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Understanding Patent Classification as it Relates to Patent Searching

March 2nd, 2023

The classification system seems a simple concept; organizing patents into specific technology groupings based on the subject matter to which they pertain. In theory, such a system would be extremely useful when it comes to patent searching, especially for technologies that are very visual such […]

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2022 State of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Patent Searching

August 17th, 2022

A review of AI based patent searching – Are we there yet? Article Overview –  These days when setting off to conduct a patent search or evaluate patent search firms, you will inevitably come across the phrase “Artificial Intelligence” or “AI”.  The phrase is used […]

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Patent Center Replaces USPTO Public PAIR Tool

July 28th, 2022

The USPTO Public PAIR tool will be retired and succeeded by Patent Center as the new system for accessing documents and statuses on publicly available patents and applications. This change takes effect on July 31, 2022. For TPR clients with patent alerts or monitoring in […]

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TPR Biotech Brief: Percent Identity

May 4th, 2022

Percent Identity in Sequence Searching In this issue of the TPR Biotech Brief, we look at ‘percent identity’ in sequence searching by exploring the following: What is meant by ‘percent identity’? Why can every alignment have more than one type of ‘percent identity’? What are […]

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New Patent Public Search Tool from the USPTO

February 22nd, 2022

News is out this month from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as they announce the launch of a new Patent Public Search Tool, which they describe as a resource providing ‘more convenient, remote, and robust full-text searching of all U.S. patents and published patent […]

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First to File or First to Fail? – The case for pre-filing searches

December 10th, 2021

With the introduction of the America Invents (Leahy-Smith) Act a decade ago, the United States moved from ‘first-to-invent’ to a ‘first-to-file’ patent system. While it may be tempting to rush to the patent office to put your date-stamp stake in the ground, an important step […]

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5 Ways to Improve Your Patent Search ROI

February 28th, 2021
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In patent searching, compromising quality for cost may mean missing key information critical to successful patent filing, portfolio management and defensive actions.  However, the pressure within most corporations to reduce costs has never been greater.  Is there a balance and what could you be compromising? […]

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Top 3 Challenges When Outsourcing Patent Searches

January 28th, 2021

While some corporations and law firms may have in-house patent research professionals and resources, there is an ever growing need to exclusively or partly outsource searching to a professional patent search firm; whether it be for volume pre-filing searches, over-flow searching, additional expertise, or extended […]

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Freedom To Operate: Time to update your search?

December 1st, 2020

When it comes to freedom to operate you always want to ensure the greatest level of diligence for making the most informed decisions. Have you considered freedom to operate search updates, periodic alerts, or extensions on searches that have been performed for you in the […]

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The Thrill of the Hunt: 3 Essential Elements to Ensuring Effective Patent and Literature Search Results

November 10th, 2020

What steps should you take with regards to your patent and scientific literature searches that will help eliminate your risk and take your search results to a new level? Below are three essential elements to successfully engaging an outside search professional for finding critical prior […]

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