🕵️‍♂️ Validity / Invalidity Search Services

Protect or Challenge Patents with Confidence

At IIPT Solutions, we offer professional Validity and Invalidity Search services to help clients either defend the strength of their patents or challenge the enforceability of others’ patents. These searches are essential in litigation, licensing negotiations, patent opposition, and due diligence processes.

✅ What is a Validity/Invalidity Search?

A Validity Search is conducted to confirm the strength of a granted patent by identifying prior art references that support the patent’s claims.

An Invalidity Search, on the other hand, seeks to find prior art that can potentially invalidate one or more claims of a granted patent by showing the invention was not novel or was obvious at the time of filing.

🧾 When Do You Need It?

• During patent litigation to support infringement defense or enforcement
• For licensing or acquisition to evaluate the asset’s legal strength
• While filing for post-grant opposition or re-examination
• To ensure freedom-to-operate (FTO) before product launch
• In due diligence before investing in or purchasing patents

📋 Our Deliverables

🔍 Detailed claim analysis – Element-by-element breakdown of patent claims
📂 Prior art search report – Relevant patents, applications, NPL (non-patent literature)
📑 Claim charts – Mapping of prior art references against the patent’s claims
📌 Legal insights – Whether references qualify under §§102 (novelty) or 103 (obviousness)
🧠 Technical expert opinion – Assessment by subject-matter specialists

📚 Sources We Search

We use comprehensive and global sources to ensure nothing is missed:

• Patent Databases: USPTO, EPO, WIPO, Google Patents, Patentscope
• Non-Patent Literature (NPL): IEEE, Springer, PubMed, arXiv, product manuals, whitepapers
• Archived web content: Wayback Machine, product announcements, datasheets

⚖️ Legal Framework Followed

Our search and reporting follow the standards of:

• 35 U.S.C. §102 / §103 (U.S. patent law)
• EPC Articles 54 & 56 (European law for novelty and inventive step)
• Relevant case law and PTO examination guidelines

🛡️ Why Choose IIPT Solutions?

• 🧠 Tech + Legal Expertise: Engineers, patent agents, and legal experts collaborate
• 🔍 Granular Analysis: Precise claim mapping and high-quality prior art discovery
• 🕒 Quick Turnaround: Reports delivered within 10–15 business days
• 🌐 Worldwide Coverage: Global prior art search, including multilingual databases

📨 Ready to validate or challenge a patent?
Reach us at 📧 mail@iiptsolutions.in