The Federal government and patent agency IP Australia have launched a new open, online database featuring almost 20 years' worth of the country's patent application records, in a bid to make it easier ...

Jason Eisenberg, Hannah Hughes, Ph.D. Many practitioners in sensitive technology areas file patent applications with non-publication requests or may abandon their applications if examination is not ...

As you work with your attorney to complete a non-provisional patent application for your utility, design or asexually reproducing plant-based invention, your attorney will need to conduct a thorough ...

Inventors will frequently ask why they need to spend the money on a US patent search, and all too frequently believe patent searches are unnecessary. There are various iterations of this question, ...

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 ...

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Prior art generally serves as evidence that an inventor or creator seeking patent safeguards has not submitted an application for work that is sufficiently new, novel and therefore eligible for legal ...

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Every oil/gas company is constantly looking for new ideas that offer a competitive advantage, especially ones that can be patented. A sound business practice is to review the patent database to be ...