Patent Research

Get insights at a micro level in patent landscapes, analytics and licensing with value added business insights

Patent attorneys/ IP managers who need to quickly invalidate patents or search for patents to establish novelty
Intellectual property strategists who need deep insights for their portfolio management, competitive intelligence and technology intelligence
Product development experts who need to map the current of the state-of-the-art technology and map them to market & technology insights for better and faster product development
Licensing experts who need to find the high value assertive patents, find infringers and map the claims to products
Individual inventors who need to search for patents to establish novelty and get patent protection for their inventions

The team at Netscribes delivers value to the client through its breadth in research and depth in analysis. Industry and technology expertise coupled with access and knowledge of a breadth of databases are its cornerstones for delivering actionable insights. The in-house tools and innovative methods reduce the turnaround time and generate high cost savings for the clients.

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Prior-art searches

Process

A Variety of concepts are used to mine out an exhaustive set of prior-art documents

Services

Type of Search	Information Coverage	Turn Around Time
Patentability/ Novelty search	Patent and Non-patent literature	5 Business days
Validity/ Invalidity search	Patent and Non-patent literature. A variety of creative strategies are applied to unearth relevant prior art.	7-20 Business days depending on requirements and budget
Accelerated examination search	Patent and Non-patent literature The searching and reporting is performed as per the USPTO guidelines.	4 - 7 Business days
Freedom-to-operate/ Clearance search	Patents specific to a country.	7-18 Business days depending on technology and budget
State-of-the-art search	Patent and Non-patent literature. The search is non-meant to be exhaustive because it helps pin point general state of the art of the technology.	7-15 Business days depending on requirements, technology and budget
Patent/technology updates and watches	Patent and Non-patent literature. Weekly, Monthly updates can be scheduled.	Weekly, Biweekly, monthly, quarterly
Legal status/Recorded reassignments citation/Family analysis	Patents. In house data extraction and summarization tools are used to reduce cost and provide quality results.	3-5 Business days
Specialty searches	Specialized data sources (patent and non-patent) like STN, Derwent etc.	2-5 Business days
Assignee/ Inventor/ Reassignment searches	Specialized patent databases like STN, Dialog and Derwent because of efficient indexing.	2-5 Business days
Biztech (Business + Technology) analysis	Multiple business databases.	3-10 Business days depending on requirements

Patent landscapes and analytics

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Patent Landscaping and Mapping: Comprehensive analysis of patents that enables strategists, scientists and attorneys take key decisions in new product development, R&D planning and strategic development. The concise and insightful analysis provided by Netscribes can help the clients:

Perform competitive benchmarking
Understand patenting strategies of competitors
Perform SWOT analysis
Understand technology trends
Understand IP roadblocks
Out-license patents
Identify risks
Identify patents for spin offs
Create and acquire new IP
Identify patents which are non-core to a company's core strategies
Uncover in/out licensing and collaboration opportunities
Perform M&A due diligence
Design future R&D strategies and investments

Licensing

Out-licensing Support: Our out-licensing support services include:

Assessing each patent in a portfolio and rating them across technology, functional, market and business parameters,
Uncovering value of specific patents in a market for go/no-go decisions
Finding potential licensors and infringers
Preparing claim charts for assertions

In-licensing Support: Our in-licensing support services include:

Identifying active patents for in-licensing
Performing technical and financial evaluation of the active patents identified for in-licensing

Patent Drafting

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Provisional patent application drafting
Regular patent application drafting for US, India, EP, GB and WO jurisdictions

Our clients come to us for patent drafting projects mainly because of our technical expertise and experience in drafting patents for US, IN, EP, GB and WIPO jurisdictions.

Netscribes drafts complete / provisional patent specifications for companies, inventors and law firms at a fraction of the traditional patent drafting costs.