Prior art search and novelty assessment
Finds technical solutions disclosed before your priority date and assesses whether your solution is still novel and inventive.
A patent application takes years and significant money to complete substantive examination. Knowing in advance which references block you determines the decision: file, narrow the claims, switch to a utility solution, or keep it as a trade secret.
- Who may perform this: Industrial property representative with expertise in the relevant technical field
- Timeline: Typically 7–15 working days depending on the technical field
- How pricing works: Quoted by technical field and the range of databases to be searched.
Deliverables
- A list of the closest references with an overlap analysis
- An opinion on novelty and inventive step
- A recommendation — file, narrow the scope, or choose another form of protection
What you provide
- A technical description of the solution, as specific as possible
- Drawings, diagrams, test results (if any)
- Where and when the solution has already been disclosed
Filing a patent or utility solution application