Top-Tier Global Patent Search Services
For 30 years the Fortune 500, top IP law firms and IP litigators have relied definitively upon TPR's professional patent search services to make confident research, business and legal IP decisions. We are known for our exceptional subject matter expertise, profound searching skills and worldwide reach.
Deep Subject-Matter
Expertise
Mastery of Cutting Edge
Tools and Resources
Worldwide Reach
U.S., Europe, Japan, China…
Patent Search Services
The highest quality searches to support your legal IP and business objectives.
FTO,
Infringement
High quality, worldwide searches by the most experienced team for your Freedom to Operate, Clearance and Infringement objectives.
Validity,
Invalidity
Most extensive worldwide prior art resources and foreign language search options to win your IP litigation cases.
Landscape,
White Space
From the simplest to the most complex, our landscape searches are highly customizable to your precise objective.
Patentability,
Novelty
High quality, fast and budget-friendly patentability and novelty searches for your new invention disclosures.
Due Diligence
Extensive options for searching worldwide patent and non-patent literature, including in-country foreign language searching.
IPR,
EP Opposition
Most extensive worldwide prior art resources and foreign language search options to support your IPR cases and EP Oppositions.
State-of-the-Art
Highly customizable state-of-the-art searches, with your objective at the forefront of the strategy.
Technology Areas
We Truly Understand Your Technology
With tens of thousands of searches under our belt, you can be assured of TPR’s technical search capabilities in both established and rapidly-developing technologies.
We apply our exceptional searching proficiency and specialist subject knowledge to align with your search objectives and guarantee results that are the perfect fit.
TPR Clients
Corporate Counsel, Business, R&D and Patent Departments
Search support to help guide, build and protect your IP portfolio and business
Patent Owners and Licensing Executives
Searches for your commercialization and licensing activities
Patent Attorneys
in Law Firms
Searches for your Prep and Pros and FTO opinions
Patent Litigators and
PTAB Teams
Critical prior art for your IP litigation matters and trials at the USPTO
Why TPR For Your Searches?
The Gold Standard in Patent Searching
You've found the ultimate professional patent search services firm. Our unparalleled expertise delivers superior results and exceptional service. You can trust in our proven track record and unwavering commitment to excellence.
US Based
Search Firm
Plus, Specialist Search Teams in Europe, China and Japan
Strong Scientific
and Engineering Knowledge
Top Rated Reputation
and Brand
Prior Art Searching in
Over 40 Countries
Tens of Thousands
of Searches Completed
25+ Years of Search Industry Roots
Outstanding Customer Service
Faced with Complex,
High-Stakes Patent Litigation?
For the most successful outcome for your case, TPR offers the most extensive worldwide prior art search options, leveraging the most experienced subject-matter search specialists. U.S. searching plus in-country searching in Chinese, Japanese, European and other languages.
Learn moreTPR. The #1 Prior Art Search Firm for finding hidden art in the U.S., Europe, China, Japan and beyond
Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg
A Guide to Hidden Prior Art
Do you know the surprising percentage of worldwide patent filings hidden below the surface that are never filed in English? Get a snapshot of global filings and understand how this impacts your decisions and strategy when looking for unique prior art.
Ask us for the guideNot Only Patents – Your One-Stop for Scientific Literature Searching Too
In addition to prior art literature searching for IP objectives in all areas of technology, TPR has a totally separate arm that specializes in searching biomedical journals and other published resources for the unique purposes of the highly-regulated pharma and biotech industries.
Nowhere else but TPR can you get reliable search reports across the entire therapeutic lifecycle, including early drug research, clinical trials data, safety, pharmacovigilance and regulatory compliance, as well as competitive intelligence and post-market surveillance.
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