SEARCH REPORT
search report.Patents. A list of prior-art documents cited by the patent examiner during the
patent application’s preliminary examination. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in
restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages,
they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate. [Blacks Law 8th]