PATENTABILITY/NOVELTY SEARCH Overview At each step of innovation, a lot of ideas may seem to be unique and patentable. When a company spends large amount of time and money in research and development activities, it becomes essential to analyze the novelty and scope of inventions, prior to filing a patent. A Patentability search is the
VALIDITY/INVALIDITY SEARCH a. Overview An Invalidity Search is a prior art search done after a patent is granted. The purpose of an invalidity search is to find prior art that the patent examiner overlooked so that a patent can be declared invalid. Validity searches are also conducted to check the strength of a granted patent
FREEDOM TO OPERATE SEARCH Overview Before a product gets commercialized, a freedom to operate search is essential to ensure that the desired product can be safely launched in a specific market (countries or regions) without infringing or violating third party intellectual property rights within that particular jurisdiction. To establish an FTO, we first conduct a
NPL Searches Non-patent literature is required for almost all use cases in patent search and innovation intelligence – except for freedom-to-operate/clearance searches and those related to IPR&D analytics which exclusively focuses on patent landscapes. For all other use cases, non-patent literature is a must. Key search areas we cover include: top-cited journals, eBooks and conference
State of Art Search An effective state-of-the-art search is designed to give a broad picture, identifying general and background art for a particular technology. A state-of-the-art search often covers materials such as disclosures made in patents, scientific literature and review articles. An extension to the patentability search, this includes searching not only the published patents
Infringement Search Patent infringement searches conducted to make sure that nobody without your consent makes, uses, or sells your patented invention. Infringement analysis is conducted in order to determine whether a product or a process infringes upon an existing patent claim. In order to conduct an infringement analysis, firstly the scope of the claim should
Patent Portfolio Analysis Effective analysis and organization a company's patent portfolio helps to evaluate potential business opportunities and to identify the strength and weakness of your portfolio, based on a number of technical, legal and commercial parameters. The portfolio analysis is performed to identify the relevant strength of all patents within the portfolio and if
Competitive Intelligence and Technology Analysis Competitive Intelligence (CI) is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors, and any aspect of the environment needed to support executives and managers in strategic decision making for an organization.
Patent Landscape Analysis and Whitespace Analysis A comprehensive study of the patents in a technology field to help you understand the current and future trends in technology and explore lucrative business opportunities. Technology landscapes are an important asset in the technology development that summarize the IP activities of competitors, market overview and gaps (whitespace analysis)
Patent Landscape Analysis and Whitespace Analysis A comprehensive study of the patents in a technology field to help you understand the current and future trends in technology and explore lucrative business opportunities. Technology landscapes are an important asset in the technology development that summarize the IP activities of competitors, market overview and gaps (whitespace analysis)