Prior Art Search

12 Design Patent Search Strategies

Extensive design patent searches are a typical and essential method for assuring that the design application is granted.

Design Patent - Requirements and Eligibility

Design patents do not cover the functionality of a product. A design patent is usually easier to get and less expensive.

How to Declare a Patent as a Standard Essential Patent (SEP)?

Standards play an important role, especially in telecommunication, to maintain uniformity in the workflow of various technologies.

Intellectual Property as a Career

Intellectual property work can be a particularly intriguing discipline and career to pursue for persons with inquisitive minds.

Why is Copperpod IP the Best Patent Research Firm?

Copperpod IP works with leading patent attorneys worldwide to power patent licensing and litigation, with technology research and analytics.

Deciphering the PCT Application Process

While there is no such thing as a world-wide patent, there is something that approximates a world-wide patent application that can result...

10 Prior Art Search Mistakes That Undermine Your Inter Partes Review

An Inter Partes Review (IPR) is a trial held before the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to cancel specific claims of a...

Overcoming Prior Art Under U.S.C. §103 (Non-Obviousness)

35 USC §103 describes the condition of patentability referred to as non-obviousness. It reads as follows: ‘’A patent for a claimed...

Patent Invalidity Search: New Approaches to Prior Art Search

What is Patent Invalidity Search? A patent invalidity search is a process to invalidate a patent. The patent invalidity search is...