Service
Find out what already exists before you build on it
A search is only as good as its strategy. We document the search logic, classifications, and databases used, so you can judge the coverage of the result instead of trusting a number.
- Who it is for
- Inventors deciding whether to invest in drafting
- You provide
- A description of the concept and its key technical features
- You receive
- A documented search strategy: keywords, classifications, and databases
Who this is for
- Inventors deciding whether to invest in drafting
- Researchers testing whether a finding is already published
- Teams building a case for or against a direction
What you provide
- A description of the concept and its key technical features
- Known competitors, products, or references you have already seen
- The fields and, if relevant, the countries that matter to you
What you receive
- A documented search strategy: keywords, classifications, and databases
- A ranked set of the closest references with the relevant passages identified
- A feature-by-feature comparison against your concept
- Non-patent literature where it is material
- An honest statement of what the search did not cover
Process
How this work runs
Each step has an output you can read. If a step changes the answer to "stop here", we tell you at that step rather than at the end.
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01
Define
We agree the concept, the features that matter, and the scope of the search.
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Construct
We build the search logic: classification codes, synonyms, and family expansion.
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03
Search
We run and iterate across patent databases and technical literature.
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04
Compare
We map the closest references against your features and flag the overlaps.
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Report
You receive the references, the reasoning, and the limits of coverage.
No search is exhaustive. Results are limited by database coverage, language, classification practice, search strategy, and the 18-month publication delay that applies to most applications. A search report describes what was found; it is not a legal conclusion about patentability.
Often taken next
- Patentability assessment — Analysis of what the references mean for novelty, inventive step, and claim scope.
- Patent drafting — Specification, embodiments, drawings, and claim strategy, with review at each stage.
- Questions people ask before starting
Not sure this is the right service?
Describe the situation and we will name the step that answers your question first — even when that step is not one of ours.