- Adobe PDF Documents
Adobe [External Link] provides a format for
documents called
Portable Document
Format[External Link](PDF). Adobe PDF Documents may be viewed on
a wide range of computers
and print correctly across a wide range of operating systems and printers.
Adobe also provides its
Adobe Acrobat Reader
[External Link]
software for free! This software is available from Adobe by clicking the
"Get Acrobat Reader" image below. Help for Acrobat Reader is available at
Adobe Acrobat Reader Support
[External Link]
[External Link]
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- Unable to Open PDF Documents
Make sure you have installed the
Adobe Acrobat Reader [External Link] for your specific operating
system. If you
are unable to open a document in your web browser by clicking on the
icon, try the following options:
- [Windows Only] - Make sure the Express Search CD is in the CD-ROM
Drive. Open 'My Computer'. Right click on "Express Search Logo" icon
and select 'Explore'. This will open Windows Explorer
and show you the contents of the CD-ROM. Double Click on any of the
.pdf icons. If you are not able to open the file in this manner, please
check the troubleshooting section of your Adobe Acrobat Reader Software
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- Viewing PDF Documents
The Bottom Navigation Bar
The bottom navigation bar (pictured above) allows the user to
move between pages and display pages in different configurations.
It is located in the lower left hand corner of the Adobe Acrobat Reader window.
The left and right arrows on either side of the page number move the
viewer back or ahead one page. This may also be accomplished by using
the up and down arrows (small movement) or the page up and page down
buttons (big movement). The following three buttons, located on the
bottom navigation bar, change how pages are viewed.
The "Single Page" button allows only
one page on the screen at a time. When the user browses past the end
of one page, the next page is fully displayed.
The "Continuous" button creates a continuous
scrolling set of pages. When the end of one page is viewed, the top of
the next is shown.
The "Multi-Page" button shows several pages at
once. This view is good for reviewing drawings, but too small to read
most text.
Changing the Size of the Document
The Zoom Bar (pictured to the left) is located with the menus
at the top of the Adobe Acrobat Reader window. The minus button 'zooms out' or
reduces the size of the document and the plus button 'zooms in' or increases
the size of the document. The down arrow allows specific levels of 'zoom' to be set.
Document Bookmarks
When viewing a .pdf
document, the left edge of the screen contains a tab marked
"Bookmarks." This tab contains links to different parts of the
.pdf document. Clicking the "Bookmarks" tab will open a list of current bookmarks.
Clicking the "Bookmarks" tab again will close the list of current bookmarks.
More Adobe Acrobat Reader Help
A complete list of menus and commands is available in the
Adobe Acrobat Reader Help document provided by Adobe.
Specifically, the following bookmarks are of interest when viewing patents:
- Contents -> Adjusting the view of PDF documents
- Contents -> Navigating in PDF documents
- Contents -> Printing PDF documents
- Contents -> Copying and pasting text and graphics to another application
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- Text in PDF Patent Files is Not Readable
The patent .pdf files are created from images, not text. At some viewer settings
it can be difficult to read the text of the patents. Try using the 'zoom out'
button to decrease the size of the text. If no acceptable setting is found
you can always print the document.
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- Cannot Select Text in PDF Patent Files
If you are unable to select text in the abstract of a us patent, please email the
patent to Express Search for review. If we did not provide you with text searchable
patents with you project, we will recreate the project with text searchable patents
Although the document has been made text searchable by Express Search, there are times
when specific words are not recognized. Often, these words are considered part of
a picture. Other times the text does not correctly detect columns, resulting in
data that reads from a line in column one, followed by a line in column two,
followed by the next line in column one.
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- Printing Patents
- click 'Patent Files' on the left hand navigation bar to open
the folder containing the copies of the references cited.
- Select the patents you wish to print by holding the control
key and clicking once on the desired patents.
- Right-click on a selected patent and select 'print'.
OR
- Open the .pdf patent from either the search reports page or
the abstracts page.
- click the 'print' icon (picture of a printer)
- Online Database Information
Data contained on the Search Results and
Patent Abstracts pages are created using
information obtained from the
ESpaceNet [External Link] and
USPTO [External Link] online databases.
Neither of these sites guarantees the information provided over the internet.
As a result, the information listed for a patent may not exactly match the
information on the actual document. This is especially true for foreign and
translated documents, where the title in the ESpaceNet database may differ from
the title on the actual document.
Additionally, the information stored in these databases changes over time.
It is very possible that updated information may appear and previously
available information may be missing. As a result, if Express Search, Inc.
reconstructs project results using either of these databases, the bibliographic information
contained on the original and reconstructed
Search Results and
Patent Abstracts pages may differ.
- Requesting Additional Copies of the CD-ROM
Multiple copies of this CD-ROM may be requested at the time the
project is authorized. A nominal fee will be charged for the creation
of additional CD-ROM copies.
After the completion of the project, if copies of the results are
required the client will be charged for the following:
- 1 hour at the current rate - reconstruction of the project
- Cost of Patent Images associated with the project
- Shipping
It must also be noted that Express Search cannot guarantee the bibliographic information
contained on index.html page or the abstracts.html page will match the
original search. (see "Online Database Information")
- Search Results HTML Document
File: index.html
The "Search Results" web page contains links to the project report, the invoice,
and the references. All of the links in the body of this web page
connect to .pdf documents.
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- Report PDF Document
File: report.pdf
This is a .pdf version of your project report. It contains information about
the project specification, references sited, search criteria, and other project
details. This is the report that is faxed on completion of the project.
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- Abstracts HTML Document
File: abstracts.html
This page contains a list of patent abstracts relating to the
references. The links at the top of the page take you to the bibliographic
information for each of the patents.
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- Patent Files Folder
File: ./patents/
On most operating systems, this link will open a folder containing
the .pdf versions of the references. If this link does not open
a folder with the references, browse this CD and find the "patents"
folder.
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- Patent Services HTML Document
File: services.html
This is a list of the patent services offered by Express Search, Inc.
If you have any questions about our services or are interested in a
service not listed, please give us a call at (703) 535-5455.
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- Search Staff HTML Document
File: staff.html
This is a list of our search staff. All searchers are degreed professionals
and have been trained by Express Search in the field of patent research.
The search staff is comprised of employees and contractors.
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- Contact Us HTML Document
File: contact.html
A list of contact information for Express Search, Inc.
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- Help HTML Document
File: help.html
If you have questions not addressed by this page, please
give us a call at (703) 535-5455.
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