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

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

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 patent on a ground that could be raised under §102 or §103, and only on the basis of prior art consisting of patents or printed publications. An IPR petition may be filed by any person who is not the patent owner and who has not filed a civil lawsuit challenging the validity of the patent. IPR proceedings are available 9 months after the grant da

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

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