Prior Art Search and Analysis by U.S. Patent Attorney

Founded by a U.S. Patent Attorney in 1997, PriorArtSearch.com is a full-service Patent Search Firm geared toward law firms, corporations, investment firms, and private inventors.  Our primary focus is on providing Patent Validity Search and Product Clearance Search capabilities.

In addition to patent search services, we provide a wide range of patent legal analysis, including patent due diligence analyses, patent competitive intelligence surveys, pre-litigation investigations, offensive and defensive patent portfolio analyses, opinions of counsel on patent validity, and patent litigation support.

Invalidate an Asserted Patent or Confirm Patent Enforceability

Proof of invalidity based on prior art is the first line of defense when confronted by patent infringement allegations.  When faced with defending a patent infringement lawsuit, some of the largest law firms and corporations in the U.S. have commissioned PriorArtSearch.com to conduct a Patent Invalidity Search.

Prior to asserting, licensing, buying, or selling your patent, determine the strength and enforceability of that patent by conducting a Patent Validity Search.  Knowing whether the patent can withstand an attack on validity allows you to take a better-informed and stronger negotiating stance.  Learn about our Patent Validity Search.

Conduct a Product Clearance Search

PriorArtSearch.com can work with you at any point during your product life cycle to protect your product and clear it for marketing.  We provide a Product Clearance Search to demonstrate that a proposed product does not infringe any in-force patents.  Learn more about our Product Clearance Search.

Strengthen Your Patent Application with a Patentability Search

A Patentability Search, or Patent Novelty Search, is a Prior Art Search conducted before a patent application is prepared.  This search will determine whether anyone else publicly disclosed the inventive concept prior to its critical date and provides a host of other advantages.  Learn more about our Patentability Search.

Wield a Patent Search as a Business Tool

Intellectual property management has become paramount to corporate success.  Some experts claim that eighty percent of the value of the S&P 500 is in intangible assets.  A patent search is a business tool that builds knowledge of competitor activities, identifies gaps and potential opportunities, reduces infringement risks, and prevents redundant research and development.

An experienced patent attorney can wield this business tool in ways unmatched by layperson searchers at traditional patent search firms.  We can help you to use patent information to underpin your business decisions.

Conduct Patent Due Diligence and Patent Portfolio Analysis

We can help you to develop and navigate the competitive patent landscape surrounding your soon-to-be acquired technology.  We will identify potential infringement risks, underutilized IP assets, patent trends in the relevant technologies, and opportunities for value creation through detailed patent searches of related fields.  Forward-thinking companies that embrace these strategies will obtain the greatest returns on their IP investments and position themselves for success.

Survey the Patent Landscape

An accurate survey of the patent landscape is fundamental to successful intellectual property management.  Failure to find or correctly interpret prior art can be costly.  The results of prior art searches can have serious financial consequences as they can put into question a research program or the commercialization of a new product or process.  Conversely, astute analysis and interpretation of the patent landscape can deliver game-changing strategic IP advantages.  Our Patent Search Services will provide you with a better sense of your business and legal options.

Clear and Concise Patent Prior Art Search Reports

Our prior art search reports will discuss the relevant results and record the complete and accurate search history.  We will refrain from offering legal advice about the relevance of any reference unless specifically charged with that task.

Conduct Patent Competitive Intelligence

Patent Competitive Intelligence shows the reach of a specific company's patent portfolio and provides information about the intentions of competitors.  This type of patent search can also identify potential partners.  Learn more about Patent Competitive Intelligence.

State of the Art Patent Search

A State of the Art patent search focuses on recently issued patents in a specific field.  Learn more about a State of the Art Search.

Conduct a Patent Landscape Search

A Patent Landscape or Patent Map conveys the results of a patent search in a visual form.  Learn more about a Patent Landscape Search.

Obtain Patent Litigation Support

We have considerable experience with patent litigation.  We can research patent law, draft briefs, consult on claim construction, prepare claim charts, review documents, and perform many similar patent litigation support tasks at reasonable cost.  Learn more about Patent Litigation Support.

Conduct Patent Due Diligence

An impending merger or acquisition puts an enormous strain on the intellectual property professionals at the respective companies, as they strive to review the IP portfolio of their counterpart.  We are experienced in this task and can help.  Learn more about Patent Due Diligence.

Obtain Patent Portfolio Analysis

We have extensive experience in providing offensive and defensive patent portfolio analysis, which, among other things, can map the patent claims of one company onto another company's product line.  Learn more about Patent Portfolio Analysis.

Use a Patent Attorney for your Prior Art Search

If Patent Searches are poorly framed or insufficiently exhaustive, the consequences can be disastrous.  Conversely, the insightful interpretation of patent data can help you to leap over your competitors to produce strategic and commercial gain.  Most patent search firms cannot provide you with legal advice.  An experienced patent attorney can contribute a range of skills unmatched by traditional patent search firms.  Learn more about the Patent Attorney Advantages.