A combined patentability and Freedom to Operate (FTO) search is a type of patent search that examines these two important perspectives together at the same point in time, rather than separately. This type of search is conducted to help Legal/IP, R&D, business and other groups, […]
TPR Reviews IBM’s PatCID – TPR has been working with the IBM Deep Search research team to evaluate their patent chemical structure database and search tool, PatCID. We’ve written about this previously, and what follows is our March 2025 update to this series. Previous articles […]
Technology & Patent Research International, Inc. (TPR), a world leader in patent and literature searching, marks its 30-year milestone in 2025, continuing its mission to provide corporations and law firms with high-quality, strategic patent research. TPR has a proven track record of supporting multinational corporations, […]
Today, staying ahead of competitors means more than just protecting your intellectual property—it requires understanding the bigger picture. Many of our clients think of patent landscapes as tools for avoiding infringement, identifying acquisition targets, or finding white space for new inventions. While they are excellent […]
In the previous blog (Part 1), we provided an initial overview of PatCID (IBM’s new open-access patent chemical structure database). In this blog (Part 2), we will expand on the paper’s content, share our notes from discussions with the IBM research team, and offer our […]
The following is a quick and initial overview of PatCID (IBM’s New Open-Access Patent Chemical Structure Database) – Part 1. A more detailed review (Part 2) has now been released here. The IBM-PatCID Paper On August 2nd 2024 a team of researchers at IBM, led […]
Overview – In chemistry and pharmaceutical literature (either patents or non-patent literature), structures can be named a multitude of ways, or even be represented without being named at all. As a consequence, keyword searching alone will not find all relevant art. In spite of the […]
Get definitive answers for Patentability, FTO, Invalidity and Licensing/Acquisition matters relating to Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs). ADCs are gaining traction in the bio-pharmaceutical market, driving a rise in patent searches. The multidisciplinary nature of ADCs spans biotechnology, immunology, and chemistry. This requires specialist search techniques […]
This new article dives into the state of artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to the patent search realm. This 2023 release is a continuation of the original article from 2022 which you can read here. Reading the original article is not required but it may […]
This real-life case study shows how a resourceful patent attorney involved an outside patent search firm to deliver comprehensive patent landscape analysis reports every quarter. The reports were both efficient and timely, facilitating the attorney’s end-client to keep an eagle eye on their technology space. […]
