Prior-Art Search
For an invention to be patented, the criteria of novelty and non-obviousness must be met. A prior-art search is performed to determine whether an invention is new and non-obvious, or not.
Navigating The Patent Application Process – The Sagacious Way
At Sagacious IP, we assist global companies, MSMEs and Innovators planning to protect their inventions/innovations. Prior-Art Search help in verifying the novelty of these inventions and fetch optimal patentable subject matter. These searches are a crucial step that helps our clients decide whether to invest in a new patent application.
State-of-the-Art Prior-Art Search with Quick Turnaround
State-of-the-Art Prior-Art Search with Quick Turnaround
Why Prior-Art Search?
- Can a patent be filed? - Before granting a patent, the examiner conducts a prior-art search when you submit your patent application to the PTO to figure out if any prior-art exists.
- Most optimal patent claims! - Prior-art searches help you uncover the closest prior-arts and consequently describe the scope of protection present in claims of patents.
- Speed up Prosecution - Prior-art searches help in reducing prosecution time due to the need for fewer office actions and claim amendments.
- Enhance inventions - Prior-art searches enable an inventor to use the findings to understand the prevailing state-of-art in his/her field of research. This provides guidance on the scope of research in the future.
- Reduce Overall Costs & Time - Prior-art searches help you save time, cost and resources allocated on inventions.
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Why Choose Sagacious for Prior-Art Search?
- Process adapted for both bulk contracts for large corporations as well as ad-hoc requirements by IP Law firms, SMEs and inventors.
- Robust process designed to minimize involvement of inventors/ patent counsels while ensuring right understanding and execution.
- Unique and Easy to Consume Reports
- Tic-Tac-Toe Mapping – Quick snapshot of the identified prior art references against the key features of the invention.
- Detailed Mapping – Relevant text from prior arts (along with expert comments) mapped against each invention feature.
- Highlighted PDFs – Full text PDF for each identified reference with highlighted relevant text within.
- Insights and technical opinion so you can take quick and informed decision.
- Experience of doing 5,000+ novelty searches every year for customers of various sizes in various technology areas from 65+ countries
Meet the Experts and See detailed technology/ industry expertise by broad disciplines
Other Sagacious Differentiators?
- Language Capabilities: Handle invention disclosures, search, analysis and reporting in 16+ Languages.
- Large Multi-Disciplinary Team: 400+ in-house experts across ICT, Engineering and Life Sciences disciplines.
- Search Coverage: Patent and Non-Patent Literature from 100+ Countries in multiple technology areas covered via 10+ Specialized Databases.
- Price: Highly optimized pricing for each budget and requirement.
- Export Control: Search teams in both USA and India and Process Set for Handling Export Control Compliances!
Our Methodologies
Impact Stories
1000+ Searches Across Multiple Technology Domains Delivered Seamlessly In Timely And Cost-Effective Manner
One of the world’s largest printer and computer manufacturer works with a dedicated team at Sagacious IP. The team helps the organization with 60+ Prior-Art assessments every month helping them make informed decisions related to patent filing, claim scope and/or designing around. The relationship has reached a level where the team now has a deep understanding of their technological domains and expectations. It helps us expediate the process of sharing our Prior-Art assessment with a short turn-around time.
Novelty Searches With First Draft Of Independent Claims Resulted In 30% Reduction In Time From IDF To Patent Draft Ready For Filing
One of the top US law firms leverages our support on 30+ Prior-Art assessments every month for the largest automobile company from Japan. To optimize process & reduce turn-around time, we share our assessment over an email with relevant results, and tic-tac-toe mapping. We also provide draft of first independent claim along with the search report.
FAQs
A prior art search refers to an organized review of publicly available prior art material related to your invention. This may be provided in the form of validity searches, patent examination searches, patentability searches, and state-of-the-art searches.
Prior art includes any publicly available document such as published patents, technical publications, articles in journals, website content, conference papers, marketing information, and publicly available product data.
An inventor or company can perform prior art searches in-house or outsource them to professional prior art searchers. In case companies or inventors plan to conduct searches on their own, they not only need to devise an exhaustive search strategy but also need to carry out searches on different databases. Some of the popular search databases are Google Patents, Espacenet (EPO) search interface, USPTO search interface, Patent Lens, and WIPO search interface.
A prior art search can help you to identify the closest prior arts and define the scope of protection in patent claims. It can also reduce the prosecution time owing to fewer claim amendments and office actions. But most importantly, it can help you save resources and money associated with patent filings and prosecution proceedings.
The fees charged for prior art searches varies considerably as different search professionals use different search methods. A search professional may charge USD 100 for simple inventions to USD 2,000 or more for complex inventions.
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