prior-art-archive / uspto-query-parser

An npm package to parse a USPTO query into a structured object
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Allow proximity clauses to join any search clause #13

Closed slifty closed 5 years ago

slifty commented 5 years ago

The original grammar incorrectly required the terms it connected to be "atomic terms" (e.g. single words, literals (in quotes), and numbers).

Based on this test string...

(increase$3 or decreas$3 or adjust$3 or chang$3 or adapt$3) near2 (timeout or timer)

it looks like proximity clauses should be able to combine any kind of search string (e.g. wildcard clauses, boost clauses, compound clauses, etc).