current limit, download larger original documents and no longe...