A patent search can help inventors and product teams understand the published work surrounding a technology. Schell IP helps clients define the question a search should answer, identify relevant prior art and consider how the results affect a potential filing or a product plan.
A patentability search considers prior art relevant to a proposed invention. A landscape review looks more broadly at technologies, competitors and areas of development. A freedom-to-operate analysis asks a different question about potentially relevant patent claims and a proposed commercial activity. These projects have different scopes; a patentability search alone is not a clearance opinion.
Useful search results need interpretation. Published patents, applications and other technical materials can help frame further questions about product features, filing priorities and claim strategy. No search guarantees that every relevant reference has been found or that a patent will issue. The right scope depends on the invention and the decision you are making.
Bring a nonconfidential overview of your technology, the stage of product development and any approaching disclosure or launch dates. If you already know of competing products or published patents, have those references ready for the conversation.
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