Ordered documents are archived for future use, and the requestor can be notified by email when their order is ready. Multiple patent documents can be ordered at once, with the option to download as a convenient single Zip file.

Additional modules (INPADOC and Document Wizard) can be integrated into the basic PatentOrder Web interface. These will only be visible to users if they are included in their company’s PatentOrder subscription.

Order Form

To order documents, enter patent numbers (one per line) into the order box.

Patent numbers should follow the Espacenet patent number format. For guidance on using the correct patent number format, click here.

Before submitting your order, fill in the Delivery details on the right hand side including:

Email address: Enter your valid email address here in order for all your orders to be associated with your email address. This field is obligatory.

Sub-Account: Enter your reference here. This field is optional.

Email notification: Select ‘Yes’ if you wish to be notified of completion of the order by email. If you select ‘No’, you can still access your orders from the Trace Order page.

Zip file: If ordering multiple patent documents, you can request the order to be packed into a single Zip file for convenience.

• Direct Order

If you have specified what documents you require by adding kind codes to the patent numbers to signify the document types (e.g. A or B), submit your order using the Direct Order button.

By default the service will retrieve the A1 or A2 publications for EP and PCT publications, but B1, B2 or A3 publications can be requested (please refer to Coverage Details and Publication Number Formats for more details).

• Verify Order

Click on Verify Order to preview the different document types available (e.g. A or B document) before selecting the documents you require and submitting the order. This screen also shows you if there is a Machine Translation available to order.

• Equivalent Look-up

This feature allows you to request the Equivalents (same members of the patent family) listed by Espacenet (the European Patent Office server) for a particular publication number.

Enter the publication number and press the search icon. A list of equivalents will be displayed.

[Note that publications listed as not available on the EPO server may be available on other servers that PatentOrder reaches out to. It may be worth still selecting the publication in order to check if it can be retrieved from other sources.]

Tick the boxes of any publications you wish to order, and click ‘Use selected’ to order the documents. The patent numbers will automatically be pasted into the order box.

• Tempus IP link

For users who have Tempus IP integration enabled, a link will be visible below the Order box to take you directly to the Tempus IP website. Tempus IP, a partner company of Minesoft, offers a complete line of IP document retrieval services including US file histories: www.tempusip.com.

Trace Orders

The trace order page allows you to see the progress of pending orders, and to review completed orders. The last 30 orders requested are displayed on screen.

If you request a patent document that you have ordered previously, it will be available to view straight away as the system will not need to download it a second time.

In cases where multiple patents have been ordered, the status for each patent document is displayed. Click on the ticket reference to view that particular order. The patent documents are available to view in PDF, searchable PDF, or Text formats.

You also have the option to Zip and download orders from the trace order page.

INPADOC

INPADOC is an optional additional module – if your PatentOrder account does not include this module, the tab will not be visible on the interface.

This feature allows you to view up-to-date INPADOC family and legal status information for patents of interest.

Family, bibliographic and legal status information can be displayed – select the preferred display format from the dropdown menu below the order basket.

Links to corresponding national registers for each family member are available from within the INPADOC family display.

The information displayed can be exported into Word or HTML format.

When entering your numbers to search, the following patent number format should be used:

Country Code (2 letters) + Serial Number (variable, 1-10 digits).

Do not enter blanks, zeros or hyphens between the country code and the serial number.

For more details on patent number formats, click here

If you are using priority or application numbers rather than publication numbers, check the box below the order basket.

Document Wizard

DocumentWizard is an optional additional module - if your PatentOrder account does not include this module, the tab will not be visible on the interface.

This feature automatically hyperlinks any patent numbers contained within Word or Excel files to the original patent document PDF.

Upload your Word or Excel document using the Import button, and select the appropriate download option. Choosing to ‘download from all countries’ will take longer to process than only downloading patents from key or selected countries.

Contact Helpdesk

If you need any assistance with PatentOrder, please contact our Helpdesk on support@minesoft.com or +44(0)208 404 0651.

Our global contact details can be found at http://www.minesoft.com/contact_us.php

Publication Number Formats

Key:
cc indicates that a country code is required e.g. JP, US or GB
j indicates that a Japanese Emperor year is required (From 1925-1988, Emperor years are calculated by subtracting 1925 from the western year. From 1989-date, Emperor years are calculated by subtracting 1988 from the western year)
n(X) indicates the number of digits present in the number format y,yy or yyyy indicates the year must be used in 1, 2 or 4 digit format

Using the Espacenet number format:

Patent Order uses the Espacenet number format. This is made up of a 2 letter country code (CC) and a serial number (n) of 1 to 10 digits. Some countries include the publication year as part of the serial number e.g. PCT publications. Do not enter spaces, zeros, hyphens or commas between the country code and the serial number.

Examples:

US8193327
DE10066178
EP2237063
WO11039772

Please note the following changes for PCT number formats:

1978 to 30 June 2002: WOYYNNNNN
1 July 2002 to 31 December 2003: WOYYNNNNNN
Since 1 January 2004: WOYYYYNNNNNN

Ordering EP B1 and B2 specifications and EP and WO A3 search reports

To order these publications, a kind code must be used or Patent Order will automatically retrieve the A1 or A2 publications.

e.g.
EP2237063 retrieves the A1 document (application with search report)
EP2237063B1 retrieves the B1 document (specification)
EP1513113 retrieves the A1 document (application with search report)
EP1513113B2 retrieves the B2 document (new patent specification)
EP2236899 retrieves the A2 document (application without search report)
EP2236899A3 retrieves the A3 document (search report)
WO11039772 retrieves the A2 document (application without search report)
WO11039772A3 retrieves the A3 document (publication of search report)

European Coverage

Coverage for European countries depends on the coverage offered publicly by the EPO server.

Coverage for major countries, e.g. Germany, France and Great Britain dates back to the early 20th century and beyond but for full coverage information, please visit: http://ep.espacenet.com

German coverage:
Applications and grants: 1877-date:
DEn(1-7) (with kind code for grants)
or
DE10YYYYn(6) (with kind code for grants)
e.g. DE4127450 or DE4127450B4 / DE102006048456 or DE102006048456B4

Utility models: 1934-date:
D2YYn(5)U or DE20YYYYn(6)U
e.g.DE29916078U or DE202011050334U

French coverage:
FRn(7+)(add B1 for granted patents)
Applications: 1902-date e.g. FR2943116
Grants: 2000-date e.g. FR2943151B1

British coverage:
GBn(7)(add B for granted patents)
Applications: 1840-date e.g. GB2477438
Grants: 2002-date e.g. GB2472168B

USPTO Coverage

By default patents will be downloaded from the EPO server. If a patent is not found the software will automatically try to download it from the USPTO.

e.g.:
USDn (1-6) for Design patents e.g. USD660610
USn (5-6) for Plant patents e.g. US22581
USREn (1-5) for Reissued patents e.g. USRE43192
USTn (1-6) for Defensive publications e.g. UST105702
USHn (1-4) for SIR documents. (Statutory Invention Registration) e.g. USH2267

Published applications are retrieved by application number in the following format: CCYYYYNNNNNN

e.g.
US2012121656
US2012134887
US2012067006

Please note: if you use the Espacenet format as above, the software will try Espacenet first, if the document is not found, the software will automatically add a zero and then try the USPTO.

Coverage is dependent on the coverage offered publicly by the USPTO.

For further coverage information, please visit: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/help/contents.htm

Australian Patent Office

Australian documents are available through Patent Order from the IP Australia website.

Applications are available from 1917-date and granted patents are available from 1983-date.

Number formats:
Applications: AUYYYYn(5-6) e.g. AU2009245868
Granted patents: AUYYYYYYn(6) e.g. AU2008349764

Note: In most cases if the document is a PCT application designating Australia, the Australian publication document will not be available. In this case the PCT publication can be retrieved from Espacenet.

For further information please go to http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/

Canadian Patent Office

Canadian patent documents from 1920 onwards are available through Patent Order. Patent Order will search on the EPO server first and if a document is not found it will then search the Canadian Patent Office.

Both applications and granted patents use the format CAn (1-7).

e.g. CA2757772
CA2625232
CA2213973
CA2503394

For more information, please visit the Canadian Intellectual Property website at: http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca

Chinese Coverage

Chinese documents are available through Patentorder from the EPO server and if a document is not found it will then search SIPO.

Chinese documents are available from 1985-date (granted utility models from 1989).

To order Chinese documents please enter numbers in the Espacenet format with a kind code if applicable: CNn (6-9) or CNYYn (6).

e.g.
CN101676832 for A documents (unexamined applications).
CN101675933B for B documents (examined applications and granted patents).
CN100501824C for C documents (granted patents).
CN202183970U for U documents (unexamined utility models).
CN201432088Y for Y documents (granted utility models).
CN1146305T (Chinese translation of WO0036880).

Click here for information on ordering Machine Translations for China

Japanese Coverage

Japanese documents are available through Patent Order from the EPO server and if a document is not found then it will search the Japanese Patent Office website.

Japanese applications are available from 1971 to date and utility models are available from 1993 to date.

To order Japanese documents, please use the Espacenet format.

Applications can use one of two number formats:

1971- date JPj(1-2)n(6) e.g. JP55077755
2000- date JPyyyyn(6) e.g. JP2010226782

Utility models use one of the two formats:

JPj(1)n(6)U e.g. JP4109836U
JPj(2)n(6)U e.g. JP60036323U

It is also possible to order official English translations of Japanese Patent Abstracts. Please enter the country code followed by '0', and then the patent number e.g JP062100762.

Click here for information on ordering Machine Translations for Japan

Korean Coverage

Korean documents are available through Patent Order from the EPO server.

Applications are available from 1994-date and patent specifications from 1997-date.

Number formats:

Applications: KRYYn(6-7) e.g. KR20120050054 Patent specifications: KR10n(7)B1 e.g. KR101108881B1

Click here for information on ordering Machine Translations for Korea

Machine Translations

Full text English machine translations can be ordered for Chinese, Japanese and Korean documents simply by adding the letters MT (Machine Translation) at the beginning of a publication number.

Chinese coverage:
Machine translations are available for A, and U documents from 1985-date and for Y documents from 1989-date.
e.g. MTCN1148831

Japanese coverage:
Machine translations are available for Japanese patent applications from 199801-date.
e.g. MTJP5124464

Korean coverage:
Machine translations are available for Korean applications from 1994-date and for patent specifications from 1997-date.
e.g. MTKR20070054595