Every Patent applicant must conduct a Patent Search before applying for Patent Registration with the IPR Authority. Patent Search is pertinent to check whether a similar or exact invention or design has been filed or registered with the Authority. It will significantly reduce the chances of your application rejection by the Examiner. To avail of Patent Search services, connect with the Patent & Copyright Experts at Registrationwala.
Patent is a license or a permit authorized by the government conferring a legal right for a period of time. The primary right is the sole ownership of the product and excluding others from making, using, selling or importing the patented product without the owner's consent.
Patent Search clarifies the imitation or infringement of the invention, product or service under the patentability process.
It determines the novelty of the product to be patented.
A patent search procedure estimates the scope of patent protection you will be granted by the Patent Office.
Patent Search strengthens the invention against issues of proof or validity from other applicants or patentees.
A Patent Search is not only applicable to the active patents but also searches for resembles or copies in the expired or inactive patents database.
It helps avoid unnecessary expenses in the field of innovation before investing.
A patent is granted to an invention if it meets the following criteria:
The invention has to be new and cannot be a part of the prior state of work, implying that it must not have been published, presented or revealed publicly.
This feature of the invention involves the advancement of the existing knowledge or state or work that is strikingly evident to any person.
An invention must be applied to or applied in an industrial process.
Therefore, an invention that can be manufactured, used and reproduced is granted patentability.
In regard to Patent Search, there are no such requirements for the documentation for Patent Search filing. You can connect with the IPR experts at the Regiastrationwala.
There are a few strategies or steps by which a patent search is carried out.
This patentability or novelty search is carried out to determine if the invention or product in question meets the novelty factor. In this case, it is necessary that all features of claims must be described in a single document. This search step helps clarify whether the invention is new or an inventive step in an ageing process. It'll help distinguish the merits of the invention from its counterparts and, most importantly, if the invention is ready to be filed for Patent.
This search is mainly conducted to identify the invention technology and its purpose. The search is conducted on the databases relevant to or running parallel to the technology under scrutiny. Prior art search helps identify the resemblance between the current technology used and the technology used in the prior art. It will also help the applicant identify the research and development areas, future problems that may arise, and possible solutions to these problems.
This search is also known as the Right to Use search. Any company ready to initiate or launch its invention carries out the FTO. It does an FTO search to validate if the company is not violating any intellectual property rights of others for its benefit of commerce.
FTO is a comprehensive search method where even the inactive and active patents are considered along with the pending and unexpired patents.
The validity or invalidity searches are two identical searches, except that the results vary. These searches are carried out after the grant of the Patent to determine the novelty of the patented invention at the time of patent application filing.
As the name suggests, patent landscaping helps get an overview of the invention with regard to its technology, field of work, competitors, latest trends and research and development in the industry.
It helps to identify the necessity, strengths and weakness, strategies, etc., of the technology used, the positioning of the applicant along with its competitors in its domain, and different portfolios of existing patents.
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