Our Difference
Our analysts and searchers are industry experienced engineers and scientists with significant backgrounds in IP research. Our people are directly accessible and are eager to consistently exceed your expectations by working directly with you to establish requirements and review results.
All of our searchers are trained on the communication protocol associated with each type of search that they conduct; impersonal template emails and reports are replaced with a follow up phone call. Our people take the time and effort to provide you with the information and supporting documentation that you need to quickly assess results.
Our project management and quality assurance processes ensure we exceed your expectations by delivery of timely and accurate results. Our competent and confident analysts provide only the most relevant information with respect to the subject matter being searched.
Our reports are standalone documents designed to reduce your results analysis burden. To eliminate ambiguity, for example, our patentability reports contain each reference's bibliography and text excerpts from relevant reference sections. Our reports provide you with the search strings used, patent classes referenced, databases covered, and copies of the referenced documents.
A Modern Day IP Challenge
- The cost to prosecute a patent is at least US$10,000 to US$15,000.
- Examination time to a grant decision on average takes about three years.
- Many environments are so competitive and the related technology so rapidly changing that there is only a smalll window of time where the patent rights hold value.
- Patent applications must be filed quickly so that IP protection is obtained quickly.
IP.com Solution
- Strike the best balance between broad coverage and narrow claims in the patent application; a narrower set of claims will progress much more rapidly through examination.
- Perform more searches on the narrower claimed inventions.
- Establish a flat fee for searches, allowing for better budget control and the potential ability to search more.
- Set a rapid turn around time on search results.