Established in 1995,
Technology & Patent Research International, Inc. is a full service
search firm specializing in researching worldwide patent
and non-patent literature information sources for all
areas of technology, including Chemistry, Biotechnology,
Electronics, Engineering, etc.
TPR searchers are based in the U.S., Europe and Asia
and offer a variety of services, including analysis of
worldwide patent and non-patent literature for
state-of-the-art
and novelty/patentability searches through
to infringement/freedom-to-operate
and invalidity studies.
This is achieved through an appropriate combination of searching
online databases and/or manual searching conducted at patent
offices and libraries in Europe, the U.S., and can be conducted
in other countries upon authorization by the client. Examples
of online databases utilized include Derwent World Patents Index
(WPI), Chemical Abstracts/Registry, IFI Claims, and INSPEC/IEEE,
as well as Full Text databases and other technology-specific
online files covering patents and non-patent literature.
Other services include patent and technology watches, patent
mapping and competitor intelligence studies.