Please log in to your account, go to Dashboard, Comprehensive Search, click the Order page, and switch to the “Designs” tab:
Currency: choose the necessary one, and make sure to do it before processing the order form.
Copy last order: copy the full search criteria of your last Designs search and adjust it, if needed.
Clear form: clear the entire form in just one click.
Follow the next steps in order to configure your search criteria:
Upload an industrial design: choose the industrial design you intend to use/ register and upload it into the Order form. You can either click the “Select an image” button or click on the empty Logo box.
Select databases: click the pop-up window to see the full list of available databases. You can choose between “Packs” and single sources at “Designs”. Tick the databases and click “Apply”:
Please note that you can create a pre-selected combination of sources with a Custom packs option. For that, tick the necessary databases, enter a name and click “Save Custom Pack”. After that, it will be always available in the “Custom packs” tab where you can Use/Delete them and/or set them as a Default:
If you have the default pack configured, you can load quickly it by ticking the “Use custom default” checkbox:
Select Locarno Classes: choose among three types of classifications: WIPO, Canada, or Japan national. To see more details on any of these, click the link to access the official source.
Tick the necessary classes and click “Add”. You can use the “Remove” or “Remove all” buttons to erase the unnecessary selections.
Please note that you can also use the search string at the top of this menu, to identify correct classes based on the entered keyword. Type in the relevant term and click the “Search” button to see if it’s represented in any available classification
Finally, choose the mode: “Match ANY class” or “Match ALL classes” and click “Update”
Description/Title: this is an optional input that will produce an additional result set for countries that use descriptions. These results will be displayed in a separate tab. Mode “ANY” by default will catch any of the entered terms. Mode “AND” will catch results where all mentioned terms are presented.
Reference: enter your client name, reference number, or anything you want to show in the search reports list and invoice/statement. This field can be made mandatory upon request. Also, it can be modified afterward when the report is ready (in Comprehensive Reports/ Reports section):
Comments: enter any text you want to have in your online report. It will not be shown in the custom reports.
Once all the requested information is entered into the Designs Order form, click “Put in cart”
At the Checkout, it is required to fill in your billing information on the right. After that, you can proceed with using one of the following payment methods:
a) If you prefer to be billed monthly and you already have a Master code, please put it to the Promotion box and click on “Activate” to the right:
To request a Master code, you can tick the Invoice checkbox and click on Purchase. This way you will receive the code as soon as possible (within 1 business day).
Note: if you are eligible for a free trial for Algorithm-driven reports, you get a Master code in a free mode that you can utilize at the Promotion code box by clicking the “Activate” button - the report is generated free of charge in that case.
b) You can pay with your Credit card or Paypal. Tick the necessary checkbox, click on Purchase, and complete the payment:
The above-described actions trigger the report generating process. Your ready report will be available at Comprehensive reports/ Reports.