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A search using esp@cenet starts at the esp@cenet home page of one of the participating countries. From here, Patent documents can be searched by means of a number of options. The search options which are available from the esp@cenet homepage are:

Category 1:

1. Search in the most recent 24 months of National Patent publications.
2. Search in the most recent 24 months of National Patent publications from any other participating country.
3. Search in the most recent 24 months of Patent publications from the European Patent Office (EPO - EP publications) .
4. Search in the most recent 24 months of Patent publications from the World International Property Organisation (WIPO - WO publications).

In each of these cases it is possible to search for bibliographic information that is published on the front page of a patent document, including the title of the document in its original publication language.

Category 2:

5. Search in patents published worldwide.
6. Search in Japanese patents.

In each of these cases it is possible to search in the same bibliographicdata as for Category 1 above, and in titles and abstracts of the documents in the English language.

Selecting any of these links will present the corresponding search form for entering the search criteria for the chosen search option..

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