Design Patent Search
The Design Patent Search service from Synoptic IP concentrates on the visual aspect of an innovation and allows you to find potential infringers or prior arts. We locate pertinent design classifications and term sets and makes use of them to create a search plan that thoroughly examines all the designs in a certain technical domain.
Who could benefit from it?
- Innovative businesses that are looking for outstanding designs
- Businesses that are creating or releasing new products
- Infringing parties that are preparing to contest the legality of a design
- Companies looking to identify prior art that a newly released product design has infringed
- Industries including electronics devices, automobiles, clothing, jewellery, and packaging are just a few examples.
Why Synoptic IP?
- We provide searching based on classes and keywords.
- Our results are classified according to their relevance, such as Identical, Nearly Identical, and Related designs
- We provide a Final report with opinions on designs that facilitate its use
FAQs
You can conduct a free design patent search on the websites of the European Patent Office (EPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and Google Patents.
The cost of a design patent search by a patent search firm might range from USD 150 to USD 2,000.
The technique of finding current design patents that are in the public domain through patent databases is known as “design patent search.” Companies can carry out these searches internally or with the assistance of outside vendors.
Searches for design patents are important because it helps in:
- determining the design’s uniqueness and securing design patent protection in the respective jurisdiction.
- revealing the competitors’ objective of obtaining design patent protection.
- reducing the chances of copying the designs of another entity.
Before submitting an application to the respective patent office, any business or inventor seeking a design patent must conduct thorough design patent searches. These searches are significant for businesses that sell products, as shoppers place a high value on a product’s aesthetic appeal. For example, ornamental designs on jewellery, cars, furniture, watches, smart phones, consumer goods, and household appliances.
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