international search report
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An international search report is an official document in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system that lists prior art relevant to a patent application’s claimed invention, helping assess its novelty and inventive step.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Preliminary Examination Report | 1 |
| international search report canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13225922 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: international search report Context triple: [International Searching Authority, relatedConcept, international search report]
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A.
International Searching Authority
The International Searching Authority is a national or regional patent office designated to conduct prior art searches and issue international search reports for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
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B.
International Preliminary Examining Authority
The International Preliminary Examining Authority is a designated patent office or organization that conducts optional, in-depth examinations of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to assess their potential patentability before national phase entry.
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C.
WIPO Center
WIPO Center is the World Intellectual Property Organization’s specialized institution that provides international arbitration, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution services for intellectual property and technology disputes.
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D.
International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property
The International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property was the administrative body of the Paris Union responsible for coordinating international cooperation and treaty implementation in the field of industrial property rights such as patents, trademarks, and industrial designs.
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E.
Interpol National Central Bureau in Japan
The Interpol National Central Bureau in Japan is the national liaison office that connects Japanese law enforcement with Interpol’s global police cooperation network for international crime investigations and information sharing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: international search report Target entity description: An international search report is an official document in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system that lists prior art relevant to a patent application’s claimed invention, helping assess its novelty and inventive step.
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A.
International Searching Authority
The International Searching Authority is a national or regional patent office designated to conduct prior art searches and issue international search reports for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
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B.
International Preliminary Examining Authority
The International Preliminary Examining Authority is a designated patent office or organization that conducts optional, in-depth examinations of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to assess their potential patentability before national phase entry.
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C.
WIPO Center
WIPO Center is the World Intellectual Property Organization’s specialized institution that provides international arbitration, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution services for intellectual property and technology disputes.
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D.
International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property
The International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property was the administrative body of the Paris Union responsible for coordinating international cooperation and treaty implementation in the field of industrial property rights such as patents, trademarks, and industrial designs.
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E.
Interpol National Central Bureau in Japan
The Interpol National Central Bureau in Japan is the national liaison office that connects Japanese law enforcement with Interpol’s global police cooperation network for international crime investigations and information sharing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PCT procedure document
ⓘ
patent law document ⓘ |
| abbreviatedAs | ISA report ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | ISR ⓘ |
| appliesTo | international patent application ⓘ |
| basedOn | international search of prior art ⓘ |
| formatSpecifiedBy |
PCT Administrative Instructions
ⓘ
linked to:
PCT
|
| governedBy |
PCT Article 18
ⓘ
linked to:
PCT
PCT Rule 43 ⓘ
linked to:
PCT
|
| hasLegalEffect |
informative for patentability assessment
ⓘ
non-binding on designated Offices ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
assist in assessing inventive step of claimed invention
ⓘ
assist in assessing novelty of claimed invention ⓘ identify relevant prior art for a PCT application ⓘ |
| hasSection |
documents considered to be relevant
ⓘ
fields searched ⓘ identification of application ⓘ search strategy or remarks ⓘ special categories of cited documents ⓘ |
| includes |
classification of prior art documents
ⓘ
indications of claims affected by each prior art document ⓘ indications of relevance of cited documents ⓘ search classification symbols ⓘ search fields covered ⓘ |
| issuedFor | PCT Chapter I procedure ⓘ |
| languageOf | language of the international application or a prescribed language ⓘ |
| lists |
non-patent literature prior art
ⓘ
patent prior art documents ⓘ |
| mayIndicate |
lack of inventive step
ⓘ
lack of novelty ⓘ relevant prior art for some but not all claims ⓘ |
| partOf | Patent Cooperation Treaty system ⓘ |
| preconditionFor | establishment of written opinion of ISA ⓘ |
| preparedBy | International Searching Authority ⓘ |
| publishedWith | international application publication ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
PCT Regulations
ⓘ
linked to:
PCT
Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
international preliminary examination report
ⓘ
supplementary international search report ⓘ |
| relatedTo | written opinion of the International Searching Authority ⓘ |
| sentTo |
International Bureau of WIPO
ⓘ
linked to:
World Intellectual Property Organization
designated Offices ⓘ international applicant ⓘ |
| timeLimit | normally established within 3 months from search request or 9 months from priority date ⓘ |
| usedBy | national and regional patent offices in national phase ⓘ |
| usedFor |
amending claims before international publication
ⓘ
deciding on further prosecution of the application ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: international search report Description of subject: An international search report is an official document in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system that lists prior art relevant to a patent application’s claimed invention, helping assess its novelty and inventive step.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.