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Find a Design Patent?
TOPIC: In this example, you will search for design patent number D426073, granted June 6, 2000. The format of a U.S. design patent consists of the letter D followed by a 1-6 digit publication number. You will be searching U.S. Patents Fulltext (File 654) to obtain the fulltext and image.
- In the United States, the patent laws provide for the granting of a design patent to any person who has invented any new and nonobvious ornamental design for an article of manufacture. The design patent protects only the appearance of an article, but not its structural or functional features.
- U.S. design patents are covered in CLAIMS®/US
Patents (File 340), CLAIMS®/Current
Patent Legal Status (File 123), U.S. Patents Fulltext (Files 654,652) and INPADOC (File 345, 2001-present only).
Note: Industrial design patents issued by non-U.S. countries are NOT covered in any Dialog files.
COMMAND SUMMARY
BEGIN 654
VISUAL EXPAND PN=US D426073
Check the appropriate patent number and click Select
TYPE S1/19/1
HOW TO...
1. BEGIN 654, U.S. Patents Fulltext, to see the fulltext and image of the design patent.
2. VISUAL EXPAND using the 2-digit prefix (PN=), the 2-digit country code, D for design patent, and the 1-6-digit patent number.
Note: Include the "D" when searching in the U.S. files, but drop the D when searching the number in INPADOC. |
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3. TYPE the record using Format 19 to see the fulltext and image.
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Format 19 provides the image for the patent. |
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