Blog 7: Ways to do Patent Search

Hi all again,

Last time I went over the prior art search in terms of how court goes through examining the obviousness in the invention. Now that I have talked enough about obviousness, prior search, and prior art search, I think it is time to talk about how to do patent search. 

So here is a Youtube clip that I personally thought would help you guys to learn more about patent search: 

So in my previous post, I have said that the primary goal of prior art search is to discover how likely it is for new invention to be patented. It usually takes about 3 years to be patented. On the other hand, prior art search costs $500 and about 4 days to complete. Prior art search is actually time-saving way to discover whether it is worth of time and money to apply for patent. Prior art search will enhance the application to be smoother and strengthen it so that it can be solid against the future attacks.