FSEARCH for finding patent families

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Topic: Patents

Level: Advanced

Language: English

Use FSEARCH (Family SEARCH) to search for additional family records for patents, including equivalents and related patents such as continuations-in-part or divisions. You can use FSEARCH in the databases currently included in the PATENTS or HPATENTS clusters. After patent equivalents are found, they are automatically sorted into families.

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FSEARCH for finding patent families

Last update: Jun. 30, 2008