Highlight Keywords in Your Results

After running a search, add a keyword to highlight results. You probably have one or two critical keywords in mind that would signal a great result. Start with those.

In the keyword panel on the left, type a term and press Enter (or Comma or Tab). The keyword appears as a colored pill.

The term is highlighted everywhere it appears in your results — titles, abstracts, descriptions, and claims. A match count next to each result shows how many times the exact term appears in that patent.

Note: Amplified uses automatic stemming, so searching for "fold" will also find "folding," "folded," and "foldable" in your results. The match count reflects exact matches only, but stemmed variants are included in highlighting and filtering.

Turn on Relevant Text

Check the Relevant Text checkbox at the top of the results to automatically pull out the sections of each patent where your keyword appears.

This is the fastest way to scan many patents without opening each one. You can see at a glance whether a patent is discussing your keyword in a relevant context. This will help you decide which keywords will be useful as filters.

Add more keywords

Each keyword group gets its own color. Add a second keyword on a new line to see both terms highlighted simultaneously in different colors.

Tip: Start with just one or two highly specific keywords. You'll iterate faster than if you try to add many terms at once. Think: what word would immediately signal a relevant document?

Save relevant patents as you go

As you scan results with keywords highlighted, use the green checkmark to mark any relevant patent. Then click Update Results — Amplified learns from your selections and re-ranks to find more like them.

This is just highlighting — not filtering

By default, keywords only highlight your results. They don't remove anything. All your results are still there, just with visual markers showing where your terms appear.

When you're ready to narrow your results to only patents containing your keywords, switch to filtering.

→ Filter results by keyword — narrow your result set to patents that contain specific terms

→ Get AI synonym suggestions for your keywords — let AI suggest related terms you might be missing

→ Going deeper: Advanced keyword techniques — wildcards, proximity operators, and phrase search