Biohazard Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Hi gus, this is probably not the most appropriate place for this thread but I though I might get a few replies on here. My question is regarding searching the US Patents and Trademarks Office site. I am having real difficulty getting any successful search results. How did psw do it when he got loads of documents for his sustainer stuff? I've been searching for information on the hex pickup systems for guitars but also other stuff and I just can't get the search to give any good results. Anyone got any tips on how to search it? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Hi Bio...I'm back so for any one interested...go here Patent Search Screen and select quick search... in one term I put in hex and the other guitar...that is a search of hex AND guitar... you should end up with something like this... hex AND guitar you get 73 hits...I looked at a couple and picked out #45... Synthersizer Type Hex pickup guitar From this, the first part describes older patents referenced by this patent. This is to demonstrate that they have something new. You can use this to surf back to something more relavant.... Holland Patent Hang on...that looks like something I'm working on...hmmm Anyway you get the idea... The trick is to think laterally... They don't often use a term like hex Even guitar is a stringed musical instrument They will sometimes use the word pickup but often transducer is used Another way to look for stuff is to pick an inventor or a company that holds patents on known things and use that to launch from... Humbucker...Gibson Tremolo...Floyd Rose Ebow...Heet By clicking on the blue Referenced by field you get a search of patents since this one that have referenced it... "Referenced By" search something like this... Polyphonic pickup appears to relate to Gibsons new digital guitar just released... After a while of doing this you get to learn "Patent Speak" and pretty soon you'll make no sense at all and use a hundred different words for a pickup! Anyway, hope this is of some help...let me know psw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted July 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Thanks for that advice. It's really helped a great deal. When I was searching on my own before your advice, I didn't even find that first site with the quick search and advanced search options lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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