Focused Expert Clearance Research
Express Search offers expert clerance research focused and targeted to your client’s exact needs. We work with you to identify the best art to give your client a thorough understanding of the patent art currently active in the technology. Our expert researchers provide you with the US and foreign references required for you to draft strong opinions and give your clients solid direction.
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Focused Expert Clearance Research
Express Search offers expert clerance research focused and targeted to your client’s exact needs. We work with you to identify the best art to give your client a thorough understanding of the patent art currently active in the technology. Our expert researchers provide you with the US and foreign references required for you to draft strong opinions and give your clients solid direction.
How is a Clearance Research Used?
Clearance research (also known as “Freedom to Operate”, “Freedom to Practice”, or “Right to Use” research), is a fundamental element in opinion drafting and a key business tool for corporate management. Express Search offers detailed clearance research allowing our clients the flexibility to focus on drafting opinions, amendments, and briefs while having peace of mind regarding due diligence and strength within the market. Clearance research has become a standard method of judging product value in the intangible asset marketplace. This research is in higher demand as companies are forced to consider the increased probability of legal scrutiny.
How is a Clearance Research Conducted?
Clearance research includes an infringement search in addition to searching expired patents that may provide a “safe harbor” for a specific product, process, or service. Our researchers address both infringement and patentability concerns with the ultimate goal of giving the client the ability to offer a solid legal opinion regarding the barriers to entry into a particular field of technology or market. Due to the in-depth nature of clearance research, the disclosure is measured against the claims of the cited prior art. This eliminates references that could be included in patentability results that do not specifically teach the client’s invention. The end result is a highly focused body of prior art whose claims read on the disclosure provided. The researcher covers the earliest art to the most recent inventions, including US patents, US applications and foreign art. Non-patent literature may also be included to provide an additional scholarly overview of the field of technology. Express Search clearance research includes both the search results as well as diverse legal status information for each of the cited references. Opinion-free comments include column/line/figure and claim references which point clients directly to the most important features of the art. Coupled with keyword searchable electronic patent copies, clients can quickly and accurately prepare their clearance opinions with confidence.
Patent Clearance Research – Secured
Express Search is certified annually by the State Department and is qualified to conduct ITAR certified research. We have researchers experienced in military and aerospace technologies.
Patent Clearance Research – Focused
Whether you are looking for active patents to determine the current competitive landscape or including expired references to explore safe harbor options, we can taylor your research to your exact need.
Patent Clearance Research – Targeted
With international concerns, we can focus your results on exactly the US and Foregin national patent authorities you require. We also include integrated assignment information in our results for companys you specify.
Quality Clearance Research
INPADOC Family Information
INPADOC patent family and status information give you a complete picture of the research results.
Secured Electronic Download
All results are available as secured electronic download, including searchable PDFs of all references cited. Of course if you want the results via CD or other delivery method, just ask!
Fast Turnaround
Standard 5-10 day delivery. If you need the results by a specific date and we can accomodate.
Detailed Analysis
With over 25 years experience in the field, Express Search had developed detailed and focused search procedures to give you the strongest results possiblle. We search keyword, US classificaitons, as well as CPC.