What is it?
A patent search is a prudent and price effective location to start by uncovering any issued patents or published patent applications related to your invention. Based on the patent search results, you can determine no matter if your invention is patentable and to what degree it is patentable.
Why perform 1?
When you begin your patent search, the 1st thing a Patent Workplace Examiner does when he/she receives your patent application is to perform a search of prior patents and patent applications related to your invention to decide if your invention is indeed new. For this reason, you are advised (not mandatory) to conduct a search of issued patents, published patent applications and other published or public information ("prior art") to evaluate whether any part of your invention or notion has been patented, published or disclosed previously.
Moreover
• You can avoid the needless expense of lost time and revenue to prepare and file a patent application. If a patent search would have turned up prior art that may preclude your invention from getting issued as a patent.
• Realizing the prior art related to your invention guides the patent applicant in drafting the patent application (background, figures, and description) essential to effectively disclose applicant's novel invention.
Reality: Presently, there are 7 million issued patents issued by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), which means that there are even more patents in existence than actual goods commercially accessible. If you do not see your invention for sale in a shop, on the Internet, or in the public domain (public disclosure), that does not mean that somebody has not pursued protection for the exact same or similar invention below a patent or disclosed the same invention in a published write-up. Your aim is to have a full understanding of the patents and patent applications filed prior to your invention, which may perhaps have a bearing on the scope of patent protection obtainable for your invention.
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