The office of the CGPDTM issued on notice on 27.02.2014, (http://www.ipindia.nic.in/iponew/publicNotice_InPASS_27February2015.pdf ) stating the availability of New Patent Search Facility with Full-Text Search Capability, Indian Patent Advanced Search System. In an effort to improvise the present system IPAIRS, the Indian Patent Office has launched a new search facility that allows full-text search to be conducted for patents as well as patent applications. Though IPAIRS allows a search conducted in all the Indian Patents and Patent Applications, the system however does not allow a user to perform a full-text search. The striking feature of the new search tool INPASS is that it supports wild-cards, truncation as well as Boolean operators in all fields thereby enabling the stakeholders to conduct an advanced search in the Indian Patent Database.
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