Friday, March 13, 2015

Week 7 - Obviousness & Patent Search

Hi everyone! Now that I have defined what exactly prior art is, and the definition of a prior art search, I really want to delve into how you should conduct a patent search. 

I have found a lot of great tutorials on how to conduct a patent search, but found this step-by-step tutorial as the best way to go about this. One of the best ways to conduct a search is to go through Espacenet.com - this website is dedicated to helping find patents online for anyone.

Looking through this tutorial and the website for Espacenet.com, I realized that it is more tailored to those who are active participants in filing patents, as I found that the design of the website was meant for a more advanced search experience.

But have no fear - Google also has a great search for patent discovery as well for the "regular" people too.... Simply type in www.google.com/patents and you will be able to discover pictures, official documents, and more in your patent discovery search!


Best,
Payal

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