Hello,
I try to find applicants in the Espacenet database. For some (mostly patent attorneys) there should be quite a number of hits- but I get only a few, definitely much less than the estimated number of filed patens. What's wrong?
What is the best way to find applicants?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Paul
Searching for applicants
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Re: Searching for applicants
Dear Paul,
When queried in the Smart search form (single line search form), Espacenet searches per default the term(s) in the title, abstract, description, claims, inventors and applicants fields.
It is, however, possible to search specifically for applicants, i.e. companies which have applied for a patent:
It is, however, not possible to search for patent attorneys/representatives in Espacenet, but you can do it in the European Patent Register for EP patent documents.
Kind regards,
Andrée
Patent Information Marketing
When queried in the Smart search form (single line search form), Espacenet searches per default the term(s) in the title, abstract, description, claims, inventors and applicants fields.
It is, however, possible to search specifically for applicants, i.e. companies which have applied for a patent:
- If you want to use the Smart search, you can use the field identifier "pa" => pa="<Name of the applicant>", e.g. pa="siemens" or pa="universal robots".
- If you prefer to use the Advanced search, you can select the "Applicant" search field and operator "=" and then write the applicant name, e.g. universal robots, in the field below.
It is, however, not possible to search for patent attorneys/representatives in Espacenet, but you can do it in the European Patent Register for EP patent documents.
Kind regards,
Andrée
Patent Information Marketing