How could you conduct a prior art search for this patent topic?

In order to conduct a prior art search, it must first be understood what can act as prior art against the patent application. Prior art is any publicly available evidence that proves that an invention is already known or obvious. The prior art search is simple and can be carried out by anyone.

How do I do a patentability search?

How to Do a Patent Search Yourself

1. Keyword brainstorm.
2. Find the relevant CPC classification using your keyword.
3. Search through the patent documents of both PatFT (issued patents) and AppFT (published patent applications) with the most relevant CPC classification that you previously identified.

What is a prior art patentability search?

A prior art search helps you evaluate whether an invention can be patented. Without a prior art search, you will be operating in an information vacuum and will not be able to form an educated opinion about whether you can patent your invention.

Which of the following where we can search prior art?

Google patents can be used to search and read the full text of patents from around the world, and find prior art in Googles index of non-patent literature. The USPTO website is another reasonably user-friendly patent database.

How important is prior art in your invention?

Prior art can be used to show that your invention is not “new” or “non-obvious” — and these are two of the most important requirements that determine whether your invention is patentable. That’s why it’s important to understand what counts as relevant prior art, and how that can affect your patent application.

What is included in prior art?

Prior art is any evidence that your invention is already known. Prior art does not need to exist physically or be commercially available. It is enough that someone, somewhere, sometime previously has described or shown or made something that contains a use of technology that is very similar to your invention.

What is the purpose of prior art search?

Do not ignore evidence you do not like. The purpose of a prior art search is to go looking for evidence you may not like. An absence of prior art at the time of your searches may not be a permanent absence. You should update your prior art searches periodically as you develop your idea.

What is the function of prior arts?

To anticipate the subject-matter of a patent claim, prior art is generally expected to provide a description sufficient to inform an average worker in the field (or the person skilled in the art) of some subject matter falling within the scope of the claim.