Check Yourself — Lesson 2

Answers to Exercise 2

1. Write the search strategies for the following searches:
   1. A patent from Austria for patent 815 issued in 1984. (Annual Series)
      s pn=at 8400815
   2. A U.S. patent 4645654. (Continuing Series)
      s pn=us 4645654
   3. A Brazilian patent 2877 issued in 1981. (Annual Series)
      s pn=br 8102877
   4. A Canadian patent 1169878. (Continuing Series)
      s pn=ca 1169878
   
   
   
2. Do the following countries use an annual or continuing series for their patent numbers?
   1. SE 9200699 — annual series
   2. US 4845706 — continuing series
   3. GB 2255687 — continuing series
   4. AU 8170215 — annual series
   
   
   
3. What command would you use for the following:
   1. I want to perform a search in both U.S. Patents Fulltext databases at the same time.
      begin
   2. I want to create a set of records.
      select
   3. I want to verify a patent number to see whether it includes a year as part of the number.
      expand

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