Study & Materials : Prior Art Search (Entry level) (2016)

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Chapter1　Basics of Prior Art Search
Chapter2　Search Strategy
Chapter3　Search Tool - J-PlatPat
Chapter4　Search Tool - PATENTSCOPE

Materials (PDF)

Prior Art Search (Entry level) (2016)(PDF:7,010KB)

Chapter1　Basics of Prior Art Search(PDF:394KB)

Chapter2　Search Strategy(PDF:977KB)
Chapter2-A　Search Flow(PDF:201KB)
Chapter2-B　Decision of search scope(PDF:555KB)
Chapter2-C　Decision of database(PDF:203KB)
Chapter2-D　Decision of search formulae(PDF:442KB)
Chapter2-E　Screening of search results(PDF:348KB)
Chapter2-F　Use of existing examination information(PDF:362KB)

Chapter3　Search Tool - J-PlatPat(PDF:4,236KB)
Chapter3-A　Basics of J-PlatPat(PDF:785KB)
Chapter3-B　PAJ search(PDF:1,643KB)
Chapter3-C　Number search(PDF:682KB)
Chapter3-D　PMGS(PDF:1,106KB)
Chapter3-E　FI/F-term search(PDF:742KB)

Chapter4　Search Tool - PATENTSCOPE(PDF:2,1498KB)
Chapter4-A　Basics of PATENTSCOPE(PDF:517KB)
Chapter4-B　Simple Search(PDF:1,208KB)
Chapter4-C　Advanced Search(PDF:382KB)
Chapter4-D　Field Combination(PDF:266KB)
Chapter4-E　Cross Lingual Expansion(PDF:513KB)

Audio Narration (PDF)

Prior Art Search (Entry level) (2016)(PDF:3,1607KB)

Chapter1　Basics of Prior Art Search(PDF:188KB)

Chapter2　Search Strategy(PDF:699KB)
Chapter2-A　Search Flow(PDF:73KB)
Chapter2-B　Decision of search scope(PDF:309KB)
Chapter2-C　Decision of database(PDF:73KB)
Chapter2-D　Decision of search formulae(PDF:160KB)
Chapter2-E　Screening of search results(PDF:145KB)
Chapter2-F　Use of existing examination information(PDF:125KB)

Chapter3　Search Tool - J-PlatPat(PDF:1,744KB)
Chapter3-A　Basics of J-PlatPat(PDF:325KB)
Chapter3-B　PAJ search(PDF:454KB)
Chapter3-C　Number search(PDF:286KB)
Chapter3-D　PMGS(PDF:552KB)
Chapter3-E　FI/F-term search(PDF:2879KB)

Chapter4　Search Tool - PATENTSCOPE(PDF:641KB)
Chapter4-A　Basics of PATENTSCOPE(PDF:205KB)
Chapter4-B　Simple Search(PDF:215KB)
Chapter4-C　Advanced Search(PDF:114KB)
Chapter4-D　Field Combination(PDF:93KB)
Chapter4-E　Cross Lingual Expansion(PDF:163KB)

Links to related IPR textbooks

• Use of Patent Information (2016) (PDF:2,275KB)
• Method for Searching Optical Instrument Patents [Additional Textbook] (2013) (PDF:1,177KB)

[Last updated 16 March 2022]