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Your IPR Petition is Riding on Solid
Prior Art

Confidence from the starting line

Results-driven prior art research
for your IPR Petition

Solid prior art is the critical driving force to your patent challenges. TPR’s results-driven prior art searches provide the strategic leverage you need.

With deep technical expertise and extensive global resources, we offer multi-level search options tailored to your needs. Our teams across US, Europe, Japan, China and beyond can locate vital patent and printed publications in native languages to position you for success.

Trusted by the most demanding corporations and their
IP law firms

Strengthen Your IPR Strategy -
for IPR Think TPR

Worldwide Prior Art Searches

Worldwide Patents and Printed Publications

Keyword and classification-based searching, plus subject-specific coding/indexing; cutting-edge search tools and resources

Actionable Insights - Results in Excel or custom formats

Multi-level prior art search options

  • Worldwide - US, EPO, PCT, CN, JP etc.
  • Local language search options in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, French, German, etc.
  • Patent claims chart
  • Searcher-reviewed references with ranking and annotations 
  • PDF links to references

Turnaround time is 5 to 10 business days

TPR Patent Search Analysts are of the Highest Pedigree

as former Patent Information Professionals from within these and other leading organizations:

Subject-Matter Experts,
Strategic Prior Art Searches

Your prior art searches are in the hands of human Scientists and Engineers with years of prior art search experience in your technology. They navigate the most appropriate tools and resources to deliver trusted results for your IPR petitions, Patent litigation cases, and EPO Challenges.

TPR Patent Search Analysts

  • Scientists and Engineers with 15+ years search experience
  • US team, plus teams in Europe, Japan, China, elsewhere
  • Understand your IP goals to deliver actionable insights
  • Highly specialized Subject-Matter experts across Communications, Computers, Electrical, Mechanical, Medical Devices, Chemistry, Biotech and Pharma

Build a Stronger IP Position

A multi-pronged approach to prior art investigations.

  • Strengthen your IPR petition with critical references
  • Avoid costly litigation or settlement expenses
  • Arming you with information to make strategic moves

Client Testimonial

"TPR is a top tier patent search firm. Their communication is outstanding, and their search results are consistently on budget and on point. I can’t recommend them highly enough!"

Justin L. Krieger

Managing Partner

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Client Testimonial

"I’ve used TPR for both patentability and invalidity searches. They provide detailed estimates, and meet their estimates consistently. On the last search, they found a needle in a patent haystack, and it was a great find. I recommend them highly."

John V. Daniluck

Partner, Patent Attorney

Dentons

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