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A patent license is an agreement between you as the IP right owner and another party. It grants them permission to do something that would be an infringement of the rights without the license....

One of the most common questions that are being asked in the arena of Patenting is, if, there exists a way to monetize patents in today’s patent-unfriendly market? The answer is ‘Yes’. However, we...

The advent of KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) occurred when global corporations realized that apart from software development, IT support, and low-end business processes, high-end research related works could also be outsourced to a destination...

Patents can be broadly classified into 3 main categories, viz. Utility Patents, Design Patents, and Plant Patents. Though all of these patents are written in a similar fashion, still, there are some subtle differences...

Effective and comprehensive patent searching is important because, without it, you may risk rejection at the end of the process. With the advent of free internet access it has become quite easy for inventors...

The United States Patent Office provides many products and portals for patent search professionals that can help them gain valuable insights pertaining to their inventions. PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) is one of such...

Filling a patent application is an art that requires well acquaintances with patent regulatory norms of the respective jurisdiction and technical knowledge of the invention in question. Since it goes a lot in filling...

The USPTO patent search database is one of the most user-friendly and advanced tools available for patent searches worldwide. When used carefully, it can provide a vast amount of data that helps applicants gain...

Doing a patent search with the classification number can help patent search professionals find exactly what they are intending to search. In other words, we can say is that if a search is done taking into...