What are the six 6 keywords to be used for patent searching?
What Do You Need To Know Before Doing a Patent Keyword Search?
- General information. Title. Summary of invention. Name(s) of inventor(s) Name of the patent owner. Dates and filing numbers.
- Technical information. Technical description. Drawing of invention.
- Additional drawings & description of what is protected.
- Search report.
How do you do a patent search step by step?
TotalPatent One And The USPTO’s Seven Step Patent Search Strategy
- Step 1) Brainstorm Keywords.
- Step 2) Find the Relevant Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
- Step 3) Verify CPC Relevancy.
- Step 4) Retrieve Patent Documents from Database.
- Step 5) Review Each Patent Document Thoroughly.
What are patent searches?
A patent search is a search of issued patents and published patent applications for inventions that might be considered important “prior art” references when applying for a patent. The prior art is anything in the public domain, patented or not patented, that may determine whether an invention is novel or not.
What is patent searching and analysis?
Any type of invention requires a thorough search and analysis to verify its novelty. Large organizations, lawyers, SMEs, and researchers conduct patent searches in leading patent databases to determine the relevance of their inventions in light of the existing art. Patents include technical and legal information.
How do I do a preliminary patent search?
The first place I would visit is the website for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Simply go to www.uspto.gov to search the government’s database of patents back to 1976. You can also look at patent applications back to 2001, and bibliographic searches (i.e. invention name, patent number) from 1790 to today.
How do you patent a prior art search?
Here are five steps to follow to ensure your prior art search is comprehensive.
- BRAINSTORM KEYWORDS TO DESCRIBE THE INVENTION.
- SEARCH THE PATENT DATABASES.
- EXPAND YOUR SEARCH BEYOND PATENT DATABASES.
- SAVE ALL RELEVANT RESULTS AND DOCUMENTS.
- KNOW WHEN TO STOP SEARCHING.