Getting Acquainted
with Orbit.Com
Joe Terlizzi – Questel Inc.
[email protected]
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Agenda
• Overview slide presentation
• Online demonstration
• Q &A
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Overview of ORBIT.COM
Search for patents and designs (IP Prior-Art Search)
Download patent copies
Manage alerts
Share search results (Workfiles)
Analyze results (IP Business Intelligence & Evaluation)
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Fampat Coverage
Records in families
• Bibliographic - 96 countries
• Legal status - 40 countries
• Citations - 20 countries
• Patent copies - 40 countries
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• US Reassignments
• Key Content fields;
Objectives, Advantages,
Independent Claims
• Standardized patent
assignees and numbers
Full Text Coverage
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Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Denmark
EP
Finland
France
Germany
India
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Japan
Korea
PCT
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
United Kingdom
USA
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EASY SEARCH
Enter a publication number,
keyword, assignee. No Boolean
operators needed.
APPLE TOUCH SCREEN
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Results
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NUMBER SEARCH
Enter publication numbers separately, or
paste a text containing numbers. It can accept
hundreds of numbers. Include two letter
country code. Format is flexible (spaces and
commas are allowed).
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The two results are listed with a preview of their
family members on the right. Clicking on the title
opens the individual record view.
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Individual Record View
PDF
Citation Graph
Order File History
Claims Comparison
Federal Register
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ADVANCED SEARCH
Highlighting can be used for
different concepts
• A la carte menu allows you to
select fields to search.
• Entry boxes can include boolean,
proximity operators and
truncation.
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Up to six keyword entry boxes
can be searched for field
combinations
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Results can displayed in a short hit
list format, with or without
preview. Results are sorted by
relevancy score.
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Results can displayed in a short hit
list format, with or without
preview. Results are sorted by
relevancy score.
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You can use the “Search Similar Patents”
feature to find other patents in the whole
database that are similar, based on
concepts, citations, and classifications.
“Restrict to similar patents” will only search
for similar patents within your answer set.
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Results of Similar Patents search
Results can be filtered
by legal status,
application year,
classification, country,
and litigation, by
clicking on the link.
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Export Features
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You can customize your exports
so records only contain the
selected fields.
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Saving Lists
Select records, then the first icon in menu
Results can be saved in lists for
future reference
A pop-up window will
open to name the new
directory and list.
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Analyzing Results
Create interactive charts and graphs
for large sets of search results.
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Truncation
Symbol Definition
Example
+ or *
Unlimited
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0 or 1 character
#
Exactly one character
BICYCL+
*INFLAMMATORY
BICYCLE?
ALUMIN?UM
POLYMERI#ATION
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Operators
OR
retrieves records with at least one of the terms
sulfur or sulphur
AND
all of the terms
plutonium and isotope
NOT
the first term but NOT the second
suv not vesicle
all terms within the same family member text (narrower than
SDOC
plutonium sdoc isotope
AND)
F
terms in the same field
sodium f chlorine
P
terms in the same paragraph
sodium p chlorine
D
adjacent terms in any order
redundancy d check+
nD
adjacent terms in any order, separated by up to n words
electric+ 2d conduct+ 2d adhesive
W
adjacent terms in specified order, also, this is the default
processing for two terms without an operator
smart w card?
smart card?
nW
adjacent terms in specified order, separated by up to n words, friction 1w pad?
terms in the same sentence (or in same subfield – see
S
selfclean+ s toilet?
inventor name)
((wireless w application w protocol)
parentheses (nesting) required when combining different
or wap)
Parens
(hair 1d (dye or dyeing)) and19
operators
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Customer Support
Email Questel at HELP @ QUESTEL . COM
Help Desk Support – 8AM-9PM Eastern US
Monday through Friday
• In US:
• In Europe:
800-456-7248
8000-QUESTEL (783-7835)
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