US - New features on USPTO's Trademark Electronic Search System

The USPTO has added new features to their Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS).

The first new feature is called 'Image List', which allows the user to view the mark drawings when displaying the search results.

"After completing a search, use the “Image List” button at the top of the page to view search results using this new feature. By selecting a drawing via a mouse click, the user can also toggle to the document display for that the selected mark. Returning to the Current List from the document display returns the user to the last used view of the search hit list, the text view or the images view."

Information about the "Image List" option is available here.

Another new feature is the ability to do multiple searches at once. Multiple searching is conducted by placing a comma between each search item in the Free Form search screen. "For example, the three searches HELLO[BI,TI]; WORLD[BI,TI]; S1 AND S2; could be submitted as a first search of a session. All three searches will be performed, and an intermediate Multiple Searches screen appears with the results of each search. The user may then select which search results to review.

Information about multiple searches is available here.

Sources and for more information

USPTO News - New Features to the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)

USPTO - Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)

Australia - New IP Resource: AusPat

IP Australia has released a new system for searching for Australian patents, called AusPat.

AusPat is now IP Australia's official source of online data, which means that the previous systems Patsearch and PATADMIN will no longer need to be used.

"In this release you can:

• Search for applications managed in PATADMIN and PAMS systems through the Quick, Structured or Advanced search interfaces
• Use any of the 20 search fields
• Use the Name Selector to find variants of Applicant and Inventor names
• View, sort and print the results of your search in the “Search Results” page
• Customise the “Search Results” page by adding, removing or rearranging columns"

"In future releases you will have access to:

• Additional opposition, ownership and publication data
• Full text searching of applications back to 1904
• eJournal – Search, browse and print information from AU Journals
• eRegister – Search, browse and print information from the Australian Patent Register
• eCase – public access to patent case files that are deemed Open for Public Inspection"

AusPat is available at: http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/auspat/

References and for further information

IP Australia news - AusPat - Australia's new patent search system

IP Australia - AusPat User's Guide