How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Way We Search for Prior Art

A practitioner’s perspective on what AI is actually doing to patentability searches, what works, what doesn’t, and why the lawyer is still the most important part of the process. Let me start with an honest confession. For most of my career, a patentability search meant sitting down with a stack of Boolean search strings, running […]

Patentability vs. Freedom to Operate

Introduction Suppose you have just invented a smart gadget and you apply for a patent so that you feel protected. But then just as you are ready to launch you get a legal notice that someone says you are infringing their patent even though you have one yourself. This is where two important ideas come […]

The Concept Of Patent Mining In India

All prior art relevant to the invention should, ideally, be recognized in order to determine the uniqueness and inventive step of the invention. Due to different constraints such as language, paperwork, and so on, access to the prior art is limited, and it is impossible to uncover all prior art relevant to the innovation. However, […]

Patent Searches- IIPRD’s Support Services

A patent ensures the protection of an invention for a limited period of time. Upon patenting an invention, a third party will be restricted from commercially exploiting or duplicating the invention in any manner. According to most patent laws around the world, several criteria must be satisfied in order to patent an invention. Such conditions may […]