'Truncation' is a way of shortening the information that you type into the search fields,
so that you can conduct a search with search terms
that you do not know in full.
You do this by using 'wild-card' characters, ie characters that stand for none, one or more letters.
Using wild cards may, however, bring up a number of unwanted results.
Also, it is not the best solution if you want to search more quickly.
If you want to speed up your searches, you can narrow them down by using
Boolean operators and combining different search criteria.
Note the following rules:
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You can use truncations for the following fields only: Applicant, Inventor, Representative and Opponent.
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Only right-hand truncation is possible (smi*). No left-hand truncation is allowed (*mith will not work).
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Valid truncation characters are *, # and ?. The + symbol is not supported.
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* stands for zero or more characters, but at least three characters must be typed before it (for example smi*).
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