4. Saving your search results

You must be a registered user with the website to be able to save your searches. To find out how to obtain a free account, see the document titled “Registered User Administration Guide”.

When you become a registered user of the website, you have the ability to save your queries for a period designated in your User Preferences. Saved searches (of up to 100 records each) can be re-accessed, modified and resubmitted at any time during this period.

To save a search from your results list, select the “Save Query” button.

A small window is activated. You can enter as much or as little reference information in the appropriate criteria for your records. All reference fields in this window are searchable by the user that saved them for the period specified in User Preferences.

• Search Number -A unique number automatically allocated to the search when the “Save Query” button is activated.
• IP Number -You can reference the search by a particular IP (intellectual property) number.
• Client Ref Description/Comment -Additional reference fields for your records 

To retrieve a search, select IPONZ Database / Saved Searches from the left hand menu and enter your criteria to retrieve your queries. Saved searches fitting that criteria will be listed in the manner shown below.

Searches are saved for a maximum of 90 days. You can specify the term in your individual User Preferences, which is accessible on the left hand menu bar after you have logged on.