Search String types

Broad Search Strings Result sets are in wide range. Objective is to catch as many prior art as possible When narrow strings are not providing desired results.  Most Helpful When:  Researcher is not familiar with the subtleties and nuances of a patent  Researchers need to learn broader themes (classifications), keywords, and ideas for the patent study      Narrow...

steps to conduct patent search

This post demonstrates few typical steps taken in prior art search, with some steps being more or less applicable for each of the different types of searches, and every step can be further divided if needed. 1) Read disclosure/description/patent document of interest carefully and determine its novelty. 2) Extract all keywords (use dictionaries like thesaurus for assistance). 3) Create Boolean search strings using various keyword combinations while avoiding...