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A patent search is done to find out any similarities or usage of any element before publishing or starting the invention for a new product. Patentability search also helps to acquire knowledge about existing patents and gives knowledge about how to improve a new one.
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PATENT SEARCH: USAGE AND ADVANCEMENT
PATENT SEARCH:WHAT AND WHY? • A patent search is done to find out any similarities or usage of any element before publishing or starting the invention for a new product. Patentability search also helps to acquire knowledge about existing patents and gives knowledge about how to improve a new one. • A thorough and systematic patent search is always recommended for all novice or experienced companies and inventors before making any investment or giving time to the invention.
PATENT SEARCH WEBSITES • Use of internet and websites has lessened the hazards and time consumption of searching through a whole lot of databases with the use of various technological advancements. • There are many free and paid, government and non-government databases are available to search through the millions of filed and unfiled patents or published patent designs and “prior-art” both from patent and non-patent literature areas.
PATENT SEARCH WEBSITES:TYPES AND EXAMPLES • Patent search websites can be classified through specific countries. There are also some trustable non-government patent search websites. • Some of the most used Patent databases are: • Google Patents • Espacenet • USPTO web patent database • Freepatentsonline.com • Some of the country-specific government patent databases are: • Industrial Property Digital Library(Japan) • SurfIP(Singapore) • CIPO(Canada).etc
ADVANCED PATENT SEARCH:A GUIDE • Patent search from huge databases is not a very easy job. It takes a lot of time as well as definite knowledge about patent fields and legal terms. The complex and legal codes and languages sometimes make the patent search operations more complex. • For a flawless patent search, the patent search database should be well equipped with various search filters, catalysts to remove the language barrier. • Availability of searching options with the definite publication or registration date, document numbers, inventors, claims or specifications makes it much easy to handle.
GOOGLE PATENT SEARCH • Google Patent Search website is among the most used patent search engines used in technical patentability search all over the world. • Specific features of Google Patent Search engine has made the work of searching through “prior-art” databases more comfortable. • The accuracy of the patent search depends on a large part on the evaluation of the keywords and mode of dealing with it. Google Patent Search websites provide the user with options like AND/OR operators or proximity operators, CPCs, near and adjacent operators for a detailed and accurate search result as much as possible.
GOOGLE PATENTS ADVANCED SEARCH • Google patent searches with advanced option switched on helps to customize and get more accurate results in a more fast pace. • Improvement in the filters and accessibility to a huge number of patent data and databases makes it one of the best choices over most of the paid and unpaid patentability search databases.