US Patent Search - United States Patent Search Online
Patent searches are not mandatory for an application for a patent to be made. However, searches may be useful prior to the application to determine the existence of similar inventions, and to assist in the drafting of the claims to make it specific for the invention and to avoid the prior art.
Inventions will yield benefits to the inventor only if they are adequately protected from being duplicated. Patent is the legal step by which an inventor can secure his inventions. But prior to applying for such patent it is essential to determine as to whether the invention is patentable or not. One of the conditions for any invention to be patentable is novelty. By novelty it is meant that such an invention must not be something with regard to which information is already available in public domain. In order to determine this crucial aspect, you need to conduct a search to determine that you invention is new and not what is already available in public domain. This search is known as patent search and helps the inventor to finalize that the invention is not patented already. In this search prior patents and information available in public domain are scrutinized further to ensure that there exists no patent with regard to your invention. As many resources are utilized to obtain a patent, it is better if a thorough patent search is conducted prior to submitting the patent application. To ensure that the search is thorough it is better that you employ the services of a patent attorney. Our team of patent attorney's are experienced in conducting patent searches from different patent databases all over the world as per your requirements.
PARTIES INVOLVED
1 - Inventor, desiring to know if his invention is novel
2 - Companies desiring to produce a product but not intending to infringe another patent
3 - Companies defending themselves in a suit for infringement can check the validity of the other party's patent
4 - Researcher, wanting to collect information about the most recent patents for his research
SERVICES
Biz and Legis offers the following services in relation to Patent Search :
1 - Bibliographic Search – This type of search is useful if the searcher already has information about the patent's number or inventor's name. Our search will enable you to know what patents a particular inventor has to his credit.
2 - State of Art Search - This search is conducted by us to let you know the up to date development of a prior art in a particular technological domain
3 - Prior Art Search/ Novelty/ Patentability Assessment – Our Patentability Assessment ensures that the patent will not be rejected because of non-fulfillment of patentability criteria, i.e. Novelty, Non- obviousness, Utility and Non-exclusion by law.
4 - Validity/ Invalidation Search – When you have been threatened or sued for infringement of a patent or your competitor has been granted a patent which disallows you from using that technology, you can avail of this invalidation search. Our search will help to invalidate an in-force patent by showing that the patent should never have been granted. It also saves you from paying any royalty and can be used to negotiate the licensing fee against the in-force patent
5 - Freedom to Operate Search – Freedom to Operate in the context of patent is used to mean whether commercialization of a particular product can be done without infringing the intellectual property rights in a particular jurisdiction. Our freedom to operate search would uncover and review the claims of any patents that your business could be in danger of infringing upon.
6 - Claim Analysis – Claims are the most important part of patent specification. They are generally technical in nature and hence, difficult to understand. In Claim analysis we will provide a comprehensive analysis of the patent claims in simple words and thus, make it easy for you to comprehend.
7 - Equivalent Patent Search/ Family Member Search - When one patent application results in several patents in different countries, all of the patents and applications associated with the original patent application is called the patent family. In Equivalent patent Search, we find out the family members of a specific patent document.
8 - Market-wise Patents Trends Survey – With the help of this survey, we will be able to provide you with a macro view of patent protection available to a product/ process in selected markets.
9 - Technology Trend Analysis – This type of analysis will track down all the patents related to a selected area of technology over a period of time. These patents will then be arranged in a chronological order so that it enables you to identify the technological development trends in that field.
10 - Competitor Intelligence – Herein, highly customized searches will be made by us of your close competitors. Such searches will enable you to get a glimpse of your competitor's future policies, the direction of their R and D, etc. and thus, help you in planning your long-term goals.
EXPERTISE
Patents are generally concerned with functional and technical aspects of products and processes and thus, are a complex subject to deal with. Accordingly, it would be prudent to deal with this subject in consultation with a Patent Attorney.
The Patent Attorneys at Biz and Legis are well versed with patent laws of various countries like US, UK and EU They are also well-positioned to advise you in patent related matters because of their relevant industry experience in this technical domain. This ensures in-depth technical understanding of the subject matter at hand. Further, we also have expertise in performing searches on multiple databases and after combining their results can thereby assure to provide you with comprehensive results. We provide you with fast and efficient service at a very reasonable cost.
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