Validity Search
Often associated with patent litigation this search will attempt to discover “art” (either from patents or from non-patents) that was available in the public domain prior to the priority filing date of a patent of interest.
This type of search can also be conducted by organizations that are looking to invalidate a patented invention which is blocking them from conducting business.
Deliverables include a claim chart with mapping of our target patent claims with the identified prior art.
Patentability/Novelty Search
Conducted to support a legal opinion that the invention they are looking to patent is both novel and non-obvious to someone skilled in the art of that particular subject.
This type of search is very specific to the exact technology that is potentially going to be patented and will look to discover patent and non-patent references that speak to whether the invention is novel and non-obvious.
Our well structured search process ensures that we identify relevant prior art to ensure that your invention is new and non-obvious, or not. Deliverables include a word report with a visual summary of the search results for a quick review, and a detailed analysis of the relevant prior art in a table format which also includes relevant Figures
Freedom-to-Operate/Practice Search
An organization will typically conduct a search of this nature to support a legal opinion that a product does not infringe a valid, in-force patent held within the country where the organization is planning to conduct business
Our technical experts look out for issued patents or pending applications for a specific geographical region to ascertain that whether the given product, process or service are infringing existing patent(s) owned by others. Deliverables include an analysis table where in each independent claim of the identified patent is analyzed and interpreted with respect to your invention, product, process or service