What does the Score mean on the patent search results page?
The score represents the frequency and location of your search word(s), relevant to the size of a particular patent document. For example, if you search “igloo” and it is found only once in a thousand-page patent, that patent will have a much lower score than a hundred-page patent also containing just one reference to “igloo”. Similarly, a single-page patent with 10 references to “igloo” will have a higher score than a single-page patent with only one reference.
