It is both costly and time-consuming to move ideas through the innovation lifecycle, from conception and evaluation to protection and monetization. Even if your R&D team has a great idea, it is not possible to bring it to the market....
Keyword-based searching has well-documented limitations. A syntactic search engine will return results solely based on the phrases and words entered by the searcher. In this case, synonyms, translations, and homonyms are all problematic. This technology is simply insufficient to find...
Is a Novelty Search Really Necessary? A patent is a costly endeavor, costing tens of thousands of dollars. And that’s assuming everything goes as planned! Any bumps or roadblocks you encounter along the way will cost you more money and...
Patent searching was once thought to be the sole domain of IP departments. Some corporate cultures discouraged engineers, researchers, and other inventors from even considering patents. They feared that doing so would limit innovation or perhaps even lead to (inadvertent)...
Many patent professionals are unsure when a patent search is complete. When missing significant prior art can have serious consequences, maintaining a balance between efficiency and quality is critical. Using only one patent database search technique limits the breadth of...
What is Semantic Search? Before we can discuss semantic patent search, we must first define semantics. Semantics, in a nutshell, is the study of meanings. It is the foundation of how we know and communicate information; it gives words and...