Latest IP News and Updates
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When does an Invalidity Search or Opposition Search required?
- March 24, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Patent Search Service
No CommentsIn this digital age with digitization of old records we have access to the relevant information which was unreachable before. These new databases contain foreign records as well. Hence there is always a possibility that an examiner might have overlooked a prior art. The invalidity search might help you:
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Synoptic IP’s Approach to conducting Novelty Search.
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Prior Art Search, Search Methodology
Synoptic IP’s team of expert engineers and analysts have delivered actionable insights and reports to the clients from all over the world. Here is a glimpse into the search methodology that is used by our experts to perform the Novelty Search:
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Necessary Information required for conducting a Novelty Search.
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Prior Art Search
The analyst conducting the novelty search will require a detailed disclosure of the invention. Additional information such as drawings and figures are also useful to get a clear understanding of the invention.
An inventor must provide answers to the following questions describe the invention:
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What Can Be Patented?
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Prior Art Search
The patentable subject matter defined in 35 U.S.C. 101 as any “process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter. A patent can be granted if it discloses a new product or process, that has an inventive step, and do not seem obvious to a person having ordinary skills in the art (in particular technical field) and has industrial applicability or utility.
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Novelty Search and Patentable Subject Matter!
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Prior Art Search
A Novelty search, sometime interchangeably used with patentability search, is a type of prior art search which includes patent and non-patent literature search conducted to determine whether the invention is novel, or not. A patent can be obtained on an invention if it necessarily meets the following three conditions:
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Invalidity Search: Everything You Need to Know
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Prior Art Search
The process of drafting, filing and negotiating with a Patent office in order to obtain patent protection and rights for an invention is known as Patent prosecution. It involves reasoning for the patentability of your invention based on technical and legal grounds specified by USPTO under 35 US Code. This starts with filing an application at the patent office of a country where you wish to hold the protection for your invention.