Irish Patents Office Search Tips

• To do an exclusive search i.e. a search that should include all the terms provided, seperate the terms with AND (or type a space or a , (comma)) . For example: solar AND powered AND car (is the same as solar powered car which is the same as solar, powered, car)
• To do an inclusive search i.e. a search that should include any of the terms provided, separate the terms with OR (or type a space between them). For example: solar OR powered OR car.
• To exclude terms from your search put - (minus) in front of each of the terms for listings which do not contain that word. For example: solar -powered OR -car.

All searches are completely case-insensitive. For example: CHEMICAL is treated the same as chemical.

Important: Using OR to separate terms broadens your search to include more documents. To narrow your search, separate terms and with AND.

US Patents Office Search Tips

This search is an exclusive search only. This means that it will only find records that match all of the terms supplied.

All searches are completely case-insensitive. For example: CHEMICAL is treated the same as chemical.