[WIPS Global] 2020 Upgrade! Step Search and more.

 

Step search 

;upgraded in September 2020.

Step search is a feature that is widely used to obtain different information from search results derived by varying search conditions for each step.

In the upgraded Step search, user can make changes to the search scope for each step, and save the Step history for each work unit to maintain the work continuously next time.

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🔺 Make changes to search conditions for each step; country, search scope, etc.

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🔺 Make step operating between steps using AND, OR, NOT in a separate work area.

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🔺 Save entire work history of steps. Step search history is kept in the user’s personalized space to continue to work next time.

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🔺 ‘Steps’ of Step Search have been expanded from 50 to 200, S1 to S200. 

More enhanced features with the New Search Engine

;enables more speed up for large number of cases, and its automatic stemming process reduces search terms and minimizing missing cases.

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1. Improve search result filter which works on unlimited number of cases.

2. Provides a statistical chart of major categories.

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1. Duplicated documents (Application and registration) is removed after family grouping.

2. When selecting the maximum number of documents, all patent families can be selected including the representative family or sub-family.

3. Document number is added to Sub-families. ex) 2-1, 2-2, 2-3….

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A new search scope, KEY group has been added.

The KEY group is the combined scope of the Title + Abstract + Exemplary claim and the search result is different from the “ (keyword).TI,AB,CL.” scope.

Let's put this way of search query,

KEY = (A and B).KEY.

.TI,AB,CL = ((A and B).TI. or (A and B).AB. or (A and B).CL.)

and the difference between two scope is explained as below table.