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Patents Cited by Examiner / Inventor

View a list of patents that were cited by the examiner or the inventor. The title of the patent family appears at the top of the page.

The names of up to three patent assignees and inventors appear below the patent title.

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Column Heading Descriptions

Citing Patent

This column displays the patent number of the patent that is in the citing patent family. Each citing patent is listed once in the column.

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Cited Patent

This column displays the patent numbers and an abbreviated title of the patents cited by the citing patent. If the cited patent is in Derwent Innovations Index, then a link will take you to the Full Record. For more information, see "About Cited Patents from the Same Patent Family" in the topic below.

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Category Code

This column displays a category code if available.

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Assignee

This column displays the names of up to three patent assignees and their codes for the cited patent.

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Inventor

This column displays the names of up to three inventors for the cited patent.

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About Cited Patents from the Same Patent Family

In some instances, you may find cited patents appearing under the Cited Patent column who are members of the same patent family. Each record may have a unique patent number or they may have the same patent number but a different status code. However, they share the same patent data, including the same abbreviated title.

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Output Records

Options to output records are available from the Results, Full Record, and Marked List pages.

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