PatPro provides a full range of patent search and document retrieval services in all technical disciplines.

Searches Patent Searches

PatPro specializes in Patent Search services including:

	Patentability/Novelty	State-of-the-Art
	Validity	Infringement / Clearance
	Collection	Custom

Technical Disciplines:

	Chemical		Electrical
		Organic Compounds		Computer
		Pharmaceuticals		Semiconductors & Manufacture
		Polymers		Data Processing & Control
		Biotech		Communication
		Analytical		Internet
	Mechanical		Design

Search Reports - Each search is accompanied by a search report that may be customized to your specification. Our standard detailed report includes a concise description of the search scope, identification of the field of search for manual searching, identification of databases accessed and search parameters or queries used for automated searching, identification of Examiner's consulted (where applicable), a listing and a copy of each reference found, and a discussion of the references found.

Expanded Validity Searches:

When a "traditional" validity search of patents, commonly used databases and literature maintained in the Examiners' search rooms does not uncover invalidating prior art, we can design and execute a more comprehensive invalidity investigation of some "non-traditional" sources. This investigation may include an in depth analysis of pioneering work for the relevant subject matter. The investigation can focus on finding individuals who may have knowledge of work in the relevant art to identify potential on-sale bars, public uses, disclosures or displays, non-traditional publications, etc.
Such investigations may include:

• identifying and interviewing professors from Universities engaged in research concerning the subject matter of the patent;
• locating and interviewing inventors or authors listed on the most relevant patents and publications;
• identifying and contacting companies that may have commercialized the relevant technology;
• identifying and locating materials from seminars, conferences or grant applications concerning the relevant subject matter;
• identifying relevant trade associations and their journals, and contacting the heads of the associations to identify relevant facts;
• conducting searches for trademark applications of the trademark owner that may suggest commercial activity prior to the critical date;
• reviewing all references cites during prosecution of the most relevant patents found as a result of the initial search and performing a search forward for all patents that cite the most relevant patents;
• reviewing the references contained in the bibliographies of all relevant publications found as a result of the initial search;
• identifying other countries in which the relevant technology was developed or commercialized and coordinating searches with our foreign associates in those countries; and
• other investigations as the fact may warrant