Report:Surf-IP/System Features
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System Features
| Feature | Comments |
| Browser-based or Desktop interface: | Browser-based. Some browser types, such as Mozilla Firefox, are not supported. Internet Explorer is supported. |
| Data Coverage | |
| Patent data collections created by topic: | None |
| Contains data indexed by non-patent office classification schemes (e.g. Derwent Manual Codes): | No |
| Search Capabilities | |
| IPC code searching: | Yes |
| US Classification searching: | No |
| ECLA code searching: | No |
| Japanese F-terms or File Indexing: | No |
| Date-limited searching: | No |
| Section-specific Text Searching (e.g. a search in “claims only”?): | Yes, users can search title, abstract, claims, description, applicant, or inventor name. |
| Country/Collection-specific searching: | Yes, checkboxes allow the user to pick which collections to search. |
| Chemical Structure Draw/Search Tool: | No |
| Command line interface: | No |
| Web-Browser Search Form: | Yes, five different search forms are available. |
| Combining (stacking) Search Queries: | No |
| Viewing Results | |
| Uses a relevancy ranking when listing search results: | Yes |
| Advanced Keyword Highlighting (the ability to define terms to be highlighted when viewing full text results ): | No |
| Keyword In Context Display (generates excerpts containing searched-for terms for quick review): | No |
| Linear Reference Viewing (clicking “Next” takes you to the next patent in the hitlist): | Yes, takes you to the next section of results in the hitlist. |
| Saving Results | |
| Saving Results Sets: | No, a search must be re-run to get the results set. |
| Flagging Individual Results: | Yes, requires free registration; individual records may be bookmarked up to 30 records. |
| Saving Search Histories: (Automated/User command required/Not possible) |
Yes, requires free registration; up to 10 individual searches can be saved. |
| Analyzing Results | |
| Statistical Analysis: | No |
| Other (In-Program) Analysis Tools: | None |
| Import/Export/Document Delivery | |
| PDF document delivery: (Individual only/Batch/None) |
None, PDFs of actual patent documents are not available. |
| Data Export: | Yes, records may be exported via Excel, Word, CSV, txt or PDF; only records displayed on the screen will be exported. |
| Data Import: | No |
| Alerts | |
| Alerts: | Email alerts only. the user may set up a schedule to re-run a saved search at certain times, with the results emailed to the user. |
| Customer Support | |
| Online Help Guide: (Detailed/Cursory/None) |
Cursory |
| Web Seminars: | No |
| Live Help: | No, an email to support will typically receive a response within 24 hours. |
| Security | |
| Automatic Logoff: | Yes |
| Secure Connection Option: | No, a login is required to save and export, but it is not secure. |
| Pricing | |
| Pricing: (Free/Pay-per-use/Flat fee/Combination) |
Free service, features such as saving and exporting require free registration. |
