<search function="patapp">

<COMMENT>Copied from pat.xml.  Remember, field names are CASE SENSITIVE, 
at least at the Patent Office site.</COMMENT>

  <name>Patent Application Search</name>
  <contributor>Gerald Gray</contributor>
  <description>Retrieve a (published) patent application from U.S. PTO using a Boolean search terms.<br/>
  <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Example:</div>
  <table class="helpboxDescTable">
    <tr><td>patapp implement</td></tr>
    <tr><td>patapp "sharp implement"</td></tr>
    <tr><td>patapp IN/Fred AND whistle</td></tr>
  </table>

  If more than one word is used, either quote all the words or put operators between them.
  </description>
  <category>Legal</category>

<link>http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html</link>
  <form name="appf" ACTION="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser" METHOD="GET">
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Query" VALUE="" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Sect1" VALUE="PTO2" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Sect2" VALUE="HITOFF" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="u"     VALUE="/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="r"     VALUE="0" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="p"     VALUE="1" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="f"     VALUE="S" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="l"     VALUE="50" />
        <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="d"     VALUE="PG01" />
  </form>
  
  <script><![CDATA[
    function patapp(q)
    {
      if( nullArgs("patapp", q) )
        return;

      document.appf.Query.value = q;
      submitForm(appf);
    }
  ]]></script>

  <copyright>
	Copyright (c) 2002 David Bau
	Mods copyright Philip Albert 2002
	copyright Gerald Gray 2002
	Distributed under the terms of the
	GNU Public License, Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt)
  </copyright>
</search>