A combined patentability and Freedom to Operate (FTO) search is a type of patent search that examines these two important perspectives together at the same point in time, rather than separately. This type of search is conducted to help Legal/IP, R&D, business and other groups, […]
TPR Reviews IBM’s PatCID – TPR has been working with the IBM Deep Search research team to evaluate their patent chemical structure database and search tool, PatCID. We’ve written about this previously, and what follows is our March 2025 update to this series. Previous articles […]
Today, staying ahead of competitors means more than just protecting your intellectual property—it requires understanding the bigger picture. Many of our clients think of patent landscapes as tools for avoiding infringement, identifying acquisition targets, or finding white space for new inventions. While they are excellent […]
Overview – In chemistry and pharmaceutical literature (either patents or non-patent literature), structures can be named a multitude of ways, or even be represented without being named at all. As a consequence, keyword searching alone will not find all relevant art. In spite of the […]
This new article dives into the state of artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to the patent search realm. This 2023 release is a continuation of the original article from 2022 which you can read here. Reading the original article is not required but it may […]
This real-life case study shows how a resourceful patent attorney involved an outside patent search firm to deliver comprehensive patent landscape analysis reports every quarter. The reports were both efficient and timely, facilitating the attorney’s end-client to keep an eagle eye on their technology space. […]
The classification system seems a simple concept; organizing patents into specific technology groupings based on the subject matter to which they pertain. In theory, such a system would be extremely useful when it comes to patent searching, especially for technologies that are very visual such […]
A review of AI based patent searching – Are we there yet? Article Overview – These days when setting off to conduct a patent search or evaluate patent search firms, you will inevitably come across the phrase “Artificial Intelligence” or “AI”. The phrase is used […]
Percent Identity in Sequence Searching In this issue of the TPR Biotech Brief, we look at ‘percent identity’ in sequence searching by exploring the following: What is meant by ‘percent identity’? Why can every alignment have more than one type of ‘percent identity’? What are […]
With the introduction of the America Invents (Leahy-Smith) Act a decade ago, the United States moved from ‘first-to-invent’ to a ‘first-to-file’ patent system. While it may be tempting to rush to the patent office to put your date-stamp stake in the ground, an important step […]
