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Trade-Marks Database Tutorial
Put the trade-marks database to work for your business!
Back to start Lesson 1: TM in Business Lesson 2: Search Basics Lesson 3: Refining Searches Lesson 4: Search Options Lesson 5: Logo Searches Lesson 6: Sample Searches

Lesson 4: Search Options

Further search options are available. In this lesson we will cover these options:

Searching by Trade-mark Types
Searching by Trade-mark Status
Searching by the Date of an Action
Limiting the Number of Records Returned


Searching by Trade-mark Types

To search by trade-mark type, choose from the "Select type of trade-mark" drop-down menu.

Select the trade-mark type by which you wish to search.

Listing of trade-mark types
The "Select type of trade-mark" section of the database Help file gives an explanation on each trade-mark type.


Searching by Trade-mark Status

To search by status, choose from the "Select status of trade-mark" drop-down menu.

Select the trade-mark status by which you wish to search.

Listing of trade-mark status
The "Trade-mark Status" section of the database Help file gives an explanation on the status of each trade-mark.


Searching by the Date of an Action

You can also search within a date range, optionally combined with an action of the trade-mark registration process.

Search by a date range
The "Actions" section of the database Help file gives an explanation of the actions and help on searching within date ranges.


Limiting the Number of Records Returned

You can limit the number of records returned and displayed per results screen.

Define the number of records returned

By limiting the number of records returned, you may not get a complete list of records if the number of records exceeds the set limit. For example, if you set a limit of 20 records, but your search request contains 50 records, you will not see 30 of the records that match your criteria.


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Last Modified: 2005-09-26

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