What is Patent Analytics?

Learn basics of Patent Analytics with Company360 Expertswww.company360.in Note: this a basic small tutorial to help science students to conduct a basic prior art without incurring any cost.

How to conduct Prior art search for an invention?

First step- create summaryBefore conducting a prior art search, first read the technology/invention/product feature thoroughly.List down all the main features.List the features in accordance to their importance in the invention.Example: a chopping machineFeatures: shape of blade, sharpness, easy to handle, time saving battery may constitute as features.But list features as most important feature on top of the list, which may be designated as novel feature.

Second Step: Frame keywords around the featuresKeywords: chopping machine with bladeBattery driven chopping machine.Chopping machine with secure handle etc.

Third Step: decide a date restrictionIn legal language it means priority date.That means suppose you have an invention filed on 1 January 2005, or you want to file a patent application on 1 January 2005. All the existing patents or non-patent literature available and filed before 1 January 2005, will constitute as prior art for your invention.So you have search the patent and non patent literature before this date.And you will be using this as your restriction date to conduct prior art search

Fifth step: input your keywords in free databasesThere exists lots of free databases which you may use to conduct a brief prior art search by yourself.Examples : Google patentsWipoEspacenetSumobrainPatent lens etc.

Sixth Step: open the databases and try to find most closest results.You may start with google patents for an instance.Input your keywords in it.Search and sort most relevant most similar existing patent before your priority date.Those results will be your prior arts.

Note: this a basic small tutorial to help science students to conduct a basic prior art without incurring any cost.

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