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Searching the Rotated Trademark Index

When searching in the text of a trademark in any of the TRADEMARKSCAN® databases, you can search for a string as a whole word or as a suffix with any number of leading characters. Simply search in the Rotated Trademark Index (TR=) and utilize the @? suffix. For example, to search for words that end in MYCIN, you would enter:

?s tr=mycin@?

This search would pick up these marks: AGRI MYCIN, T-MYCIN, BIMYCIN, RAPAMYCIN, and ETRUSCOMYCIN, but would not retrieve MYCINOL or RIBOMYCINE.

You can also search for a string as a whole word or as a suffix with a specified number of leading characters by adding the appropriate number of question marks. For example,

?s tr=mycin@? ?

?s tr=mycin@??

?s tr=mycin@???

Cathy Surles, Knowledge Center, USA

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