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Willingness to license withdrawn, revoked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Not in force due to patent or application lapsed, expired, surrendered, withdrawn, abandoned, refusal, rejection, abandoned, etc.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。