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Public Information Services Group
Office of the Chief Information Officer
January 22, 2015
Assignment Search
Webinar
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Training Objectives
• Introduction
• Conducting an assignment search on the web
• New features and functionality for assignment searching
• How to perform common searches
• View query history
• Additional resources
• Coming Soon
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What are Assignments?
• An assignment is a conveyance or transfer of
ownership of a patent or patent application
• The vast majority of assignments are recorded
with the USPTO
• Recordation is not required
• Assignments are recorded in an Assignment
Database according to their “conveyance” type
and given a Reel and Frame number
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Assignment Database
• Database contains all recorded patent assignment
information from August 1980 through today
• Owners voluntarily record assignment information in the
database
• Trademark ownership information is included in the
Trademark Assignment Database, available at
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm
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Assignment Searching
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• New tool for searching patent assignment data
• Replaces current tool
• Uses a clean, modern user interface
• Contains additional search fields and search
functionality
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Assignment Searching www.uspto.gov Patents Index page
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Assignment Searching www.uspto.gov/patents/index.jsp
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Find Assignment Search http://assignment.uspto.gov
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Advanced Search
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Assignment Search Scenarios
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• Reel and Frame
• Patent Number
• Assignee/Assignor
• New Search Functionality
• Filter Search Results
• Multi-Field Search
• Fuzzy Search
• Wildcard Search
• Boolean Search
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Reel and Frame Search 1
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Reel and Frame Search 2
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Reel and Frame Search 3
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Patent Number Search 1
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Patent Number Search 2
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Patent Number Search 3
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Assignee / Assignor Search 1
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Enter “ibm” in the “Search” box
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Assignee / Assignor Search 2
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Assignee / Assignor Search 3
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Multi-Field Search 1
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Enter “motorola” in the “Assignor” box and “google” in the
“Assignee” box
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Multi-Field Search 2
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Fuzzy Search 1
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Enter “Treck~” in the “Assignee” box and “suspension” in the
“Invention Title” box
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Fuzzy Search 2
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Wildcard Search 1
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Enter the word “scan*” in the “Assignee Name” box
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Wildcard Search 2
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Boolean Search 1
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Boolean Search 2
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Query History
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Additional Resources
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Coming Soon
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• Late January 2015* (Version 1.1)
– Tooltip and FAQ updates
– Fixes to inconsistent highlighting and formatting
• May 2015* (Version 2.0)
– Inclusion of Trademark assignments
– Additional company name synonyms
– Result display improvements
– Display options improvements
– Results exporting capability
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Conclusion
• Conducting an assignment search on the web
• New features and functionality
• How to perform common assignment searches
• View query history
• Additional resources
• Coming soon
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Help with Assignment Searching
• FAQs online
• Email: [email protected]
• Telephone: 571-272-3350
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Questions?
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