Patent Search Lawyers

A patent search is a search of the archives of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The purpose of this search is to assess whether the patent being applied for is indeed unique. Today, with so many patent applications arising out of innovative uses of technology, the patent search is vital to avoid spending time and money in product design and development only to find that the product or process cannot be patented. A skilled patent attorney has access to the archives and understands how to do a thorough patent search. In most cases, attorneys will conduct a patent search prior to assisting in writing a patent application and will use the search results in order to craft the patent application so as to avoid already-patented similar products or processes.