Keyword-based searching has well-documented limitations. A syntactic search engine will return results solely based on the phrases and words entered...
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Patent searching was once thought to be the sole domain of IP departments. Some corporate cultures discouraged engineers, researchers, and...
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The invention described in your application must be novel, non-obvious, and useful in order to be granted a patent. The...