Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Basics of Patent- Learning series

Patent Search
Patent searches is carried out for any of the below reasons....
-Patentability analysis
-State of the art (Prior art) for invalidation
-Solution of technical issue
-Freedom to operate analysis
-Stimulate new invention
-To avoid reinventing the wheel
-Competitor patent analysis
-Worldwide technology trend analysis

Patent search is very useful and informative compared to non patent searches due to below mentioned reasons...
-Huge information (Millions of patents)
-Unique information (80% of the technological disclosure appears in patents only)
-Early publication (Within 18 months)
-Free technology (80% of patents are not in force)

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