CQL query difference between Espacenet and OPS

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benoit.m
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CQL query difference between Espacenet and OPS

Post by benoit.m » Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:08 pm

Hi,

For example this query works from Espacenet:
(pa all "samsung" OR pa all "google") AND (ctxt any "screen sensor" OR ctxt any "touch screen sensor" OR ctxt any "foldable screen")

But not from OPS, it mentions the 'ctxt' parameter is not valid but it brings the capacity to search within the claims.

I saw that this is not something present in documentation, I assume then it's not available today, am I right ? Do you have any roadmap for this ? Or, an alternative ?

Thanks,
Benoit M


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Re: CQL query difference between Espacenet and OPS

Post by EPO / OPS Support » Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:46 am

Hi,

No, OPS cannot offer search in full text (claims and description) at this point in time. It only searches in biblio, which means in names, numbers, dates, titles or abstracts - information that constitutes as a "biblio record" and is usually published on a first page of a patent publication.

We don't plan to offer full text search in OPS current version but that is all I can tell you at this point in time,

Regards,
Vesna for OPS support


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