ipMAGNET
***Please
note: Not all features are available, depending on the Version of
ipMAGNET.
If your ipMAGNET is a part of a interneTIFF Bundle , EP and WIPO databases are not
available.
ESP@CENET MAIN
PANEL
MAIN
PANEL SECTIONS:
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. Choose between the three different databases at the European Patent
Office.
SECTION---->Search Center:
Purpose:
Search for Patents using search fields.
Search:
Enter the Search Fields and Click Search.
Next 15 :
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.
How do
I SEARCH for Patents?
1. Choose the desired
databaser(Worldwide, EP, WIPO).
2. Type the desired search terms. Search fields will be ANDED if you enter more than one Search field.You can do so to narrow the Search Results.
3 . Click SEARCH
Button.
EX: To search for Patents about Golf, Enter Golf in
the Title Field.
If you have a Patent Number,
for ex, 2009029796, enter it publication number field and
Search.
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:
Purpose: To initiate the DownLoad process. 
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 patent 12345 and
case 1: using the default settings, the result will
be
12345-biblio
.htm,
12345-claims .htm,
12345-description
.htm, and
12345-FULL
.pdf
case 2: using the Sections option and
selecting all the sections, then the result will be
12345-biblio
.htm,
12345-claims .htm,
12345-description
.htm, and
12345-biblio .pdf,
12345-description .pdf,
12345-drawings .pdf ,
12345-claims.
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. Start
With...: Sets the starting Database to either WorldWide, EP or WIPO. All operations in the Main Panel will be cleared if this setting is changed.
2. 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.
3. Open Patent IMAGES after download :Select this option if you would like to View the Patent after a successful download.
4. Start ipMAGNET
with EPO: Select this option to start ipMAGNET with the EPO everytime you
use
ipMAGNET.
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: