Viewing a patent summary
The Application, Task, Method, and Features sections provide a summarized version of the patent text. More or less information can be shown by selecting a different detail level.
To change the detail level of the summary
- To adjust the level of detail, click a detail-level mark on the Detail level slider above the summary. You can also click Less or More to adjust the setting incrementally.
The lowest detail setting represents the least amount of detail, as well as the least amount of information in the summary. The default setting for the slider is 4.
Translating a patent summary
If the Language Pack is installed, you can have the patent summary translated from English into the language that you specify. Patent summaries can be translated into English, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese from the original summaries.
To translate the summary
- From the Translate into list, select the language into which you want the document summary to be translated.
Saving or exporting a patent summary
To save or export the summary
- To save the summary, click Save Summary to My Data at the bottom of the summary window.
- To export the summary to a file on your hard disk, click Export Summary.