The purpose of patent retrieval is to let enterprises know the trend of world patents, avoid repeated development and waste of funds, and make great contributions to enterprises. Because there are many patents in the world and they have priority, no one can guarantee that their ideas are unique in the world. The invention patent you can think of is probably thought of by others, so any individual or enterprise should carefully search before applying for a patent-whether its own idea has been realized by others and whether the patent has appeared in the databases of major patent offices around the world without knowing it.
Patent research and application should not be lucky. According to incomplete statistics, countries lose the value of research topics because they have not consulted patent documents, resulting in billions of losses every year and even more indirect losses. During the Seventh Five-Year Plan period in China, about two-thirds of the nearly 10,000 topics of mass enterprises were repeated studies.
Therefore, patent retrieval plays an important role in the growth of enterprises and the saving and improvement of global productivity.
Patent retrieval has become a bridge between patentees and enterprises, and has made immortal contributions to the promotion of patent transformation. The patentee only needs to provide the patent name; The name of the patentee; Patent number, etc. Enterprises can query the authenticity and legal status of patents through patent search.
Patent application costs half or more, but because of its important role, this step becomes one of the necessary steps in patent application. The function and significance of patent retrieval before patent application can be summarized as follows:
First of all, you can evaluate the possibility of patent application being authorized.
According to the investigation of foreign patent agencies, more than 66% of invention patents could not be authorized, most of which were due to the existence of previously published documents and the lack of novelty.
Second, it helps patent agents to better draft patent documents.
Through the preliminary patent search before the application, we can obtain the necessary information to understand the existing technology, so that we can compare the existing technology and describe the beneficial effects and creativity of the application, as well as the essential differences with the existing technology. This is very important for future substantive review.
Third, the preliminary patent search before application will improve the application scheme.
Through the preliminary search before application, we can get some relevant comparison documents, which are likely to contain references, which will help the applicant to improve the technical scheme, so as to better put forward the technical scheme and obtain the best protection effect.
Fourth, the preliminary patent search before application can save you time and money.
Invention patent certificate
Usually refers to the time from the application for a patent for invention to whether the patent is granted or not. If the applicant does not conduct a preliminary patent search before applying for a patent, once the patent is not authorized or the scope of protection is narrowed, it will not only lose the application fee, but also lose valuable time and energy.