Patent Invalidity Search
With the help of Synoptic IP’s highly recommended Patent Invalidity Search service, you can be assured of a comprehensive search and high-quality results mapping conducted by patent engineers with domain expertise and more than 6 years of experience. In addition to conducting an exhaustive keyword/classification and citation-based search on top patent databases, we also conduct AI-based semantic searching to make sure nothing is left untouched.
Our search report gives a crisp, detailed, and thorough overview of each prior art by supporting the mapping with comments and a summary to help you with the correct interpretation.
Why Synoptic IP?
Our process of search and analysis:
- A thorough understanding of the patent and key-features though specification analysis and prosecution history analysis (final/non-final office action responses).
- A Search Proposal Document is prepared based on the patent details and preliminary search strategies and formulated.
- Smart Mapping: Provides a summary of all the most relevant prior arts identified and mapping of the key-features with the excerpts of prior art references.
- Expert Comments: Comments of searcher to explain the strength and weakness of the prior arts, suggestions regarding combining the prior arts for Invalidity contention.
- Both novelty and obviousness, or inventive step, are important to us. We concentrate on novelty first, then obviousness.
- Distinct jurisdictions, such as the US and Europe, require different adaptations of our methods. We pay huge attention to the distinction between novelty and obviousness.
- The complaint or notice is thoroughly analysed to properly understand the key information and adjust the search methodologies.
FAQs
A patent invalidity search service or validity search service is carried out to find patent and non-patent literature that could have an impact on a patent claim’s validity. It’s usually done to render a rival’s patent invalid which is why it is also known as opposition search. Patent invalidity searches are usually ordered by attorneys to defend an alleged infringement.
Professional prior art search for patent validity or invalidity can range from USD 1,200 to USD 10,000.
Patent invalidity search is crucial for challenging the validity of competitors’ patent/claims that are a threat to your new or existing product. When facing an infringement lawsuit, challenging the validity of the plaintiff’s patent claim places the defendant in a stronger negotiating position.
Both businesses and individual inventors have the option of doing their own internal searches for patent invalidity or using third-party search vendors. Patent attorneys across the globe has recommended Synoptic IP as best and reliable patent invalidity search firm.
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