US Patent Search

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US Patent Search

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How to perform a Patent Search is a digital download of easy to follow instructions and invention forms to privately research competing patent and patent applications related to your invention. Included are instructions, forms, and two samples for your review, and info on how to objectively evaluate the patentability of your Invention.

Documents included:

  • Patent Search Information

  • Patent Search Instructions on How to Perform a Search

  • Patent Search Form Clean

  • Patent Search Sample1 DripID

  • Patent Search Sample2 Sneaker Doodle

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Is your Invention Idea patent-able?

Don’t get lost in a search of existing patents yourself. Let Inventor Start help you with a US Patent Search of your idea or invention today.

What is a US Patent Search?

This search is a search of the published US patents and patent applications relevant to your invention. You’ll need to read and evaluate the elements or parts of each US patent and patent applications relevant to your invention in comparison to the elements or parts of your invention. You may have an invention to patent if you have a new element or part not found in the US patents and patent applications relevant to your invention.

How do I perform a thorough and accurate US Patent Search?

In order for an invention or idea to be patent-able, your invention must be new. This means having a new part, element, feature, or step in a process in comparison to other patents and patent applications.

How to conduct a US Patent Search.

Inventor Start’s download will walk you through the proper procedures in order to perform a search with inventor information, instructions, forms, and samples created by Patent Attorney Mat Grell. His inventions, DripID® and Sneaker Doodle™, will show you an easy to follow, do-it-yourself approach to privately perform your own search. Get started today!

Documents included:

  • Patent Search Information

  • Patent Search Instructions on How to Perform a Search

  • Patent Search Form Clean

  • Patent Search Sample1 DripID

  • Patent Search Sample2 Sneaker Doodle

Why perform a US Patent Search?

There are many reasons why an inventor should spend time searching and educating themselves about existing patents and published patent applications that are similar, or related to, the inventor’s idea. In order for your new idea to be patent-able, it must be new or novel. To be new or novel, means you typically have a new part, element, feature, or step in a process that no other patent contains. To know if you have a new part, element, feature, or step in a process you must research all of the existing patents and published patent applications. 

Where do you look for existing patents?

Search online at the USPTO website. Download PDF files of any relevant patents and published patent applications and identify their parts and features. Take a moment to then compare your invention’s list of parts to the parts and features found during your patent research. Then you’ll be able to determine whether you have a new part or feature. If yes, you may have a new idea that can be protected by a patent.

Things to review before relying on your own search:

  • We perform an in-person search at the US Patent Office records room using a professional searcher to perform your search. It makes sense to do your own online searching in the beginning, but be careful in relying on your own online search before you spend thousands of dollars to obtain a patent. If you find something during your search that is close to your invention, follow the analysis procedure set forth in the Inventor Start Kit download.

  • If you are going to perform your own search using the Inventor Start Kit, you will want to review the websites: United States Patent Office or Google Patent Search or Free Patents Online. It is advisable for every inventor to perform a preliminary search of US patents on their own. We find that it is not uncommon for inventors to do a search and find nothing or miss a patent.

  •  Database search engines have search query flaws and have missing patents within their databases. Occasionally, I have looked for patents in these databases that I know to exist and cannot always find them. Additionally, the most recent patents are not always immediately available.

  • The US Patent Office also has a helpful US search tutorial and frequently asked questions to educate inventors on how to use the online search features.

  • Try various search terms in order to make sure you are covering all possible descriptions of the invention.

  • Once you receive a short list of relevant patents, you swill need to read the patents and highlight the elements or parts to see which ones are relevant.

  •  Bear in mind that this search does not include foreign patents and other publications, U.S. and foreign, that may be available to an examiner during the examination process of a patent application.

  • Additionally, any unpublished pending patent applications cannot be searched for 18 months. As a result, a favorable patent search should not be taken as a guarantee that the invention is patent-able. It is possible that a relevant reference may not have been uncovered even by an experienced patent searcher.

  • You are also reminded that any public use, offer for sale, or sale in the United States prior to the filing of a US patent application may prohibit the granting of a US patent. Foreign patent laws, in this regard, may be much more restrictive than US law. Protect your invention by first filing a Provisional Patent Application.