Patent analytics
Search and analysis services for patent owners, applicants and acquirers — from establishing whether an invention is novel through to mapping a whole technology landscape. Scope, price and turnaround for each are set out below.
- Novelty / Patentability Search
- Invalidity / Prior Art Search
- Freedom to Operate (FTO) Search
- Patent Landscape Study
Novelty / Patentability Search
The first step is to determine whether your invention meets the standards of novelty, usefulness and non-obviousness required to obtain a patent. The search looks for references across granted patents, patent applications, non-patent literature, scientific journals and research papers, identifying prior art to help determine the scope of your claims. Before filing, it tells you whether your invention is novel.
| Scope | Price | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| Novelty / Patentability Search | $1,200 per invention | 4 – 5 working days |
Invalidity / Prior Art Search
An invalidity assessment covering all independent and dependent claims. We review the patent prosecution history to identify prior art cited during prosecution, confirm that art genuinely teaches each limitation, then focus further searching on the limitations prosecution missed.
The report sorts what it finds into three categories:
- Relevant references — explicitly disclose all claim elements of at least one independent claim.
- Closely related references — explicitly disclose many claim elements of independent or dependent claims, in the same field of invention as the subject patent.
- Peripheral / additional references — discuss similar technology and may support an obviousness argument.
| Scope | Price | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| Invalidate 1 independent claim | $1,000 | 5 – 7 working days |
| Invalidate all independent claims | $1,500 | 5 – 7 working days |
| Invalidate all independent and dependent claims | $2,250 | 5 – 7 working days |
Freedom to Operate (FTO) Search
Establishes whether your inventions or products infringe valid IP rights held by others — usually an early step before commercializing a new product. The search tells you which patents and companies you might come into contact with, and in which territories. Reports are delivered in Excel and list key features, relevant blocking references, family members, detailed mapping of those references, and legal status analysis. To begin we need precise details of your product or invention.
| Scope | Price | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| Single jurisdiction | $1,500 per search | 6 working days |
| 1 – 3 jurisdictions | $2,250 per search | 6 – 8 working days |
| 3 – 5 jurisdictions | $3,000 per search | 8 – 10 working days |
| All / worldwide jurisdictions | $4,500 per search | 10 – 12 working days |
Patent Landscape Study
Patent data searched, sorted, filtered and analyzed to put it in context. The resulting report gives a competitive assessment of other companies’ portfolios within a specific technology area.
- Understand the patents relating to the products and technologies important to your enterprise now and in future.
- Identify key technology players and their relative patent strengths.
- Understand competitors’ patent activity, holdings and trends.
- Track how a landscape evolves relative to active IP development and R&D.
- 3D landscape maps conceptualize patents by technology category, showing the depth and volume of patents in particular areas.
| Scope | Price | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| Patent Landscape | $6,000 | 15 – 20 working days |
How the work gets done
Team
Access to 180+ patent experts spanning electronics, routing and internet protocols, network architecture and infrastructure, 3GPP/UMTS/WCDMA, programming languages, semiconductors and circuitry, robotics and wearables, mechanical engineering, automotive and UAVs, engines, oil and gas, consumer products, biotechnology and DNA sequencing, antibody design, genetic engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, metallurgy and healthcare.
Sources
Search strategies built on paid patent databases including Thomson Innovation, Total Patent, Acclaim and Orbit — covering 120+ patent authorities. We add national office databases such as ESPACENET, USPTO, PATENTSCOPE (WIPO), DPMA, JPO PAJ, KIPRIS and SIPO for country-specific coverage.
Proprietary web crawler and non-patent library
A key differentiator: our in-house crawler fetches documents from sources that generic free search engines do not index, surfacing relevant non-patent literature. It works alongside our own non-patent library, which gathers and houses material from university journals.
Fees
Prices are listed above. Reports can be customized to your specific requirements, and volume discounts are available on request.
Commission a report
Tell us the invention, patent or technology area and we will confirm scope, price and turnaround.