FTO Search

Defining Search Strategy for FTO Search

The basic of any search consists of few important steps which bears utmost importance. Defining search strategy for FTO search can be composed through the below-mentioned steps. Identify all the aspects of the product that might conceivably have been patented. Identify all un-lapsed patents and patent applications potentially relevant to each identified aspect, in the desired[…]

Patentability Search

Basics of Conducting a Patentability Search

Do I need to patentability search? If you’re a person who has invented something, patenting it was you first thought. However, patenting an invention has become a multi-step process due to the massive amount of patent literature. You can patent an invention only if it’s novel, non-obvious, and useful. If your invention doesn’t fall under[…]

Patent Literature Search

5 Tips For Patent Literature Search

Before jumping to Patent Literature Search, let’s understand why it is needed. We all know that patenting an invention isn’t an easy task. You have to follow the USPTO guidelines when registering an invention in the United States. Moreover, you have to pay various fees like examination fee, maintenance fee, and so on. You clearly[…]

Invalidity Search

What is Invalidity Search?

A patent invalidity search is, basically, a search to validate a patent’s claims or to invalidate the claims of a competitor’s patent.  This search is one of the first and major steps to be taken when you are confronted with patent infringement. A Patent grant does not guarantee validity. That is so because there is[…]