Using the search history with IPEXL.com

1. IPEXL Tutorial
Using the History Tool
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2. Contents
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This tutorial illustrates how to use the ‘History’ tool with
IPEXL to view and manage your search history.
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3. Feature List
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The IPEXL ‘History’ tool has the following features:
View History
Adjust number history items shown
Order by Query
Order by Date
Execute Query
Filter by Query type
Save Query
Delete Query
Delete All Query History
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1. Access IPEXL Tools
To access IPEXL tools, click on the ‘Tools’ link at the top of the page in the IPEXL menu.
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2. History Page
You will then be shown a history page that looks something like the above screen capture
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3. Adjust number of history items shown
You may show up to 200 history items on the page at one time by entering the number of items you wish
to view, followed by the enter/return key.
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4. Order by Query
You may list your history items in ascending or descending order by clicking on the ‘Query’ heading. To
change the direction of ordering, click the ‘Query’ heading again.
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5. Order by Date
You may list your history items by the date and time that they were executed by either ascending or
descending order by clicking on the ‘Last Accessed’ heading. To change the direction of ordering, click
the ‘Last Accessed’ heading again.
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6. Execute Query
You may execute the query, again, by clicking on any of the query items.
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7. Filter by Query Type
You may filter the history to view any of the query types you wish to see by clicking on the type.
In the above example, we are looking at history of type ‘Patent Search.’
To return to the full history, click on the ‘Full History’ link near the top left corner of the page.
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8. Save Query
You may save the history item permanently by clicking on the ‘save query’ icon under the ‘action’
column. Clicking on the ‘save query’ icon will take you to the ‘save query’ page.
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9. Delete Query
You may delete the history item by clicking on the ‘delete query’ icon under the ‘action’ column.
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10. Delete All Query History
To delete all query history, click the ‘Clear History’ link at the bottom left corner of the page.
The system will prompt the user if they are really sure about confirming the deletion.
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