The way you search for patent information will depend on your purposes and what you know already. Your search can be centered on the appropriate technology, the markets you are interested in, or possibly what your competitors have preserved.

Patent classification

To make searching more comfortable, every patent is divided by its subject matter. Patent classification schemes have a tree-like structure, and all level of classification has a different reference code. Inventions are classified into technologies Example Engineering then it will further be divided into classes like mechanical engineering and then into subclasses like machines or equipment. Patent classification is a hierarchical system that incorporates a patent according to the state of technology it falls into. It performs managing and searching patents that fall into the identical technical group or sub-group easier.

There are various patent classifications like the International Patent Classification, Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), etc.

The 2 main group schemes used by patent offices global are:

• ✔   The International Patent Classification there are about 70,000 different IPC codes. You can survey the class headings and do keyword searches on the WIPO website IPC page. We use this type of system as it’s more common.
• ✔   The Cooperative Patent Classification an expansion of the IPC. It’s together controlled by the European Patent Office and the US Trademark and Patent Office.

Searching using classification codes

Classification codes can be a helpful tool when examining inventions. Keyword searches alone can lead to very large numbers of results. Using classification codes collectively with keyword searches can assist you to focus results on an extra flexible level.

Usually, searchers will make a list of keywords that define the invention and recognize appropriate classification codes. Top-level classifications are helpful when the same term can be used to define an invention in varying technology fields. Lower order classifications can be helpful to narrow a search where a huge number of documents are reclaimed.

Before registering a patent application, a patent search can assist with various objectives like:

• ✔   Defining the probability of having a patent granted to a stated intention.
• ✔   Verifying the claims to be filed in the patent application.
• ✔   Deciding the freedom to operate.
• ✔   Settling whether a given patent can be invalidated.
• ✔   Understanding more about the same inventions and status of the same patent filings.

• ✔   Truncation or Wildcard operators: It is a kind of operator that stands for an undefined number of characters in doubts.
• ✔   Proximity operators and Proximity operators search: Proximity operators search are based on the distance by several terms departing 2 keywords and even locate words in the same para.
• ✔   Boolean Operators: Main Boolean operators are AND, NOT, and OR that can be applied in all collections.

• ✔   You have multiple options when beginning a patent search. A professional is more likely to obtain prior art than you and will do it so quickly, so contact our expert team to do this for you.
• ✔   Doing your patent search, first, brainstorm a list of related keywords. With any search engine, online patent searches provide results only as good as the keywords. Therefore, high-grade keywords increase your chances of getting proper information. As there are more than thousands of patents. The best keywords might save you hours of searching by irrelevant patents.
• ✔   Valuable questions to ask yourself and answer in the most precise technical terms when building your keyword list are:
  1. What is my invention’s design?
  2. Is my invention a process or a product?
  3. What is my invention made of?
  4. How is my invention used?
• ✔   Keep up to date yourself with old terms and business jargon and consulting scientific dictionaries and glossaries will help you find more keywords. Understanding these terms will give you a choice when doing a patent search. Also, look for buzzwords and terminology regarding the latest technology.
• ✔   You might examine existing products and discuss them with experts before making your patent search. You will get a better feel for the market in which your product will compete. You may receive a better idea of which elements of your invention are most innovative and patentable and which requires to be clarified. Be aware of some parts of your invention and expected to have previously been patented.
• ✔   Old-fashioned products and products in improvement but not yet on the market is also a prior art, so knowing industry journals, historical documents, trade show and exhibition listings, etc is beneficial.
• ✔   Also, make yourself familiar with some of the basic patent search tools.

Management of Intellectual Property has become a significant competitive field in global trade. A patent portfolio watch can assist a corporate experience and examine the technologies, patents, and market plans of various entities. An organized patent portfolio watch can support the Corporate be in the right alignment to face various market forces. Having a strong patent portfolio can have a large impact on the balance sheet of the company.

Our assistance in this upright include:

• ✔   Recognizing and gathering particular Intellectual Property assets of a given corporate
• ✔   Developing frameworks around various patent portfolios to help in effective extraction, preservation, and interpretation of IP assets
• ✔   Outlining readily understandable, significant Patent Portfolio Reports.

• ✔   It highlights the amount of competition.
• ✔   It confirms that the idea of your invention has already been patented or not.
• ✔   It contributes to finding out what part of your invention shall make the most for patentability.
• ✔   It gives you the exclusive right to stop others from copying, manufacturing, selling, or importing your invention without your permission.