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Prior-art search log (template)
- Purpose
- Record every search so a reviewer can repeat it and see what was and was not covered.
- Coverage
- Columns: date · database · query string / classification · filters · results count · documents opened · relevance note · next step.
- Access conditions
- Free
- Region
- Worldwide
- Review date
- 28 Oct 2026
- Link check
- Reachable when checked on 28 Oct 2026
- Tags
- template, search
Prior-art search log
| # | Date | Database | Query / classification | Filters | Hits | Opened | Relevant? | Note |
|---|------|----------|------------------------|---------|------|--------|-----------|------|
| 1 | | Espacenet | ti=(…) AND ab=(…) | | | | | |
| 2 | | Google Patents | CPC … | | | | | |
| 3 | | PATENTSCOPE | | | | | | |
| 4 | | Google Scholar | | | | | | |
| 5 | | Shodhganga | | | | | | |
| 6 | | Product search (IndiaMART / Amazon) | | | | | | |
Rules: record the exact query; note zero-result searches too; open at least the first 30 hits of a good query; save the document number, title, publication date and the passage that matters.