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Searching the Patent Assignee Field

Searches the Patent Assignee field within a record.

Enter one or more assignee names connected with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT). Enter complete assignee names or partial assignee names using wildcards (* $ ?).

Patent Assignee Search Examples

• Kraft General Foods finds patent records in which this company is the listed patent assignee.

• Kraft General Foods OR Buehler AG finds pPatent records in which either of these two companies are the listed patent assignee.

• General Foods finds patent records in which the patent assignee could be:

• Ajinomoto General Foods Inc.
• Kraft General Foods Inc.
• Kraft General Foods R&D Inc.
• General Foods Ltd.

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About Assignees

An assignee is an individual or corporate body to whom all or limited rights under a patent are legally transferred.

Search Tip

When searching for patent records, select the Patent document type.