Why Image Analysis is Important in A Prior Art Search?
In today’s consumer-centric world, satisfying a clients’ needs is the primary goal of any company. When it comes to prior art searches, there is only one thing that can satisfy a client: a relevant prior art. Thus, as a searcher, finding a relevant prior art is of utmost importance, and for that, we cannot limit […]
Invalidating Patents using Non Patent Literature – A Valuable Source of Prior Art
Every day, as we take a step at making our life more digital, we facilitate digitization of our knowledge. Hundreds of documents, on a regular basis, are getting scanned, listed, indexed and made searchable through various portals. The interesting fact is that this increasing and untapped potential of non-patent literature (NPL) as prior art is […]
Why You Need A Strong Prior Art Search?
Are all prior art searches equal? No. Some only apply to the United States. Some will also include foreign patents. And others will include searching for non-patent literature. As the focus of the patent search expands, so does its costs. So, even if a competent search is conducted for prior art in the United States, […]
A Patent Prior Art Search is More Than Just Providing References!
Time and again, the prior art searches we conduct teach us new lessons. These lessons not only help us add new rules to our little black book of prior art searching but also point us to the true north. They teach us that possibilities are unlimited and we will eventually find what we are looking for. An […]
Patent Invalidation Search – University Publications as a Source of Non-Patent Literature
You may attest to the fact that a lot has already been written and discussed on the importance of searching in non-patent literature when performing a prior art search. However, not much (almost nothing) has been written that discusses the importance of searching university publications while conducting a patent invalidity search. Why are University Publications important […]
Patent Invalidation – Why to Consider Images in a Prior Art Search?
How do I find a hidden prior art? – Doesn’t this question bug everyone when we conduct an invalidation search? While some of us try new strategies to excavate one, others explore patent databases that have not yet been explored. To sum it up, we all rely on text to find a prior art. Isn’t it? We […]
Do You Know How We Think Internally?
At GreyB, We are very proud of how we perform the invalidity search internally and at the same time very vocal about our attitude of ‘If it exists we are going to find it’. There is a lot of work that goes into delivering high-quality results to the client. We have different teams that work […]
Invalidating a Composition Patent? This is how we did.
OBJECTIVE The patent under study was related to a cigarette filter having gas adsorbing material and certain specific composition requirements. Our objective was to invalidate the patent for Inter Partes Review. STORY In patents such as this, which have specific composition requirements, the task of finding prior-art for inter partes review search may become a little […]
Invalidation Search – How We Cracked The Toughest Case We Came Across?
We received a request from a client to invalidate a patent that is related to the concept of a random access procedure. More specifically, the patent was talking about a specific equation. Actually these days we are doing a hell lot of invalidation. STORY In this case, we got an important lead during the start […]
How we Invalidated a Wireless Communication Patent using Standards?
OBJECTIVE The patent that we received from the client was related to Wireless communication and covered the process for handling lower priority communication traffic. STORY This time, we thought to start the search in a regular way. We started with the development of a detailed understanding of the patent followed by a thorough analysis of file […]
Invalidation Search – How to find better results than an examiner during prosecution?
OBJECTIVE: We had to invalidate a patent related to an audio player that had one important feature. Also, the client wanted to make his position stronger in the Inter Partes Review. STORY: This patent had been a part of litigation before. In all such cases, the other party ended up settling the case. So, we had […]
