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8 out of 10 of our clients work remotely.

We will hold an online meeting, conclude an agreement and do the work remotely.ПWe will hold an online meeting, conclude an agreement and do the work remotely. It doesn't matter what town you're from.

We guarantee results, not just returns

We get to the contractually guaranteed result one way or another at any pay rate.

Fixing the price at the start

You will pay exactly the amount we discussed at the beginning. No surprise payments.

More than 6,000 objects were registered

In all likelihood, your case is similar to the cases we have seen in our practice.

We represent interests in 65 countries of the world

For international registration, we resort to the help of reliable patent attorneys from abroad.

Certified Patent Attorneys

We are responsible to Rospatent. Attorney status does not require you to have a notarized power of attorney or an EDS.

What is patent research

A patent grants its owner exclusive rights to an object of intellectual activity. These include industrial designs, inventions and scientific and technical achievements. During the development, design, creation, production and use of the patented object, special patent studies are carried out. In the course of these studies the development trends and technical level of the object of intellectual property, its competitiveness and patent purity are studied. The validity of a patent in Russia is 20 years.

Patent research has a certain goal - to ensure the competitiveness of a given product, reduce the cost of its creation and avoid repetition and similarity with known developments. Various sources of information are analyzed in the course of the research: patent, economic, marketing and scientific and technical information.

The product lifecycle begins with patent research. Initially, the terms of reference are drafted and research work is carried out during the creation of the product. It is then marketed domestically and/or internationally.

For what purposes are conducted

• It is necessary to introduce new technological developments or modernize the production itself.
• Prepare documents for the conclusion of contracts.
• Set objectives for the development of new objects of intellectual activity.
• Analyze the strategic prospects of the products.
• Verify patentability.
• Avoid infringement of third party rights.

Patent research includes the main areas:

1. Verification of technical level - to determine the prospect of upcoming technology.
2. Patentability check - to register the right in case of already developed products.
3. Patent Purity Testing - if the object of technology is already in use or is planned to be used.

Patent studies help to determine the feasibility of patenting objects of industrial property, the conditions for their unhindered marketing and market prospects. Also to identify the main competitors and determine the value of finished products, not only for the conclusion of commercial contracts, but also for inclusion in the share capital of the organization.

Types and directions

Any patent analysis is determined on the basis of the necessary tasks in the stages of creation or production of products. Let us discuss each task in detail.

1) Technical level study

This direction determines the level of development of science and technology and their main trends, as well as:

• the feasibility of product and technology development, taking into account the development of a particular industry;
• the analysis of similar niches with the created product and their percentage of development;
• the number of inventions in the given sphere.

The main objective of the research is to prevent the development of non-competitive or non-patent products, and as a consequence, to save the customer's financial resources. It is necessary to determine similar products, the prospects for the development of science in the next few years and the possibility of registering patents during this period.

Directions for analysis

2) Verification of patentability

An object of industrial property has its own criteria of patentability. For example, only when novelty and applicability (and in the case of an invention and inventive step of a product) are confirmed can it be registered. The development of a product that will not meet the principles of patentability leads to unnecessary financial costs, loss of time and effort.

The patentability study allows you to complete the development of such an object or to change its characteristics if possible. This examination has the following directions:

• Registered patents and published applications are examined to determine the number of similar products;
• analysis of information on the development of similar intellectual property objects;
• Determination of the possibility to register the right to a patent by analyzing the technical solutions.

The description of the registered patent can be obtained from the databases of national and international offices. Specialists analyze the applications filed by other persons, since the legislation gives priority of registration to the previously applied inventor.

The result of the patent investigation is a report on the compliance or non-compliance of the patentability conditions. Thanks to it, changes can be made during the development phase or the invention can be abandoned altogether.

3) Patent Purity Studies

The exclusive right to a patent is strictly protected by the State and is only valid within the country whose office registered the patent. Therefore, if you decide to use it outside the registered country, it is necessary to check whether similar patents exist in the new market, so as not to infringe on the patent rights of other right holders.

Checking for patent purity is not the most common type of research, but the experts' opinions are as follows - if you want to market your product in another country, you must fully check the patents that have been issued. This step should be mandatory before implementation.

The research process in this area:

• the patent databases are searched for patents currently in force in the territory of interest to the developer, as well as applications filed;
• analyze and compare the technical solutions of the object of industrial property with the registered ones;
• the conditions of the patent which has been issued in the country are examined;
• the entire patent field of the state and its legal framework is studied;
• the possibility of claims by third parties whose patents have been successfully registered in that country is determined.

Analysis for patent purity allows to determine the following - whether the patent rights of the owners of similar inventions will be violated if you sell your product. If such a patent study is not conducted, then the developer can be held liable and will incur large financial losses, as he will violate the rights of the owners of the patents.

4) Patent landscape mapping

The patent landscape visually shows the state of the situation and the industry within a region, country or the world for a single technical solution. As a result of using this method, promising technologies and influential competitors are immediately visible, which makes it possible to make an informed decision about financial investments in a particular product of a given field.

Order of drawing up

• Patent documents and filed applications within a particular field of science and technology are analyzed;
• all collected information is transferred to the map, as a result of which the prospects, directions of development and feasibility of the product in the new market are clearly displayed;
• the level of patent activity, development of competitors in individual regions can be seen.

The examination ends with a visual report containing graphs, tables, diagrams, maps, which are easier to perceive by persons who do not have sufficient knowledge in the field of patent law.

The examination of IP objects allows to focus all efforts, including financial ones, on the development of new products and technical solutions in countries with a low level of inventive capacity and the number of issued patents.

Procedure for patent research according to State Standard

1. The terms of reference for the study are drawn up.
2. The search regulations are approved.
3. Search of patent documentation is carried out.
4. A report is compiled and data is systematized.

The choice and the utmost precision of the set task predetermines the whole outcome of the patent research. A single task for the whole process or a separate one for each stage may be approved. The client gives the executors the maximum amount of information, draws up a task and a list of conditions.

The assignment displays the following mandatory information:

• the name of the work and its stages;
• the date of performance of the task;
• a clear list of tasks;
• definition of forms which must be provided after the completion of the study.

In accordance with the assignment, the procedure for conducting the search is established, which defines:

• the subject of the search;
• the object of the search;
• territory of research;
• rules of data selection;
• sources of information.

Approval of the regulations allows you to search as accurately as possible for the information provided. Usually individual regions or a country in one or more industries are investigated. All data is collected and analyzed. Information from the public domain, as well as registries and publications are studied. Therefore, if the regulations are illiterate, the subject matter of the study will expand and specialists will have to check thousands of documents. It should clearly define the boundaries of patent research among the masses of information.

Formation of the report is the last stage, which summarizes all the data, viz:

• documents that are relevant to or similar to the object of the search;
• information on registered patents and filed applications, which are of priority;
• data on the use of industrial products and their application.

The form of the report is established by the above mentioned GOST R 15.011-96, which contains:

• title page;
• the executors who carried out the analysis and compiled the report;
• patent research;
• terms and abbreviations;
• data on the object of research;
• complete information on the tasks set by the customer;
• task responses;
• recommendations are provided and data are analyzed;
• appendices.

The customer, who provided the task, approves the report. The interested person can conduct a check independently or apply to the patent bureau. It is quite problematic to conduct an information search, since access to almost all databases is not free, and the information that is in the public domain may be unreliable. Many documents are in foreign languages, so they need to be translated, which will require significant financial expenses. And most importantly, it is important to have a qualified knowledge of patent law and legislation in order to carry out patent research.

The cost of conducting research

The price for the service in the company "Pervoistok" starts from 50 000 rubles and depends on the number of objects, their complexity, assessment of the subject matter, peculiarities of the technical assignment drawn up by the client.

The specialists of our patent bureau have wide experience in the field of national and international law in the sphere of patenting. You will get an exhaustive answer to your tasks, and the experts will control the research procedure, starting from the application up to the report drafting.