3. • It is the process of finding whether an
invention exists or not .
• The process by which prior inventions or
ideas are examined,
• With the goal of being able to find close
similarity to a proposed invention.
• Helps you in taking the decision of whether
to Patent the invention or not.
What is patent search ??
4. • Understand your competition
• Avoid patent infringement
• To draft your patent application
• Learn more about your field of inventions
• To identify the right companies to license
the patent in your field of invention
Why to do Patent search??
5. • Operators
• Booleans / Truncations
Language
• Syntax , Technologies
• Concepts
Advanced
Keywords
• Class / Sub class / Group
• IPC / US / EPO / CPC / F-Term…Classification
• Assignees
• Inventors
Major Players
• Dates / Years
• Countries
Date range
searching
• Alive
• DeadLegal Status
How to do Patent search ??
6. DATA EDITION
• Patent Families
• Full Text English Machine Translation
• Traduction available in 36 languages
• Normalized Assignees
• Corporate Tree
• Concept Extraction
• Key Content Display
Orbit relies on an extensive Database: FAMPAT
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DATA SOURCES
• Bibliographic Patent Data of 96+
Countries
• Full Text Data of 20+ Countries
• Patent Copies of 40 Countries
• Legal Status of 20+ Countries
• Citations of 20+ Countries
• US Litigation Information
• US Reassignments
FAMPAT
Database
14. The timeline tab displays in a comprehensive way the steps a patent has gone
through and its current status
Orbit provides an easy access to relevant information
15. The powerful similarity search algorithm allows broad and narrow searches
Orbit Patent Search expands tremendously your search options
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• Search Similar Patents
17. It is easy and convenient to share results with colleagues
Orbit Prior-Art Search is a collaborative tool
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By setting up emails
18. Collaborate
Rate and add some notes to the documents you are reviewing
Orbit Prior-Art Search is a collaborative tool
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Notes
Rating
19. Orbit Prior-Art Search gives the possibility to export your results
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You can also export your results and download pdf copies
20. Store
You can save your patent families to your workfiles or lists
Orbit Prior-Art Search gives the possibility to save your results
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Workfiles
List
21. Monitor
You can set up alerts on any changes happening to the
patent families that you are already monitoring
Orbit Prior-Art Search is a monitoring tool
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22. Large patent database
Multi queries search tool
Customizable display
Collaborative tool
Monitoring and storing features
ORBIT : Is a powerful and comprehensive search tool