The global leader in search services
In today’s work environment, everyone is trying to do more with less. When it comes to research, however, you can’t afford to cut corners. You need a company with the global resources, experience and industry knowledge to ensure you get complete, accurate information every time. Our IP Search Services team gives you exactly that. We understand the art of patent, literature, competitive intelligence and market data searching and possess the breadth and depth of knowledge necessary to fulfill your requests, on time and within budget. We can provide research assistance to your firm in many areas, including:
Clearance/Right-to-Use/Freedom-to-Operate Searching
Find out if you have the opportunity to operate in a particular technology area. Our unique position as the world’s leading provider of patent and non-patent databases, combined with our decades of expertise, makes us an ideal partner.
Collection/State-of-the-Art Searching
Get a broad technical overview of a given field by using our domain experts. We can provide an overview by reviewing published patents, applications and non-patent literature, and we can help your firm understand technology trends.
Competitive/Technical Intelligence Searching
Uncover new competitive insights to help you manage business plans. Our consultants are experienced in performing strategic, technical and competitive intelligence projects with Fortune 100 customers across a wide variety of industries. We are the only firm capable of combining search service offerings with leading analysis products such as Aureka® and Thomson Data Analyzer™.
Infringement Searching
Avoid infringement of existing intellectual property. With our global reach, IP Search Services can review in-force patents in the native languages of many countries (e.g., Germany, Japan, Korea and China). Before your organization invests potential millions in R&D, our experts can perform an infringement search to provide you with peace of mind.
Novelty/Patentability/Prior Art Searching
Determine if anyone has disclosed any component of your invention. We use patent and non-patent databases to assist you before you spend significant fees on patent prosecution. We work with a number of top law firms, providing patentability search reports in a timely fashion and within budget.
Patent Watches and Alerts
Monitor critical new technology developments in your industry. Our Patent Watch and Alert services provide a full suite of competitive and technology updating capabilities for our customers.
Validity/Invalidity Searching
We can perform an exhaustive patentability search by reviewing the claims of your patent against prior art.
We work with some of the largest IP litigation firms in the United States and our work has proven beneficial in hundreds of cases.
When to use it
- Increase productivity by outsourcing basic search requests
- Decrease R&D project risk with comprehensive prior art searching
- Uncover relevant patent information when faced with patent litigation
- Bring products to market more quickly
- Perform patent and non-patent searching in a foreign language
Who uses it
- Patent attorneys
- Paralegals
- Information professionals
- R&D engineers and researchers
- Intellectual property specialists
- Competitive/market intelligence analysts
- Licensing executives
Contact Us
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