Why Patentability Search Reports are Important for Inventors, Scientists and Engineers ? Especially in this era when everything is available on the web/ internet? Why can’t they just rely on the web and journals which are freely available to everybody? These are some of the questions you (as scientist or engineer) might think about before[…]
A Patent Search Report or Patentabity Search Report is a search of already existing patents and other available documents (i.e. prior art). It makes sure that your invention is unique. It also assures that your invention does not infringe ‘existing’ patents. Let us first know what a ‘patent’ is. What is a patent? A patent[…]
The process to implement Patent Watching/Monitoring service at regular interval is the key to assure safety of your patents. It can be monitored from official journals, databases, online sites, etc. . Moreover, There are many reasons for firms to use patent watching search, such as to check competitors in the market, to prevent any patent[…]
Patent Landscape Reports have detailed analysis of patents in a given technical field that achieves one or more business objectives. In other words, a patent landscape search report is similar to state-of-the-art patent search that delivers results in a visual landscape or map. Benefits of Patent Landscape Reports Most technical domains have high competition. Patent[…]
Patent search is a complex process and needs a broader approach. Applicants have realized the importance of Non-patent literature resources along with patent database. Firstly, we outline some available patent search engine/database for patent search, such as: Google Patents (google.com/patents): This is good for beginners because it supports natural language queries, as we use with[…]
Should I conduct a search on my own? Should I go for Professional Patent Searches or to other patent search companies ? These are the questions you would be facing as an inventor or a business organization before you go for ‘patenting’ your invention. One of the major factors which actually initiates such questions is the[…]
An industrial design is also known as design patent or design registration. It represents the aesthetic aspect of an article. Industrial Design Patent Searches are considered as novelty searches (also, known as design patent search). Moreover, it focus on three-dimensional features i.e shape of an article & two-dimensional features like patterns, lines or color. The owner[…]
Patent information searches aids in patent filing and case of patent litigation. However, this traditional approach is changing. This information is now a major part of patent strategy, the credit goes to computerised databases. It contains the details of published patents along with the referred books. It also includes utility models, utility certificates, and inventor’s[…]
Most firms and inventors don’t know that there are different types of patent searches. All patent search types have different aims. To get the best result, it is essential to know about every search type. We will discuss more insights on all these searches. Related article: Proofreading essentials: “The essential eight” The Patent Search Types[…]
Prior art in terms of patent refers to evidence that shows a certain product or idea is already present. It is also known as competing art. Prior art search is going through the available database to check the novelty of one’s product/idea. Related article: Proofreading essentials: “The essential eight” Why perform a prior art analysis?[…]