Using Search Assistants

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Click the arrow (_STNext-CommandLineMenuArrow.png) in the lower left-hand corner of the main STNext window to access the Author, Subject, and Organization search assistants:

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Author Search Assistant

Enter an author name and click the Submit button to display an EXPAND select list.

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Search applicable E-numbers on the Command Line.

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Subject Search Assistant

Enter a subject term, select a matching condition, and click the Submit button to help build search query proximity.

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Organization Search Assistant

Enter an organization/source, and then click the Submit button to search with proximity in the Corporate Source (CS) field.

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The CS field also searches the Patent Assignee (PA) field.