Search details

To begin your search first select which publication week(s) you wish to search in and view details for, by choosing the dates in the From and To drop down boxes.

If you are looking for a particular entry, you can search for this using the Refine function. Type in the details you wish to search for, such as an application number, a name or title in the Refine text box.

If you do not know the complete entry you can carry out a wildcard search using * and ? for example * 0724107.8 when looking for GB0724107.8 and * 88103201.5 * when looking for EP88103201.5.

You can also carry out a Boolean search using AND, OR and NOT, e.g. If you wish to view the details of 2 different Sections under Other proceedings, such as Section 27 Amendment of the Specification after Grant and Section 75 Amendment of Patent in Infringement or Revocation Proceedings before the Comptroller, type in the Refine box ‘27 and 75’.

If you wish to search for an entry that contains /, such as an SPC number, you need to contain the entry in quotation marks when you type it in the Refine text box. e.g. “SPC/GB02/005”

Click Submit to search the data.

Your chosen search dates and refine will be retained across all the tabs, so you can move from tab to tab to view the returned data.

You can save individual pages of your returned search results in html to your desktop. Only the first page of the results returned is saved, so first increase your results to 100 per page, to ensure you save the maximum amount possible of the returned data.

If you want to clear your refine search, delete the entry within the Refine text box and click on Submit.

To clear your search dates, click on the reset button and this will take you back to entries for the current week.