Conducting a Preliminary Screening Trademark Search

Searching the Text of a Trademark

Using the Rotated Index

Terms that appear in a trademark as a whole word, a prefix, a mid-word string (embedded in another word), or as a suffix are all retrieved when using the Rotated Index.

Entering: ss tr=fluff?
Retrieves:
• whole word	SUPER FLUFF
	NO-FLUFF
• prefix	FLUFF-OUT
	FLUFFY
	FLUFFYWEAR
• suffix	FOAMFLUFF Tip 2-1
• mid-word string	BESTOMATIC-FLUFFSEPARATOR Tip 2-2

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2-2

Search Tip 2-1

To retrieve terms appearing only as suffixes use the following syntax:

SS TR=<term>@?

Entering:

ss tr=fluff@?

Retrieves:

FYPERFLUFF
POLY-FLUFF

Search Tip 2-2:

Multiple terms can be searched using the following syntax:

SS TR=<term1>? AND TR=<term2>?
or
SS TR=(<term1>? AND <term2>)?

Entering:

ss tr=(fluff? and soft?)
ss tr=fluff? and tr=soft?

Retrieves:

SOFT /N FLUFFY FRUITIES
FLUFF-SOFT

Learn More #2:

A simple keyword, or "Basic Index" search, unlike a Rotated Index search, will only retrieve the search terms as whole words or prefixes. The following would be retrieved:

Entering:

ss fluff?

Retrieves:

SUPER FLUFF
NO-FLUFF
FLUFF-OUT
FLUFFY
FLUFFYWEAR

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