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Add search operators to your search terms for a more targeted search or to search for terms with similar spellings. You can also restrict your search to individual fields. All search operators can be used in combination with each other.
Restrict your search with AND or NOT
If you search for several terms in the database, these will be connected by OR by default. Each result will contain at least one of these search terms.
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james bond | James Bond 007, JAMES DEAN, Petro Bond |
The search operator AND
If you combine search terms by using AND (or and), you will only find IP rights that contain these search terms. You can also place a + before the compulsory terms.
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pro AND vita | PROVITA Gesundheitsversicherung AG, VITA pro, ProVita Medical (fig.) |
The search operator NOT
If you want to exclude search results containing specific terms, please combine the terms to be excluded by using NOT (or not) or by placing a minus sign in front of them.
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emmi NOT AG or: +emmi -AG | Emmi-Dental, Emmi Ultrasonic GmbH, Emmi-Nail, EMMI PUR |
Search for exact word sequences with " "
If you want to search for exact word/character sequences, please place them in double quotation marks (e.g. "for you"). You will only obtain search results in which the word sequences exactly match what you entered.
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"for life" | FOR LIFE, Wisdom for Life, RACE FOR LIFE |
"quo vadis" | Quo vadis Drossapharm, Quo Vadis Reisen |
Search for terms with variable characters with * and ?
You can use placeholders to search for terms with variable characters. For example, a word with various endings (table, tables, tablecloth) or words with different spellings (colour, color). You can position the placeholders at the start, the end, or the middle of a word or in several positions in a word.
The options are:
- ? for exactly one sign
- * for any number of signs (including zero)
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eco* | ECOM, Ecosolve, auto école lémanique, Swiss School of Economics |
?itz | Ritz-Carlton, Hitz & Partner, Kitz, César Ritz Collèges |
*bier | Ägeribier, Verbier Addict, Hommage au Gibier |
set*e | Sette Torri, Settore di formazione esame tessile, SETLINE, Never settle for less, Setelle |
Search for similar terms with ~
Place a tilde symbol (~) at the end of a word to perform a fuzzy search, in other words, to search for similar terms. You will find character sequences that vary from your term by up to two operations (insertion, deletion or substitution of a letter).
Example: a search for for spot~ will find spit (o is replaced by i – varies by one operation) and pet (s deleted and o is replaced by e).
Use ~1 to allow terms to only differ by one operation (insertion, deletion or substitution of a letter) – and to obtain fewer results.
Keyboard shortcuts for the tilde symbol: for Windows: Alt Gr and ^, for Mac OS: Alt and N, for Linux: Alt Gr and +, each followed by a space.
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mars~1 | Pars, Lars, Marc O’Polo, Marsh Mellow, Star Wars |
mars~ | The same results as those for mars~1, plus Cara, Bass, Barr, for example |
Search within ranges with [TO]
You can use [TO] to search within a range, for example, within a number series.
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trademarkno:[400000 TO 400100] | All trade marks with a trade mark number between 400000 and 400100 |
Search in specific fields
By default, all trade mark titles, word elements of word/figurative marks, trade mark and application numbers, owner and representative addresses and goods and services will be searched (known as fields). For example, if you search for Sprüngli, you will find all IP rights that contain Sprüngli in their title, as well as all IP rights belonging to the owner Confiserie Sprüngli AG.
For a more targeted search, you can limit this search to single fields. To do so, use the advanced search. Alternatively, you can enter the field name in the search box or refine the search via the results list.
The following fields are available:
Field | Description |
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Title | Title of the trade mark – e.g. Caran d'Ache |
Word element | Word element of word/figurative marks – e.g. Hero |
Trade mark number | Six-digit number – e.g. 694783 |
Application number | Five-digit number – e.g. 74422 |
Owner | Person or company – e.g. "Peter Meyer", Migros, Zurich. The search function looks for the search term in all the owner addresses. |
Representative | Person or company which represents the trade mark owner vis-à-vis the IPI – e.g. Müller. |
LGS | Goods and services or Nice Classification – e.g. bier, 32 |
Search a field via the results list
All relevant fields for your search term are displayed in the results lists (only in the list view). You can select one of these fields to restrict the search to the corresponding data field. In the example below, if you clicked on the field Title: MARS ROUGE, the search results would only contain terms with mars in the title.
Search a field via the search box
You can also input the fields you want to search directly in the search box. To do so, add the field name as a prefix before the search term – e.g. trademarkno:694783, owner:"Peter Meyer"or lgs:32.
The field search can also be combined with search operators such as placeholders or AND or NOT connectors.
Examples:
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title:family title:familie | Trade marks (and applications) with the word element family or Familie in their title, e.g. Happy Family, SCHWEIZER FAMILIE |
wordelement:bio | Registered word/figurative marks with the word element bio in classes 25 and 3, e.g. BIO-SANA |
title:camille -owner:bloch | Trade marks (and applications) with the word element camille in their title, but also trade marks (and applications) owned by Chocolats Camille Bloch SA, e.g. Café Camille |
owner:“Tissot SA” +representative:* | Trade marks (and applications) registered by a representative of Tissot SA, e.g. SEAMATIC |
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