e-Search Plus offers basic and advanced search facilities to access OHIM's published information relating to Trade marks and Designs, as this information becomes available. Information is updated daily.
Basic Search
The basic search Search function offers a google style search of OHIM's
published information relating to Trade marks, Designs and their Applicants and
Representatives.
Enter the term you wish to search and click on Search. There is no need to use capital letter or accents. You may also search using numbers.
An overview of search results is displayed.
Viewing Search results
To view the results, click on 
to expand the section you wish to
see in greater detail: Trade marks, Designs, Owners or Representatives or click
anywhere in the appropriate blue box.
When many search results are returned, you may jump to a subsequent page or scroll through results pages using the navigation bar. The navigation bar is shown at the top right and bottom right of the Search results.
Navigating through Search results
Use the pulldown menu to view more or less results per page.
Use the arrows to scroll through subsequent results.
To print details, click on
To return to search results, click on
To start a new search, click on
Keeping preferred search criteria
Search preferences are “sticky” meaning that the same format will be shown next time you access e-Search Plus (unless you delete cookies).
Limiting Basic Search
You may limit the Basic Search to exclude certain information. If you wish to retrieve information on Trade marks and exclude information on Owners and Representatives and Designs that may contain the same keyword, uncheck those boxes leaving only the Trade marks box checked.
Remember also to uncheck the Everything box.
Use the Clear button to clear previous search terms and
search again 
Although the Basic Search function accesses the same information as Advanced Search, it only searches the following fields:
If the Trade marks check box is marked, the following fields are searched:
· Trade mark number
· Trade mark name
If the Designs check box is marked, the following fields are searched:
· Design number
· Verbal element
If the Owners check box is marked, the following fields are searched:
· Owner number
· Owner name
And if the Representative check box is marked, the following fields are searched:
· Representative number
· Representative name
· Representation organisation
The Basic Search does not return Daily Publications or Case Law related information.
If too many results are returned using the Basic Search, or you wish to search using specific criteria, use the Advanced Search.
To search the entire Trade marks, Designs, Representatives and Owners database, leave the search field empty and click on Search.
Advanced Search
Advanced Search is a customisable search engine. Users can enter more specific criteria, such as a filing date or a designer's name.
You can search specifically for Trade marks, Designs, Representatives, Owners, Daily Publications or Office Decisions (Case Law) by clicking on the appropriate tab.
Within each tab, the search function works in the same way.
Enter your search criteria and click on the Search button
Scroll down to
see results.
If you wish to reset the search fields, use the Clear button
Common search criteria include Trade Mark and Design names, numbers and type, Owner and Representative details or classifications and codes.
The following search options are shown by default (under the Trade mark tab):
You can narrow a search using AND if you want two or more criteria to be met.
Similarly, you can widen a search using OR.
Customise Advanced Search
If too many search criteria are shown, click
on 
to
remove criteria.
To add specific criteria, go to the Most used Criteria or Additional Criteria sections and simply click on the criteria. The criteria are added to the active search criteria in the upper section of the screen.
The same criteria can be added more than once to allow more specific searches.
The following example searches for information on all Trade marks that are protected under Nice classification 3 or under Nice classification 5 and have the International Registration status of accepted or renewed.
To search for information
on a Trade mark that is protected under Nice classification 3 and under
Nice classification 5, use the pull down menu to show AND
Keeping preferred search criteria
Search preferences are “sticky” meaning that the same format will be shown next time you access e-Search Plus (unless you delete cookies).
Trade marks
Click on the Trade marks tab.
Enter your search criteria and click on the Search button 
The most used search criteria are:
· Trade mark number
· Trade mark name
· Owner's reference
· Vienna codes (for Figurative, 3D or Colour Trade marks) can be consulted on www.wipo.int
· Owner number
· Owner name
· Representative's ID number
· Representative's name
· Nice Classification
· Goods and Services
· Trade mark type
The following additional search criteria are available:
(Click on any label to add it to the active search criteria)
· Trade mark basis, to limit search to Community trade marks only or International applications and International registrations.
· Trade mark status (CTM) please see Glossary of Statuses
· Trade mark status (IR)
· Acquired distinctiveness
· Filing date
· Registration date
· Expiry Date
· Publication date
· Published in CTM bulletin parts
A summary of the search results is shown:
Alternatively, click on the Trade mark you wish to see in further detail.
Full results are shown. Click on blue sections to expand information.
Two or more Vienna codes
There are two ways to search for a Trade mark which as two or more Vienna codes.
To search specifically for a Trade marks that have Vienna codes that begin with category 03 and division 01 AND category 11 and division 03, enter the shortened Vienna codes 03.01.* and 11.03.* in separate search fields.
To add the Vienna search field twice, click first on Most used Criteria, and then on Vienna codes.
If you put both Vienna codes in the same field, many results will be returned. The first ones shown will have Vienna codes 03.01* AND 11.03.*. Later results will feature only one or the other Vienna code.
Designs
The most used search criteria are:
· Design number
· Verbal element
· Locarno class number (with a link provided to consult numbers)
· Indication of the product
· Owner number
· Owner name
· Representative's ID number
· Representative's name
· Designer number
· Designer name
The following additional search criteria are available:
(Click on any label to add it to the active search criteria)
· Design status
· Filing date
· Publication date
· Expiry Date
· Priority date
· Priority country
Representatives 
Representatives – Advanced Search
Use this option to find a Representative when you know a specific detail, such as Representative's Name or ID Number.
Click on Advanced Search and select the Representatives tab
Enter your search criteria and click on the Search button
Scroll down to see results.
If you wish to reset the
search fields, use the Clear button
Search criteria can be:
· Representative's ID No
· Representative's name
· Representative organization
· Representative country
· Representative nationality
· Representative Type
The following search options are shown by default under the Representatives tab:
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You can narrow a search using AND if you want two or more criteria to be met. Similarly, you can widen a search using OR.
Representatives – Relationships
Representatives’ relationships can be traced. This may be useful to see which representatives share a Representative organisation.
The following example we shows a Representative linked to the organisation Cabinet Harle et Phelip.
Clicking on the Party ID number reveals other Representatives who are related to this entity:
Representatives – Customise Advanced Search
If too many search criteria are shown, click on to
remove that criteria.
For example, if you regularly search using Representative's ID No or Representative's name, you may wish to remove the other search criteria.
Note that in the following example, the pulldown has been changed to show OR.
To add specific criteria, scroll down to the Most used Criteria or Additional Criteria sections and simply click on the criteria you wish to include in the search. This criteria is added to the active search criteria in the upper section of the screen.
The same criteria can be added more than once to allow more specific searches.
The example below searches for Representatives from United Kingdom OR from France AND who are called Albright.
Note that the pulldown menu shows AND
The same search criteria field can be shown twice as in
the example below:
When the User clicks on the Search button, e-Search Plus will display the
details of all Representatives whose ID number contains 242 AND who are either
Lawyers OR Professional Representatives.
Click on the Representative's name to see further details, relationships or any associated Trade marks or Designs.
Owners – Advanced Search
Use this option to find an Owner when you know a specific detail, such as Owner name or number.
Click on Advanced Search and select the Owners tab
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Enter your search criteria and click on the Search button
Scroll down to see results.
If you wish to reset the
search fields, use the Clear button
Search criteria can be:
· Owner number
· Owner name
· Owner country
· Owner nationality
· Kind of Owner
All of these criteria are shown by default.
You can narrow a search using AND if you want two or more criteria to be met. Similarly, you can widen a search using OR.
Owners – customise Advanced Search
If too many search criteria are shown, click on to
remove the criteria.
For example, if you regularly search using Owner's ID No or Representative's name, you may wish to remove the other search criteria.
Note that in the following example, the pulldown has been changed to show OR.
To add specific criteria, scroll down to the Most used Criteria section
and simply click on the criteria you wish to include in the search. This criteria
is added to the active search criteria in the upper section of the screen.
The same criteria can be added more than once to allow more specific searches.
The example below searches for Owners from Sweden, Norway OR Finland whose name features the word “Pharma.”
Note the use of the pulldown menu AND / OR
Click on the Owner's name to see further details and any associated Trade marks or Designs.
Daily Publication (Bulletin) – Advanced Search
Users who have traditionally consulted Bulletins may now choose how to see entries in CTM or RCD Registers (applications, registrations, later entries such as amendments and transfers, renewals, etc.)
2. View Publication in Results Summary
3. View Publication within a specific Trade mark or Design
4. Download complete Bulletins
Search Publication by date
i. Click on the Trade marks or Designs tab
ii. Under Publication date, choose the date range you wish to search
iii. When searching Trade mark publications, you can specify in which section of the Bulletin you wish to search
iv. Click on Search
View Publication in Results Summary
Trade mark searches present a summary of the results found in the following format:
From this view, users can immediately access Publications (in the upper section).
View Publication within a specific Trade mark or Design
Publications are listed in each Trade mark and Design. Click on the Section (shown below) to see the entry. Entries that Trade marks that pre-date October 2003 are not available.
Download complete Bulletins
1. Under Advanced Search, Click on Daily Publication.
Bulletins may contain a significant amount of information and take a long time to download. If this is the case, save a copy of the document before opening it.
Download the Index to see an overview of:
◦ Owner / Mark / Filing number (Index I)
◦ Mark / Owner / Filing number (Index II)
◦ Nice classification / Filing number (Index III)
◦ Filing number - registration number / Part (Index IV)
Using the pulldown menus:
i. Select CTM or RCD
ii. Choose the year of the Bulletin or Index you wish to consult
iii. Select the Bulletin (ordered by date and issue number)
iv.
Click on the icon 
to download the chosen Index
v. Choose the Bulletin language
vi.
Click on the icon to download the chosen Bulletin
Case Law - Office Decisions
Trade mark related decisions such as Refusals, Opposition and Cancellation decisions and Board of Appeal decisions can be searched using the Office Decisions tab.
The Office Decisions tab also provides access to General Court and Court of Justice judgements relating to Trade marks.
Text Search
The text field searches inside PDF documents associated with Decisions
Customising Search
Many search options are available under this tab, which makes it highly recommendable to customise the Search Criteria used.
i.
Remove any Search Criteria that you do not use by clicking on the click
on to
remove criteria
ii. To add further criteria, hold the mouse over Most used Criteria, Refusals, Oppositions, Cancellations or Appeals to see which further Search Criteria are offered. Click to add the chosen criteria
iii. Choose whether you wish to search all kinds of Decision. If you want to exclude, for example, Oppositions and Cancellations, uncheck those boxes
iv. Enter Search term and click on Search
Oppositions
Users working specifically with Oppositions may choose to configure the Office Decisions screen as follows:
The same settings will be shown (unless you delete cookies).
Cancellations
Users working specifically with Cancellations may choose to configure the Office Decisions screen as follows:
Appeals
Users working specifically with Appeals may choose to configure the Office Decisions screen as follows:
General Court and Court of Justice decisions
Access is given to documents made available by other courts
A summary of the search results precedes the actual results (for Trade mark and Design searches):
The summary shows how many Trade marks or Designs meet the search criteria and also offers a further breakdown to show details.
The example highlights how many Trade marks have been Registered and how many Registrations have expired. Users can navigate directly to these Trade marks just by clicking. By clicking for example on Registered, that criteria is added to the active Search criteria.
Trade marks that meet the Search criteria are shown directly below the Summary:
Click on the name of the Trade mark or Design you wish to see in further detail.
Full results are shown.
Click on Expand all to show detailed information. Click on Collapse all to hide sections. Click on individual sections to Expand (reveal detailed information) or Collapse (hide detailed information).
Drag sections you frequently refer to to the top of the screen.
The same format is displayed when
you scroll to the next Trade mark
Display preferences are “sticky” meaning that the same format will be shown next time you access e-Search Plus (unless you delete cookies).
Search tips
View whole Dossier
Owners and Representatives can view their complete dossiers with ease.
1. From the Representatives or Owners tab, enter name or number
2. Click on Search
3. Click on link to Representative or Owner
All of that Owner’s or Representative’s Relationships, Trade marks and Designs are listed.
4. Click to expand the section you wish to consult
Wildcards
If the full name of the Trade mark is not known, wildcards can be used.
· The asterisk (*) is a wildcard that stands for any combination of letters.
· The question mark (?) substitutes any one character.
An Advanced Search for “kle*” under Trade mark name returns all the trade marks names contain a word which begins with kle, for example Kleen Peel and Calvin Klein.
An Advanced Search for “kle*” under Owner name returns a completely different set of results.
Searching for “*kle” under Trade mark name returns all the trade marks names which feature a word which ends in “kle.”
Searching for “*kle*” under Trade mark name returns all the trade marks names which feature this combination of letters anywhere in the word.
Using wildcards when searching Goods and Services will search in all languages and may return more results than are manageable.
Autofill
Autofill is activated on name and code fields to assist users
Quick scroll
When pulldown boxes contain long lists, as is the case with countries, begin typing the first letters of your chosen country. Available choices are presented in alphabetical order.
Exporting results
Search results can be exported as PDF 
or RSS 
Firefox plugin
e-Search Plus can be installed as a search engine and displayed to the right of the navigation toolbar to give users easy access to e-Search Plus' Basic Search function.
1. 
Click on Install Firefox plugin (top right-hand corner of e-Search Plus screen)
2.
 |
Click to Add this Search Engine
3.
The eSearch Plus engine is displayed To switch search engine, use the arrow next to the active search engine icon
and select from the other options.
