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		Index Different types of help are provided within esp@cenet®. Before using our new web site, we recommend that you read the following articles on the esp@cenet® home page: • Release notes and known issues. • Some basic things you should know about esp@cenet® , • Some basic things you should know about searching. In addition to the assistance provided by these articles, a 'quick help' is displayed for each different search screen and results screen in the form of frequently asked questions where you can find explanations about the screens you are viewing. For in-depth information a general help is also provided. It contains definitions of terms and complements the 'quick help'. Please send your comments to espacenet@epo.org. Glossary of terms or words included in the general help: • Abstract • Abstract coverage of the worldwide database • "Also published as" documents • Applicant • Application number • Basic search tips • Bibliographic data • Bibliographic coverage of the worldwide database • Boolean operators • Cited documents • Claims • Classification coverage of the worldwide database • Classification search • Corresponding document • Country codes • Coverage of the esp@cenet® EP database • Coverage of the GB esp@cenet® database • Coverage of the database containing Japanese patent abstracts • Coverage of the esp@cenet® WIPO database • Coverage of the worldwide database • Default operators • Description • esp@cenet® • European Classification (ECLA) • Facsimile coverage of the worldwide database • FAQ database • FAQ searching • Inpadoc kind codes • Inpadoc legal status • Inventor • International Patent Classification (IPC) • Kind codes • Legal status data correctness • Limitations • Mosaics • Nested queries • Number search • Original document • Patent families • PATLIB • Priority number • Publication date • Publication number • Results list • Title • Truncation • Updates • World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)