On February 1, 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) announced a new Patent Public Search tool similar to the search tools used by patent examiners to provide more convenient and robust ...

Patents are valuable resources for researchers, especially in the sciences and engineering field. Tailored for novice patent searchers, this virtual workshop will provide an introduction to patents ...

Companies specializing in patent searches have increased in number and capability. But has the use of these services by patent attorneys kept up? New tools require new strategies. In considering ...

Munich, 19 November, 2019 – The European Patent Office (EPO) has today released the new Espacenet, a substantially revised and improved version of the Office’s patent information search tool. New ...

Librarians from the Science & Technology Division will explain the process of getting a U.S. patent and show you how to do a preliminary patent search using the United States Patent & Trademark Office ...

My name is Daniel J. Weitzner. I want to extend my thanks to the Justice Department Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission for holding these hearings. I am the head of the World Wide Web ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A patentability search is conducted to determine if a given invention is novel or not. Loosely defined, patentability search is a process ...

Patent searching products aimed at in-house counsel are multiplying every year. Managing IP’s annual software survey provides comparison tables on the leading providers while Kristin Whitman, below, ...