Searching and Screening Unitary Patents in PatSeer

Unitary Patents can be searched using various options in PatSeer and the same have been discussed below:

Searching using the Kind Code C0

• To help users recognize UP-related information in patent knowledge products, a new kind code – "C0" – signals those patents for which unitary effect has been registered. 
• So to search for the Unitary patents in PatSeer, in the Command line Search Form type in the query KC: C0, KC here stands for Kind Code and then by clicking on the search button you will be directed to the search results page where you will be able to go through the Unitary Patents. 

Searching using the Field Code LSSE 

To search for the Unitary patents in PatSeer, in the Quick Search form / Command line Search Form type in the query LSSE:UNITARY EFFECT - OPT-OUT, LSSE here stands for Legal Status Significant Events and then by clicking on the search button you will be directed to the search results page where you can go through all the Unitary Patents having UNITARY EFFECT - OPT-OUT as an event. 

Using Record Type and Legal Status Significant Events (LSSE) filters 

• Once you run your search and then using the Record Type filter you will be able to filter out the Unitary patents as shown below:

• You can also filter out the unitary patent using the Legal Status Significant Events filter, as this will help you to filter out the records based on legal events. 

• The Legal Status Significant Events that we have for Unitary Patents are as below: