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 […]

Importance and Procedure of Conducting a Novelty Search

Introduction In the realm of obtaining a patent right, conducting a ‘novelty search’ stands as a crucial step for patent applicants or inventors seeking to secure patents. This ‘preliminary investigation stage’ is also known as a ‘patentability search’, that serves a pivotal role in determining whether an invention meets one of the primary and stringent […]

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 […]

Due Diligence Search Strategies…2

This article is in continuation with the blog “Due Diligence Search Strategies for Determining Patentability of Exemplary Indian Patent Applications” by IIPRD (Please click here to read the blog), an initiative from IIPRD to randomly pick up recently published Indian patent application and try and understand the chances of getting a valid patent. IIPRD made […]