Search Syntax Examples
Search Syntax
| ? | matches a single character (You can use it multiple times to denote a greater number of characters) |
| * | matches zero or more characters |
| - (Hyphen / Space) | matches two words together or with a single hyphen |
| *# | # is any number. Will match zero to N characters. |
| Term~ | Fuzzy Match / Search |
| wd# | Left to right ordered proximity search |
| w# | Unordered proximity search |
| ws# | Unordered same sentence proximity search |
| wp# | Unordered same paragraph proximity search |
| [ _ TO _] | Numeric range |
| [ YYYY-MM-DD TO NOW] | Only for Date fields. To search from certain date to present |
| [BEG TO YYYY-MM-DD] | Only for date fields. To search up to a certain date. |
| ^ | Term Boosting |
| Search Statement | Explanation |
| led light | searches for led and light |
| "led light" | searches for an exact match of the phrase “led light”.
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| led or "Light Emitting Diode" | searches for led or “Light Emitting Diode”.
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| led and "Light Emitting Diode" | both led and “Light Emitting Diode” must be present.
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| led not infrared | only led must occur without occurrence of infrared.
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| (led wd5 infrared) | led must occur within 5 words of infrared and before infrared.
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| (led w5 infrared) | led or infrared must occur within 5 words of each other in any order.
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| (led wd10 tv wd10 remote wd10 infrared) | All 4 words: led, tv, remote, infrared must occur within 10 words of each other in the same order.
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optic*
| matches optic, optics, optical |
| optic? | matches optics and not optic or optical
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| car*t | matches cart, carrot, carrot, carkit
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| G08B1* | matches G08B1, G08B15, G08B11...
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| brain~ | matches brain, brake, Crain, drain (Fuzzy matching)
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| claim [4 TO 8] | matches claim 4, claim 5, claim 6, claim 7, claim 8
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| (antivirus software) | searches for antivirus within 0 word of software i.e., antivirus should be right before software. This is the same as simply searching for “antivirus software” as a phrase search.
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| ((antivirus wd5 software) wd5 Trojan) | searches for antivirus, software and Trojan within 5 words of each other
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| (mobile* OR cellular* OR handheld) wd5 (display OR LCD OR screen*) | searches for mobile* within 5 words of display/LCD/screen* or cellular* within 5 words of display/LCD/screen* or handheld within 5 words of display/LCD/screen*
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| GPS^4 OR triangulation | matches either words but GPS documents come earlier in results
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| “skate board”^10 | the phrase is boosted by order of 10
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| APY:[2005 TO 2012] | matches all application dates in years 2005 to 2012 (both years included)
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| APD:[2009 TO 2012] | matches application dates 1st Jan 2009 to 1st Jan 2012
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| APD:[2009-06 TO 2009-10] | matches applications dates 1st June 2009 to 1st Oct 2009
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| (optic* w1 fiber) | Its same as “optic* fiber”~1
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| (optic* w1 (fiber or fibre)) | searches for optic* within 1 word of fiber or fibre
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| skate_board | matches skateboard, skate-board and skate board |
| (optic* w3-10 fiber) | Will match only those records in which optic* and fiber come within 3 to 10 words of each other
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| (optic* wd1 fiber) | will match both fiber optics and optical fiber
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| (optic* wd0 fiber) | Same as “optic* fiber”~0. Matches optical fiber, optics fibre |
| ((mobile* phone) OR cellphone OR handheld OR (cellular phone) OR (portable wd0 communicat* device)) w5 (display or LCD or screen*) | Since we want mobile phone, cellular phone, portable communication device phrases to be matched with (display or lcd or screen) we have included those in a bracket. |