On September 30, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s new Patent Public Search Tool (PPUBS) will replace four legacy tools - Public Examiner Automated Search Tool (PubEAST), Public Web-based Examiner Search Tool (PubWEST) , Patent Full Text and Image Database (PatFT) and Patent Application Full Text and Image Database (AppFT).

The application's new, powerful and flexible features will improve the entire patent search process.

 

Today, follow the editor to see what the latest query steps are for the revision of the US patent search website.

 

Inspection process:

 

1. Open the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): https://www.uspto.gov/, click "Search for patents" under the "Patents" menu:

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Click on "Patent Public Search":

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Click "Start search":

 

 

 

 

4. Enter keywords, such as patent number, product name, patentee, etc., and click "Search":

 

 

 

 

5. The query results are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steps to retrieve using retrieval code:

 

1. Taking the keyword "umbrella" as an example, search for patents whose title (code "ti") contains " umbrella ":

The formula " umbrella.ti. ":

 

 

 

2. Taking the patentee's name "lisi" as an example, search for patents whose title (code "aanm") contains " lisi ":

Formula "lisi.aanm.":

 

 

 

 

 

Detailed search code query: https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/searchable-indexes.html