Designs Search in Designs module

Orbit Intelligence offers a dedicated comprehensive module to search for designs and design patent registrations.  

Two searching interfaces are available: 

Quick Search 

Title (Keyword) search:  

• You can create your own query using keywords, truncators and operators to search in the title field. Non-Latin characters (Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) are supported.  
• In the absence of other truncation, the + truncation will automatically be placed to the left and right of your keywords. 
• In the absence of other operators, the operator 9D is automatically placed between two words separated with a space. 
• A comma separating two keywords will be replaced by the operator OR. 
• Use foreign translations corresponding to the register's official language, e.g. for searches including English and Spanish registers add both English and Spanish words of interest.

Classification search:  

• You can search for Locarno classifications, available for all patent offices except for Canada, or national classifications from the Canadian, French, Japanese, Korean, GB and US patent offices. 

• In the absence of other truncation, the + truncation will automatically be placed to the left and right of your keywords. 

• A comma between two classification codes will be replaced by the OR operator. 

• A space between two classification codes will be replaced by the AND operator. 

• The formats* for the classification codes are as follows:  

Locarno: NN – NN 

US: DN/NNN. DNN/N.N; DNN/NNN 

KR: CN-N; CN-NN; CN-NNN; CN-NNNN; CN-NNC; CN-NNNC 

* N: numeric character; C: alphabetical character 

Other searches: Owner names and numbers (application, registration, priority) can also be used as search criteria. 

Advanced Search:

Keyword search:  

• You can create your own query using keywords, truncations, and operators to be searched in the title or description fields. Non-Latin characters (Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) are supported.  

• A space between two keywords will be replaced by the W operator. 

• A comma separating two keywords will be replaced by the OR operator. 

• Use foreign translations corresponding to the register's official language, e.g. for searches including English and Spanish registers add both English and Spanish words of interest.

Classification search: Same structure as in the Quick Search 

Other searches: In this section you can search for numbers (application, registration, priority), designer name, representative, priority or designated countries, and: 

• Owner (for all patent offices) 

• New owner (for WO only) 

• Previous owners (for CA, CH, FR and WO) 

• All (for searching all three options at once)

Publication Country: Select any of the 64 countries to limit your search to designs registered in that specific Patent Office. Click on All Countries to select all.