How Do I Search for a Letter String as a Suffix in a Trademark?

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Search for a Letter String as a Suffix in a Trademark?

TOPIC: You may want to uncover trademarks where a part or a whole word sound alike. In this case you can use the rotated index (TR=) but restrict the search to finding all whole words or suffixes that contain a particular string of letters. In this example you will look for marks where the mark is "mycin" or one that contains the suffix "mycin."

You can do this search in any trademark database; for this example you will use the U.S. trademark files: TRADEMARKSCAN—U.S. Federal (File 226) and TRADEMARKSCAN—U.S. State (File 246).

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 226,246
SELECT TR=MYCIN@?
TYPE S1/49/1-5
SELECT TR=MYCIN@S?
TYPE S2/49/1-5

HOW TO...

1. BEGIN all U.S. TRADEMARKSCAN databases (Files 226 and 246).

2. Using the rotated index (TR=), SELECT the word "mycin" followed by the @ sign and a question mark to retrieve the word only as a suffix or whole word.

3. TYPE a record from each database using Format 49 to see the trademark.

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4. SELECT "mycin" followed by the @ sign, the letter "S" and a question mark to retrieve marks that begin with the letter "S" and end with the suffix "mycin."

5. TYPE records using Format 49 to see the trademarks.

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