Simple Text Search Across All U.S. Patent Classes in the Manual of Classification

Patent searching is an art. The use of Patent Class in searching ensures the most comprehensive preliminary patent search, for patentability or novelty. A classification search bypasses many of the problems associated with keyword searching, including:
• Vague or inconsistent terminology
• Obsolescence
• Different meanings in different fields
• Synonyms
• Foreign Spellings
• Spelling errors and variations
• Acronyms and abbreviations

The Simple Text Search across All U.S. Patent Classes in the Manual of Classification is very useful tools to identify all the relevant Class through keyword search.