Before you draft, file, defend, or license a patent, you need to know what’s already out there.
A Synoptic IP patentability search goes beyond confirming novelty — it delivers the prior art intelligence you need to define a scope of protection that is worth filing for and worth enforcing.
Learn moreWith Synoptic IP’s Patent Invalidity Search service, you get a comprehensive invalidity search and high-quality results mapping, run by patent engineers with domain expertise and more than six years of experience.
Learn moreA freedom-to-operate search — also called an FTO search or clearance search — establishes whether any in-force patent claim stands between your product and the market in a given country. Synoptic IP's FTO searches surface the patents you may need to license, invalidate or design around, and give you a claim-level record of why.
Learn moreOur Non-Patent Literature search finds the published material that matters at any stage of the product lifecycle.
Learn moreOur Design Patent Search concentrates on the visual aspect of an innovation, letting you find potential infringers or prior art.
Learn moreA Markush search starts as a chemical structure search and goes further — finding documents with extensive coverage of functional moieties.
Learn moreIdentify chemical structures cited in both patent and non-patent publications — drawn as complete structures, as variations in functional moieties, or as chains.
Learn moreOur Biological Sequence Search uncovers even the complex sequences buried deep in patent and non-patent literature.
Learn moreNew Application Scouting locates fresh application opportunities for technologies already owned by businesses and research institutions.
Learn moreOur technology specialists produce a comprehensive overview of any patent surfaced by portfolio analysis, an IP audit, IP or technology due diligence, or a specialised prior-art search.
Learn moreTechnology scouting as a form of technology forecasting — or, more broadly, as a component of business foresight.
Learn moreA patent landscape shows how a technology or sector is actually developing, by giving you an overview and analysis of the patent data behind it.
Learn moreInvalidity contention claim charts map each asserted claim element to the prior art, element by element, in the format courts and opposing counsel expect.
Learn moreA fast, focused assessment of the patent and non-patent material that could contest the validity of a subject patent’s claims.
Learn moreSearching only in English narrows your results and leaves relevant patents unfound.
Learn moreFor clients who want a search run against their own criteria rather than a predetermined template.
Learn moreVerified LinkedIn reviews and client correspondence from patent attorneys and in-house IP teams who come back to us project after project.
LinkedIn reviewI used Synoptic for a validity search and was pleased with the results. The rates were highly competitive, the deliverable was on time, and the results were as good as (if not better than) other searches I’ve used.
Erin J. FoxIntellectual Property Counsel · ITWPublic & verifiedAnkit did a very thorough and professional job on a claim chart assignment for us. He showed great perseverance when things got difficult and was able to get the job done. I would work with him again.
Eric BrownIP Consultant · Building Viable Licensing ProgramsPublic & verified
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Client emailThank you for your work on this matter. We were pleased with the search and will consider you for future searches.
Client emailWe were very pleased with the patentability and FTO report that you produced for us back in November 2024.
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