WIPS Global Advanced FAQ : Patent Data Base ①

WIPS Global Advanced

For more convenient and easy to use our IP search service WIPS Global Advanced, users will need some help! Here are some frequently asked questions about how to manage users' account information. 

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Q. Searching Japanese patent or Korean patent in its native language

Only English keywords can be searched in WIPS Global ADVANCED. 
Japanese or Korean patents cannot be searched in Japanese or in Korean. For Keywords search, WIPS recommends to use PAJ or KPA. For the other non-Keywords including number, date, IPC and types of documents, the search can be done in Japanese or Korean. Users can select both PAJ and JP, KPA and DB of KR.

Q. Reference from Description 

'Reference from Description' refers to citation information that is indicated in document description statement.  Provided DB: US, EP, JP, KR

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