Patent Search
Patent is a license or permit authorized by the government conferring a legal right for a period of time. The main right is the sole ownership of the product and excluding others from making, using, selling or importing the patented product without the consent of the owner.
A patent is granted to an invention if it meets the following criteria:
Therefore, an invention that can be manufactured, used and reproduced is granted patentability.
In regard to Patent Search following documents are need
There are few strategies or steps by which a patent search is carried out.
This patentability search or novelty search is carried out to find out 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 step of search is useful in providing clarity on whether the invention is new or simply an inventive step to an old 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 technology of invention and its purpose. The search is conducted on the databases relevant to or running parallel to the technology under scrutiny. Prior art search helps in identifying the resemblance in the current technology used and the technology used in prior art. It will also help the applicant in identifying the research and development areas, prospective problems that may arise, and possible solutions to these problems.
This search is also known as Right to Use search. Any company ready to initiate or launch its invention carries out the FTO. It does FTO search to validate if the company is not violating any intellectual property rights of others for its own benefit of commerce.
FTO is a comprehensive search method where even the inactive patents as well as the 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 in order to determine the novelty of the patented invention at the time of patent application filing.
As the name suggests, patent landscaping helps to get an overview of the invention with regards to its technology, its field of work, competitors, latest trends and research and development in the industry.
It helps to identify the necessity, strength and weakness, strategies, etc., of the technology used, the positioning of the applicant along its competitors in its domain, and different portfolios of existing patents.
We, at Registrationwala provide end to end solutions for Patent Search. Our services include:
· Collection of information and starting the process
· Starting the search process
· Consulting with patent experts for filtering the search
· Providing you the results
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Contact us if you want to search the patentability of your invention.