Intellectual property, particularly patents, have become vital for the growth of a company, and, in general, the global economy. Patents have become important tool for company’s goal of profit maximizing and these companies are...

There are many articles written on advantages of filing a provisional application; however, it may be understood that filing provisional application does come with some disadvantages as well, as summarized below. A provisional application...

There may be some reasons why a company may wish to avoid patenting a given invention, such as cost, or the fact that the invention may not meet the patentability criteria. That is, instead...

In Invalidity Search Each patent has a filing date, which is the date on which the patent application was filed. This date is important because it sets the cut-off date for the invention, from...

Common Citation Document (CCD) is a web application that allows users to search for and view all documents cited by the EPO, JPO and USPTO in the search process for applications for the same...

The patent literature is, generally, the primary searched form of prior art. Patent literature not only provide technical information (which may not be published in scientific literature), but it can be used to find...

Software engineering is a sub-discipline of computer science that concerns itself with the entire process of software creation. The patents associated to Computer science & software engineering, are often labelled as “software patents.” Software...

Prior-Art – Technical Reports are documents produced by researchers detailing the results of current investigations to their organization or institution, to a funding agency, or in response to a query from an individual or group...

Patent protected technology is a large corporations for investing heavily in increasing the size of their patent portfolios. If the patent search indicates that there are no patents blocking access to market and that a...

Most patents provide a list of “Cited References,” which includes citations added to the patent during the examination process. In addition, most of the modern patent databases also link the references that are citing...