Patent invalidity search is also known as patent invalidation or opposition study. This study is conducted to plainly distinguish between valid patent and non-patent documents. This study helps in either validating the claims stated in a patent or invalidating the claims mentioned in the competitor’s patent. Moreover, this study also helps in examining the non-obviousness[…]
Patent invalidity searches or patent validity searches are similar to one another. The only fact is that the end results are different. The end results of such patent searches are either valid or invalid patent claims. Also, the results depend much on the intention to enforce the validity of a patent or oppose the validity[…]
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[…]