PA’s technical expertise in IPR enables us to identify prior art that may provide leverage in negotiation, and invalidate patents asserted against your organisation.
The objective of prior art searching is to identify if components of the invention claimed in a patent were known prior to the filing of the patent and thus are invalid. This information can be used by patent attorneys as defenxce against alleged infringement action, or as leverage in negotiation with other parties for patent acquisition.
Prior art searching
The sources of prior art include non-patent literature, professional journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and previous products. Identifying key elements of prior art from these numerous sources is difficult and can be a costly distraction from core business.
Products can be great prior art, particularly in litigation, however sufficient technical analysis of products can be time-consuming for the inexperienced.
Periodicals, professional journals, magazine and book search may also prove valuable sources of prior art. However, for an efficient, effective prior art search it is essential that the searcher has in-depth knowledge of the technology in question.
We employ the same consultants who provide technology development for our clients to carry out prior art search services, ensuring experts in their field provide our clients with the highest quality results.
PA’s prior art searching services:
- offer you independent expertise
- allows your internal development team to focus on innovation
- provides you with high quality technical results.
Track record
For a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors in the wireless sector, PA performed a prior art search as part of a package of technical expert support to a litigation. PA was able to identify substantial technical evidence in the form of journals and papers which demonstrated that the inventions contained in the assert patent were known prior to the filing date of the patent and thus were invalid.
Contact us: For further information please e-mail: IPR@paconsulting.com.
