Moreover, any such search would be incomplete, because it cannot reveal applications that are not yet published (18 months from filing in most cases), let alone those that have not yet been filed.

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"Video search is difficult, " he says, explaining that most video search looks for descriptive text in tags attached to the video, which can be incomplete or misleading.

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