IPCalculus : Innovative companies quickly come up against intellectual property rights belonging to others. IPCalculus' information searches can give you the basis you need for strategic decision‐making in the following cases: Prior Art Search, Novelty Search, Infringement Search, Invalidation Search and office action

1. Prior Art Search
Novelty Search
Infringement Search
Invalidation/Freedom to operate Search
Different types of searches which seek to identify potentially infringing patents, Identifying
near technology patents, prior art which could be damaging for novelty.
Description
Innovative companies quickly come up against intellectual Search/Analysis
property rights belonging to others. Our information For Prior art searches we review each and every aspect of
searches can give you the basis you need for strategic
invention in great detail, get the relevant keywords and
decision‐making in the following cases:
Prior Art Search: Prior art is a summary of the knowledge search for patent and non‐patent literature.
already in existence about an invention. Prior art For Novelty searches we review the document by the
searching is a compulsory part of the patent examination client very carefully, make the keywords and search for
process. Knowing that an invention is already patented is patents similar to the client’s novelty.
important because it will: For Infringement searches we review each claim very
o Save you precious R&D time and funding
carefully and then look for the products/Patents which
o Protect you from bringing a product to
can infringe the client’s Patent/Invention.
market later than your competitor For Invalidation searches review is done on the
o Keep you from launching a product that is
independent claims of the patent invalidate. We commit
inferior when compared to the competition to invalidate all independent claims through one
Novelty Search: Patentability/Novelty searches are document only. However in some cases 2 or more
typically performed before a patent application is documents are required for invalidation.
prepared in order to determine whether or not the
invention will be patentable based on the published prior Results
art that currently exists. Novelty searches will help you in: Reporting will be done on a collaborative platform. The
o Disputing a patent which is standing in the results are summarized in a structured report which
way of your Business strategy. includes, usually a tabular presentation of the documents
o Protect yourself being infringed by a similar and references to important passages, grouped according
novel invention before patenting it. to relevance. It is also possible to have copies of the
Infringement Search: This type of searches generally original documents or relevant passages, in the case of
involves careful review of unexpired patents making use very long documents. Individual needs can be taken into
of independent and dependent claims. Additionally, account when structuring the report.
analogous art areas are also investigated and supplied to
assist you to address the issue of contributory Format
infringement. All results will be stored in a password protected client
Invalidation Search: This search assess if a patent can be page; however it is possible to report in some other
invalidated by patents, products and other research format according to client requirements.
articles that already existed before the priority date
claimed by the patent.
Useful for
• Opposition proceedings or annulments.
• Estimating the risk of patent infringement before
developing, producing, and marketing a product.
• Pre‐acquisition or investment assessments of a
patent’s strength.
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