10 most common pitfalls of patent research > 2. Using a patent’s original title
When it comes to patents, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Some patent titles are a single word. For example, the title for US 9,890,351B2 is “Encapsulates.” Most patent researchers use patent titles when making a first pass of their search results.
However, when you’re scanning dozens of patents it can be easy to overlook relevant patents with short, non-descriptive titles. Alternatively, you would need to read each document to determine if it’s related to your search, which is too tedious and time-consuming.
Editorially enhanced titles help you to identify relevant documents that you might otherwise miss. For example, compare the title mentioned previously in this section, "Encapsulates," with the DWPI title for the same document:
"Encapsulate useful in e.g. personal care composition such as baby care composition comprises shell comprising polymer and core e.g. perfume where the shell encapsulates the core and comprises electromagnetic radiation sensitive moiety."
DWPI enhanced titles are written by patent editors with subject matter expertise to help you understand what the patent covers.
This helps you to determine what publications are relevant without having to review every document.