The potential to compete in the market is critical to the survival of any company, and many use patents to gain an advantage. To ensure their longevity and prosperity, intelligent companies not only concentrate on their own patent filings but...
To help us manage our time more effectively, we should reserve our valuable time for tasks that require our attention and delegate other activities. However, in today’s world, it is not always necessary to delegate tasks to others. Patent professionals...
Patent research is frequently the first step in the patent process. Its purpose is to determine the patentability of an invention. It is a search for any patent documents, regardless of whether they are pending, issued, expired, or rejected. Non-patent...
Data is changing the way intellectual property departments around the world function. The IP department is proving to be an actionable intelligence resource in corporate decision making, from portfolio management to offering insights to guide mergers and acquisitions. As a...
Companies must consider the patents of other companies. Understanding each competitor’s patent rights helps to avoid patent infringement, but the advantages of diving into competitor patent portfolios go much deeper. Creating patent benchmarking reports that compare patent data and USPTO...
A patent validity or patent invalidation search is one that is performed to determine the validity of claims. The steps for performing a validity search and an invalidation search are similar. The only difference is who is interested in conducting...