Following are the most frequently asked “how many?” questions.
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Characters in a patent query? |
30,000 |
The 30,000-character limit is approximate because, depending on the fields included, there may be additional field-standardization language we add to your query to help you obtain optimum results. |
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Patent publication numbers that can be requested on the publication number search form? |
Result set as output type |
About 1800 publication numbers (about 30,000 characters) The limits are approximate because publication numbers vary in length and there may be standardization we need to perform on your query to help you obtain optimum results. |
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Document copies as output type |
500 | |
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File histories as output type |
500 | |
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Terms in a literature query?
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Document Type (DT, Language (LA), or Reference Code searches |
Unlimited
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All others
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50 terms total, and only ten of those terms can be Publication Years (PY) | |
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Characters in a business query? |
2,000 |
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Records in Result Set |
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Patents? |
30,000 |
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Literature? |
30,000 |
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Business? |
30,000 per collection/tab |
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Cross search? |
30,000 patent, 30,000 literature, 30,000 each business collection/tab |
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Records in Work Files and Marked Lists |
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Patents? |
30,000 |
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Literature? |
1,000 |
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Business? |
1,000 (total) |
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Cross search? |
1,000 (total) |
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Records in Exports & Reports |
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Patents? |
30,000 Professional Subscription 1,000 Express Subscription |
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Literature? |
1,000 (both Professional and Express) |
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Business? |
1,000 (all from same collection) (both Professional and Express) |
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Cross search? |
1,000 (all from same content type or, for business, from the same collection) (both Professional and Express) |
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Other… |
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Characters allowed in an annotation? |
1250 |
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