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Search pattern conversion for DepatisNet

operator	description	supported	converts to	comment
parantheses ( )	parantheses control order of operators	yes	()
field(...)	field search	yes	see field list	Maximum 4 terms per searchable field and 21 terms in total.
andnot &!	andnot operator	yes	not
and &	and operator	yes	and
or \|	or operator	yes	or

field	description	supported	converts to	comment
all Fields			all field patterns are decoupled -> field(a and b) is converted to (FIELD=a and FIELD=b)
ttl	Keyword(s) in title	yes	TI=literal
abs	Keyword(s) in abstract	yes	AB=literal
txt	Keyword(s) in text (description and claims)	yes	BI=literal
pbn	Publication number	yes	PN=literal
apn	Application number	yes	AN=literal
prn	Priority number	yes	PRN=literal
pbd	Publication date	yes	PUB=literal or PUB>=literal or PUB<=literal or (PUB>=literal1 and PUB<=literal2) with date literals in the form DD.MM.YYYY
app	Applicant(s)	yes	PA=literal
inv	Inventor(s)	yes	IN=literal
lpc	Local Classification (e.g. ECLA/F-terms)	yes	MCD=literal
ipc	International Patent Classification (IPC)	yes	ICB=literal
ipc/c	IPC core	no
ipc/ci	IPC core invention	no
ipc/ca	IPC core additional	no
ipc/a	IPC advanced	no
ipc/ai	IPC advanced invention	no
ipc/aa	IPC advanced additional	no

operator	description	supported	converts to	comment
parantheses ( )	parantheses controls order of operators	yes	()
literal	search words	yes	see literal list
andnot &!	andnot operator	yes	not
and &	and operator	yes	and
or \|	or operator	yes	or

literal	description	supported	converts to	comment
text		yes
truncated text		yes	text?	minmum of 3 letters before
publication number	The publication number is the number assigned to a patent application on publication.	yes	no conversion
application number	The application number is the number assigned to a patent application when it is filed.	yes	no conversion
priority number	The priority number is the number of the application in respect of which priority is claimed, i.e. it is the same as the application number of the claimed priority document.	yes	no conversion
date range	Date Range can bei either a year month and year day, month, year two dates with '>' in between (range) one date with '>' before or after	yes	Allways converted to a full date. form: 2004-04 -> 01.04.2004; to: 2004-4 -> 30.04.2004
ipc	The technical content of patent documents is classified in accordance with the International Patent Classification (IPC).	yes	'-' instead of '/'; adds ?	Adds truncation; minimum 3 characters