Patent Searching Made Easy
The easiest way to do a patent search … is to hire Patent Search International (PSI) to do it for you. At $250.00, including a patentability opinion by a patent attorney and a FREE Trademark search, it doesn’t pay to do it yourself.
Of course, there is always a catch. The quality of the search will depend on how well you answer the questioner. On the other hand, even if you made a weak disclosure, you can use this search to expand your own search.
Ronald Brown founded PSI http://patentsearchinternational.com/ in 1974 and mainly worked for attorneys and businesses. In 1985, he expanded his clientele to independent inventors. He felt, that the inventors were getting cheated because the attorneys would mark up his work by $800.00 to over $1000.00. He also worked with his state attorney offices to put Invention Promotion Companies out of business because he cares about independent inventors.
He will go over how to do a patent search as well as what a good search entails. He will also share some of the tricks of the trade that he learned along the way. This will make a good primer if you want to do your own search.
However, most inventors that I know, Hate patent searching with a vengeance. Consequently, do a horrible job or spend an hour or two and are convinced that there is nothing out there like their invention. This could turn out to be a costly mistake because the examiner Will find something and every time they do, your attorney will have to answer the rejection. The more they find, the more it will cost you.
Worst case scenario, PSI does your search and finds your invention is unpatentable. You can decide to move on to something else without incurring all the cost of prosecution or use their search to expand your own to learn more about the art. This is how the patent system is suppose to work. By learning from other patents, you may just find that gold nugget that inspires that ah-ha moment that will bring you to commercial success.
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