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Patent Searching For New Inventors - Searching By Keyword

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Where To Enter The Keyword
Search for patents using keywords

Search for patents using the keyword "puzzles".

The illustration above shows you an example of searching for patents using the one keyword puzzles.

You will be doing the same thing in a few minutes, however, read this step by step first.

  • Type in the keyword puzzles in Term 1.
  • Make sure the drop-down menu in Field 1 is set to All Fields.
  • Make sure the drop-down menu in Field 2 is set to All Fields.
  • Make sure the drop-down menu for Select years is set to 1976 to present [full text].

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