A family member may still be unpublished in another country even if it has been filed. A WO Patent or an EP Patent indicates that protection has been envisaged in several countries of the world or Europe. The countries finally chosen by the applicant may not appear. Test your skills 8. Searching for an inventor or a company Searches on names should take account of the following aspects.
Names can have several spellings.
Try to use both the abbreviation and the full name of a company. The same applies to first names - which are also often abbreviated. A Patent can have been sold to another company. In the database, it is the name of the patent holder at the date of filing that is registered. It is difficult to get accurate information about new patent holders from patent databases.