DEPATIS MAIN
PANEL
These are the SECTIONS of the
MAIN PANEL:
1. Search and Download
2. Search Centre
3. Search Results Display
4. DownloadCentre
5. Download Options.
6. Preferences
SECTION---->Search and
Download:
Purpose: Searching
for Patents
SECTION---->Search Center:
Purpose:
Search for Patents using search fields. 
Search:
Enter the Search Fields and Click Search.
Next 50 :
If the Search is successful and there are more results to be
displayed, this button will be enabled.
Stop Search:
For any reason, if you would like to Stop the Search process,
Click this Button. Only the results that were obtained so far will be
displayed.
Reset:
Click this button to
clear all the Search Fields.
SECTION---->Search Results
Display :
Purpose: If the search is successful, the
results will be displayed in Search Display
Panel.
To Select a Single Patent:
Click your left mouse anywhere on
the desired row of the Search Display Panel.
SECTION---->Download Centre :
DownLoad :
This Button will
be enabled anytime a patent is ready for download.
Stop:
For any reason, if you would like to Stop the DownLoad
process, Click this Button.
Delete List :
Clicking this
will empty the Patents and it's status from the DownLoad Center.
SECTION---->Download Options :
Purpose:
To select the way a Patent is to
be downloaded. 
You have
the choice to download the Patent either in Full(HTML and Fascimile), Sections(by Sections), HTML only
etc.
The Default Settings are HTML and All Fascimile
Images. HTML Option cannot be unchecked.
If you want to download the entire Patent, but by sections,
select Sections and check all the sections.
If you want to
download just a specific section, select Sections and select just that
section.
If any section that you select is not available
in the patent, "N/A" message will be displayed.
Ex: If you are downloading 12345
and
case 1: using the default settings, the result will
be
12345.htm and 12345-FULL.pdf
case 2: using the
partial settings, the result will be
12345 .htm and one or all of
12345-frontpage.pdf ,
12345-biblio.pdf ,
12345-abstract.pdf ,
12345-description.pdf,
12345-claims.pdf,
12345-drawing.pdf and
12345-SearchReport .pdf
SECTION---->Preferences :
Purpose: To
set the Preferences for your EPO Control
Panel. 
You can change these various settings to be your new
defaults. The Various settings are described
below.
1. Download Options: You can set these Download options
to be your new defaults. Every Patent will be downloaded using these new
settings.
You can change the Download options
temporarily from the Main Panel on individual basis, but these settings
will takeover after the download.
2. Open Patent IMAGES after download:Select this option if you
would like to View the Patent after a successful download.
3. Start ipMAGNET
with EPO: Select this option to start ipMAGNET with the
DEPATIS.
Get Default Settings: This will bring up the
factory settings.
Don't
Change: Click this
if you don not want to change the settings now.
Save My
Settings: Once you modify the
individual settings, Clicking this button will Save your options and will be
your new default settings.
Note: Anytime the settings are changed, the Main Panel will
be Reset completely and you have a Clean Slate. All previous searches and
downloads will be
reset.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS: