Does your company have requests like these?
We want to
- determine the patent application trends of other competing companies by technology type.
- prevent products developed by us from violating the patents of other companies before product development.
- find prior arts that are effective against patents of other companies.
- investigate prior arts and improve the invention before application.
Is your engineer tasked with technical prior art document search?
Leave it to LTEC!
We can fulfill these requests with our refined investigative strength!!
This will allow you to dedicate the resources in your company to R&D activities.
TECHNICAL PRIOR ART DOCUMENT SEARCH
We offer
Technical prior art and document searches optimized for client-specified purposes
Prior art search result documents (patent & utility model), general and technical nonpatent documents.
TECHNOLOGY TREND SEARCH
Based on technology types we can identify patent application trends of competing companies.
Machine retrieval
We can extract the related patents by Boolean Keyword searches based on classification and technical field.
Indexing
We will carefully examine the entire text of the search results and conduct indexing for each constituent element, purpose, solution the patent aims to identify.
Through collaboration with the customer, we will define the indexing items in detail in a way most suitable.
Abstract
We also offer our own proposed language for the abstract separate from that of the applicant.
Statistics
We can generate statistics for the applicants or inventors while focusing on the constituent elements, purpose, issue and solution of the technical field of the patent.
We can analyze references related to the patent.
Graphical Representations
We generate graphical distributions according to respective technical fields.
We create year-by-year graphical representations of patent applications, published patents, registered patents, etc.
Worldwide patent search
We cover patents worldwide, including Japanese, US, European, and international patents. We also cover nonpatent documents (domestic and international).
SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information)
We handle SDI investigation in ways similar to indexing on monthly or bi-weekly basis.
Classification by indexing is possible to eliminate irrelevant content (noise).
SEARCH BEFORE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
We can help prevent developing new products from violating already issued or applied for patents.
We can prevent the developed products from violating the patents of other companies during product development.
Mechanical retrieval
We can extract related patens by search words-based Boolean operation optimally targeted to patent classification and technology.
Decision making on Patent Infringement
We offer assessment of infringement potential.
Worldwide patent search
We perform patent search worldwide, including US, Japanese, European and international data bases.
INVALIDITY SEARCH
We identify effective prior art data bases prior to and after receipt of infringement warnings.
Machine retrieval & manual search
Our methods of finding these cases include not only machine retrieval but also manual searches.
We offer searches to carefully examine the entire text of patent journals to find prior arts and invalidate the assessment as a patent with errors.
Patent & general technical document
As part of prior art investigation, we cover US, Japanese, European patents as well as nonpatent documents such as scientific papers, technical reports, academic and other journals.
Reports
We prepare claim charts for prior arts that we find.
We provide logic for invalidating the patent and comment on its novelty and progressivity.
PATENTABILITY SEARCH
We carry out this process to investigate prior art and evaluate prospects for improving the claims of the invention. Then, you can apply for and acquire the patent rights.
Mechanical retrieval
We can investigate prior art by machine retrieval for patent application and requests for examination.
Overseas patentability search
In case of overseas patent application in addition to Japanese patents, we also cover foreign patent search.
Reports
We can provide technical comments on the novelty and prospects for improving the claims.
