Back in 2009, SpicyIP had sponsored a petition addressed to the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) pleading for “greater transparency and more access to patent information.” In the following years, the CGPDTM has stepped up its efforts in making available more and more patent information online. Notably, in 2010, the office launched IPAIRS, the Indian Patent Information Retrieval System. The CGPDTM subsequently has constantly been improving the IPAIRS, offering new search fields such as Applicant Address and PCT Number in 2012, and introduction of Stock and Flow Based Dynamic Patent Utility in 2014 to enable access to real time patent information.
It has come to our notice that on 27 February, 2015, the CGPDTM has announced the introduction of a new search tool named INPASS. The INPASS allows full-text search to be conducted for patents as well as patent applications, allowing for search using wild-cards, truncation and Boolean operators. With this, the IPAIRS has now officially been withdrawn.
We have not had the chance to use INPASS yet, however, we hope that the new search capabilities introduced by CGPDTM will be a step forward in making patent information accessible to the public. To paraphrase the 2009 petition- we are all stakeholders in ensuring that the patent system stimulates innovation but at the same time we must also ensure that we do not pay monopoly prices for undeserved patents.
We have not had the chance to use INPASS yet, however, we hope that the new search capabilities introduced by CGPDTM will be a step forward in making patent information accessible to the public.
But u have posted without viewing.
I would point out that a fundamental is wrong. The screen is short and hides search parameters.
View and review.
The INPASS allows full-text search to be conducted for patents as well as patent applications, allowing for search using wild-cards, truncation and Boolean operators.But the most important ” IPC Search” feature is not available at INPASS (IPAIRS allowed IPC Search )
IPAIRS allows a search to be conducted in all the Indian Patents and Patent Applications. However it does not allow a user to perform a full-text search. So CGPDTM Office has developed a new search tool, INPASS, which allows a full-text search to be conducted in all the Indian Patents and Patent Applications.
INPASS supports wild-cards, truncation as well as Boolean operators in all the search fields.
Here is the comparison of IPAIRS (Indian Patent Information Retrieval System) and InPASS (Indian Patent Advanced Search System):
S.N. IPAIRS InPASS
A. Search Field
1. Application Date (National) √ √
2. Publication Date √ √
3. Date of Grant √ √
4. Priority Date √
5. Title √ √
6. Abstract √ √
7. Claims √
8. Description √
9. Application Number √ √
10. Publication Number √
11. Patent Number √ √
12. Applicant Name/Name of Grantee √ √
13. Inventor Name √ √
14. Inventor Country √
15. Inventor Address √ √
16. Filing office √
17. PCT Application Number √ √
18. PCT Publication Number √
19. Field of Invention √
20. Applicant Address √
21. Journal Number √
22. Inter. Class. Code (IPC) √
B. Operators supported
1. Boolean √ √
1a. AND √ √
1b. OR √ √
1c. NOT √
2. Wildcard √
2a. ? √
2b. * √
3. Others √
3a. ^ √
3b. +/- √
Note: Although the examples with explanation of above search fields & operators are available as help file at InPASS.
But
1. Details of classification system for ‘Field of Invention’ are not available .How do we search/reach to the code F103 if the field of Invention is Chemical?
2. IPC Search is not available in Indian Patent Advanced Search System (InPASS)
IPAIRS allows a search to be conducted in all the Indian Patents and Patent Applications. However it does not allow a user to perform a full-text search. So CGPDTM Office has developed a new search tool, INPASS, which allows a full-text search to be conducted in all the Indian Patents and Patent Applications.
INPASS supports wild-cards, truncation as well as Boolean operators in all the search fields.
Here is the comparison of IPAIRS (Indian Patent Information Retrieval System) and InPASS (Indian Patent Advanced Search System):
S.N. IPAIRS InPASS
A Search Field
1 Application Date (National) √ √
2 Publication Date √ √
3 Date of Grant √ √
4 Priority Date √
5 Title √ √
6 Abstract √ √
7 Claims √
8 Description √
9 Application Number √ √
10 Publication Number √
11 Patent Number √ √
12 Applicant Name/Name of Grantee √ √
13 Inventor Name √ √
14 Inventor Country √
15 Inventor Address √ √
16 Filing office √
17 PCT Application Number √ √
18 PCT Publication Number √
19 Field of Invention √
20 Applicant Address √
21 Journal Number √
22 Inter. Class. Code (IPC) √
B Operators supported
1 Boolean √ √
1a AND √ √
1b OR √ √
1c NOT √
2 Wildcard √
2a ? √
2b * √
3 Others √
3a ^ √
3b +/- √
Note: Although the examples with explanation of above search fields & operators are available as help file at InPASS.
But
1. Details of classification system for ‘Field of Invention’ are not available .How do we search/reach to the code F103 if the field of Invention is Chemical?
2. IPC Search is not available in Indian Patent Advanced Search System (InPASS)
Comment section is not accepting the tabular format???
Now the ‘International Classification(IPC) Search’ & ‘PCT Publication Search’ are available at Indian Patent Advanced Search System (InPASS).
Thanks to CGPDTM Office.