This is a global search covering worldwide references, using IPDL (Industrial Property Digital Library) of JPO, esp@cenet of EPO, USPTO patent full-text and image database of USPTO, Delphion, Dialog and Patolis, which are for patent and utility model, and STN and JOIS, which are for non-patent, performed to verify the existence of prior art or relating documents seamlessly before filing a patent application or a request for examination in addition to a performance of an infringement search or a validity search.
In principle, published patent applications and utility model applications, and, if desired, also non-patent, are covered in accordance with the content of the search.
In principle, published patent applications and utility model applications, and non-patent are available up to the present. It is possible to determine the term in accordance with the technical field and the technical content.
After carefully reviewing the technical content of the search, logical formulas for each database are drawn up to narrow the final number of search results to from around 1,000 to 5,000 references. Then full texts of the hit references are carefully reviewed and references closely related with the object of the search will be reported as located references.
We will locate at least one patent, utility model, or non-patent reference and report it together with the logical formulas to be used in the search and the copies of the located references.
There are 2 types of reporting style. Please refer to the attached sample.
| Sample 1 | Report only the degree of similarity to the object of the search |
| Option | Report with brief comments comparing with the object of the search |
Reporting in a customized format is also available.
Reports are delivered in 3 to 4 weeks after receiving orders for one global search. When more than 2 searches are desired, delivery date is negotiable.
From $2,000 for patent and utility model.
From $2,800 for patent, utility model and non-patent.
Optional Reports with brief comments involve an additional charge of $100, and copies of the references are 25￠ per sheet.
Contact us and provide a copy of the specification for the search before filing the patent or utility model application, or a copy of the published patent or utility model application for the search before filing the request for the examination attached.
Example of GSS Report
Exemplary case study of the global search using USPTO patent full-text
and image database or Delphion, esp@cenet, IPDL, Patolis and JOIS is shown
below.
Reporting style (Sample 1)
| Application No. 2002-xxxxxx: mobile telephone having both functions of GPS and wave clock |
| Covering periods to be searched: 1975.1.1 ～ 2002.10.20 |
| References to be searched: worldwide patent and utility model applications (only for database available) |
| Search points: (1) mobile telephone or PDA incorporated with GPS and wave clock linked to a satellite (2) mobile terminals with GPS and/or wave clock |
| IPC, USC and technical words to be used for interrogating in each database are shown. Also, technical words will be translated into proper Japanese language in the case of the Japanese patent and utility model search. 1.455/456 or 455/403 or 455/426 or 455/427 or 455/456 or 342/352 or 342/357 or 342/357.06 or 342/357.16 2.H04M01/21 or H04Q07/20 3.mobile or cellular 4.telephone or phone or terminal or PDA 5.”wave clock” or “square-wave clock" 6.clock or timepiece or watch or time 7.standard or exact? or GPS or “global positioning system" or satellite Multiple Boolean formulas will be applied in each database eventually. Case 1: ((1 or 2) and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7) Case 2: (3 and 4 and (5 or 6)) |
| Hit patent and utility model references, which have found in Boolean formulas, should be investigated in terms of their full specifications and compared with the search subject. |
| Search Results |
| List of located references: (1)JP2002-304376 Japanese publication patent (similarity: strong) (2)JP09-247255 Japanese publication patent (similarity: moderate) (3)JPU3063116 Japanese granted utility model (similarity: strong) (4)US6,317,602B1 U.S.A granted patent (similarity: moderate) (5)US2002115478 U.S.A. application (similarity: moderate) (6)DE19943950 German publication patent (similarity: background) (7)CN1344096 Chinese publication patent (similarity: background) (8)US2002022490 U.S.A. application (similarity: background) (9)WO0163317 PCT (similarity: background) (10)DE19817962 German publication patent (similarity: background) (11)Visual tech. Non-patent (similarity: background) |