Designed for the occasional user, the Express subscription offers a simplified user interface in a single platform. It is meant to reduce the searcher's learning curve, so users can quickly take advantage of the available features and functionality. Multiple content sets are possible, including patents, scientific literature and business information. Users also have access to easy document delivery and basic export and chart options.

An Express subscription includes:

• Search by Keyword, Author/Inventor, Assignee/Applicant, Date, Patent Number and Classification Only; no advanced query builder
• Pre-defined result set filters
• Pre-defined exports limited to 1,000 records
• Pre-defined and administrator-defined charts only
• Pre-defined alerting formats
• Fixed record view formats
• Search term highlighting

Common Express-level activities include:

• Basic/preliminary prior art searches
• Look-up of relevant patent, scientific literature or news information to understand the state of the art in a specific technology area
• Download of full-text documents where the exact patent is already known