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PatBase 2.0 Tips and Tricks
Moira Sivills, Project Manager & Customer Success Executive, shares her top tips for PatBase users!
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U 3 removes the most recent 3 rows in the Search History
Combining multiple search lines in the Command Line
Combine multiple search lines in the Search History table using a Boolean operator followed by the row number range. For example:
Delete several recent search lines at once by entering the command for Undo (u) followed by a space and the number of rows to delete. For example:
Tip 1
Tip 2
Create a patent hit report from the Upload Numbers form
When bulk uploading a set of Publication, Application or Patent Family numbers using the Upload Numbers form found in the Search tab, select the checkbox next to “Create hit report” to see which numbers were found in PatBase. Quickly spot any errors in red and correct any numbers before running the search.
Tip 3
Share a picture of the Citation Tree
Within the PatBase Citation Explorer, navigate to the “Tree” tab at the top of the module to see all Backwards and Forwards citations represented as tree branches. Click on the image icon in the grey banner on the left- hand side to share this intuitive chart.
Right-click on the tree to “save image as...” and save the image as a .png file.
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