Questel创造了以下27个法律事件组来归并来自不同专利局但是相似的法律事件。
| Code | Definition of the code | Comment |
| ACL | Accelerated Prosecutions | |
| ADM | Administrative notifications | |
| APL | Applicant appeals and petitions | |
| CCL | Classification amendments | |
| COR | Corrections, amendments | |
| CPA | Continued Prosecution Application (US only) | US only |
| DCS | Designated contracting states (WO and EP) | WO and EP |
| ENP | Entry into national phase, translations (AP, EA, EP, OA, WO) | |
| EXM | Requests for examination, review procedures and review process, research reports | Need to combine with STATUS/ACT=PENDING P (event group) |
| INT | Examiner Interview (US only) | US Only |
| LAVL | For patents declared available for licensing or sale | |
| LIC | License event (licensed or candidate patents) | General category for any event related to licensing |
| NLAV | Willingness to license withdrawn, revoked | Opposite of LAVL |
| NENP | Nonentry into national phase (WO and EP) | WO and EP |
| NIF | Not in force due to patent or application lapsed, expired, surrendered, withdrawn, abandoned, refusal, rejection, abandoned, etc. | Only for dead patents (LAPSED, REVOKED, EXPIRED) |
| NMC | Change of party name (applicant, assignee, inventor, opponent) or address | |
| NOPP | No opposition filed | Only present if we get a specific event that the legal period for file 3rd party oppositions has passed. |
| OA | Official Office Action (final rejection, nonfinal rejection, Quayle Action, Vacate 2nd Off. Action (US only) | US only, customized for use by Orbit analysis |
| OAI | Applicant (incoming) initiated action or response to an office action or office communication (US only) | US only |
| OAO | Office action or office communication Outgoing (US only) | US only |
| OPP | Opposition, reexaminations, requested by 3rd parties | Does not include applicant appeals |
| PAY | Fee payment events | These events will be sorted in ACT based on effective date EFFD, not action date AD. |
| PIF | Patent in force | Combine with STATUS/ACT=GRANTED P (event code) |
| RAS | Reassignment, transfer of rights | Triggers breakout field REAS |
| RCE | Request for Continued Examination (US only) | US Only |
| RES | Restitution, restoration: in effect | |
| SPC | Actions concerning complementary or supplementary certificates of protection, extension of protection period. |
这些法律事件是可以和法律状态或国家限定组合构建检索式的，比如检索法国有效且发生SPC事件的专利：
（EG/ACT=SPC) P (PC/ACT=FR OR CC/ACT=FR) P (STATE/ACT=ALIVE)
这里我们使用P来限制这些条件同时在一个申请中满足，请注意不能使用AND，因为AND的作用范围是整个家族。
这里的PC/ACT表示公开国家，而CC/ACT为指定国，通常用于PCT或者EP申请。
您可以在FAMPAT和FULLPAT的字段表中找到更多可用的检索字段以及语法。