The patent upload tool is designed to support uploading from spreadsheets and SPIF but will handle any kind of plain text too. You can simply paste a list of publication IDs (e.g. "US12345A1").

Among different formats of publications, it will recognise things such as:

• Full with kind code e.g. GB12345B1
• Full without kind code e.g. US12345
• With dashes e.g. US-7123456-B2
• Full with kind code repeated e.g. US7123456BB
• Full name postfix .e.g. 123456 United Kingdom
• Full name prefix e.g. Japan,6298188A
• Full with additional detail e.g. U.S. Patent No. 7,654,322 B
• Cipher Family ID: C0xxxxx

Examples of supported publication number formats:
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One per line:

US12345

US82828A1

GB12345

When pasting patent numbers to the upload window shown above, please be sure check if there is one patent number on each line (as above) or multiple. If there are multiple, un-tick the option 'One patent per line' before selecting to 'upload' the patents:

Examples of supported publication number formats (Continued):

Lines and spaces:

US12345 EP1548740A2

GB12345
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Simple comma separated on one line:

US12345,US82828A1,GB12345
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Also, where the country code is separate from the number. E.g.:

FR,1234

WO 2015/025152

US-2013-0151708

JP,82828

These will also work:

JP 82828

U.S. Patent No. 7,654,322 B

What if country codes are missing from the publication numbers?

If you know all your publication numbers are from a single geography and are separated from their country codes, you can use the 'prefix the patents with a country code' check box to select which prefix to add to all the publication numbers pasted in the text box.

Missing Publications

If there are missing publications you may want to check if any seem incorrect. This could indicate bad data, or it is possible that very new patents will not yet be in Cipher.

Excel or CSV Upload

Excel Spreadsheets or CSVs of publication numbers written as mentioned above can be added to the report using the 'Upload Excel or CSV button'

Upload SPIF

Cipher supports patent uploads in the SPIF format. Select 'Upload SPIF' from the Patent Upload tab as shown below

To learn more about SPIF read our article on SPIF Export Reports or visit the official website

If you have any queries relating to the patent upload section of Cipher, please contact the support team.