Patent Searching

Patent Searching Strategies for Inventors

First step to filing a patent is to conduct a patentability search in order to ensure the novelty of the invention. Patentability search involve different patent searching strategies depending on the type of invention and technical field. Knowledge of these strategies helps to conduct a more comprehensive search. Some of the most commonly used Patent[…]

Patent Searching

Patent Searching Resources in Broad & Narrow Search

At the beginning of a patent search, one is often puzzled with how to start with the search. Relevent patent searching resources are essential for a better result. The findings of the broader research can help with developing better sense of the technology and further helps to build stronger background knowledge. This information helps to[…]

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[…]