Patent research, prior-art strategy and IP intelligence from the Synoptic IP team.
IP News & Updates
The Novartis-Abogen deal, announced on 2 October 2026, gives Novartis worldwide rights to ABO2203, an experimental mRNA medicine for autoimmune disease developed…
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Prior Art Search Blogs
A prior art search is a structured search of patents and other publications for earlier disclosures that bear on whether an invention…
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Freedom to Operate
An FTO opinion (freedom to operate opinion) is a patent attorney’s written legal conclusion on whether a product or process infringes a…
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Invalidity & Litigation Search
Invalidity contentions are the formal disclosure in which the defendant in a US patent suit sets out why the asserted claims are…
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Patent Drawings
Patent drawing rules are the formal standards that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) applies to the drawings filed with…
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Freedom to Operate
Patentability vs FTO vs invalidity search: what question each one answers, what it reads, when to run it and what it costs,…
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IP News & Updates
Huawei and Qualcomm signed a multi-year 5G and AI patent cross-licence on 5 October 2026. Why each side signed, and what may…
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Freedom to Operate
What a freedom to operate search covers, how it is scoped and run, what the report contains and what it costs, with…
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Prosecution Support
What an information disclosure statement is, what it must contain, when to file it and what the IDS fees are in 2026,…
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Prior Art Search Blogs
What a patent invalidity search is, when it is needed, how it is carried out, how long it takes and what it…
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