strategies for classification searching
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Classification search, Patent Search strategies brought to you by intellectual property practitioners, TT Consultants India Ltd.TRANSCRIPT
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Strategies for Classification Searching
Identify
To identify highly relevant classifications, it can be
helpful to try the “jugular search” technique.
Identify
This is accomplished by doing a highly targeted title/abstract keyword search to identify at one or two documents related to the search subject matter.
scanning their classification codes for starting points.
Identify
If a document is provided at the beginning of the search as an example of relevant content, performing a citation search on that document could also lead to the discovery of other relevant classification areas.
Search
Take the time to fully read the definitions of the classes found through initial searching efforts.
Points to remember
The US Classification Schedule can be browsed by subject area, or searched by keyword .
IPC (version 8) classifications can be browsed and/or searched
CPC Classification
ECLA subdivisions to the IPC classification can be browsed/searched
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