How do patent examiners search for prior art online and what databases should I be checking before I submit my final application?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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How do patent examiners search for prior art online and what databases should I be checking before I submit my final application?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
USPTO patent search official Patent Public Search guidance prior art search; WIPO PATENTSCOPE official search; EPO Espacenet official patent search; Google Patents coverage prior art searchGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDDefinition
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
USPTO patent search official Patent Public Search guidance prior art search; WIPO PATENTSCOPE official search; EPO Espacenet official patent search; Google Patents coverage prior art search Google ↗
- Open USPTO Patent Public Search · ppubs.uspto.gov
- Open Google Patents · patents.google.com
- Open Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
- Open WIPO PATENTSCOPE · patentscope.wipo.int
- Open The Lens · lens.org
- 904-How to Search · prod-web-alb-tg.uspto.gov
- Search for patents · uspto.gov
- Patent Searches - Intellectual Property Law: A Beginner's Guide · guides.loc.gov
- Google Scholar · scholar.google.com
- arXiv · arxiv.org
- IEEE Xplore · ieeexplore.ieee.org
- ACM Digital Library · dl.acm.org
- ScienceDirect · sciencedirect.com
- Google Search · google.com
- Internet Archive · archive.org
- Applying for Patents · uspto.gov
Queries
1 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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USPTO patent search official Patent Public Search guidance prior art search; WIPO PATENTSCOPE official search; EPO Espacenet official patent search; Google Patents coverage prior art search OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Definition | — | — | 1x of 1 |