Why perform a patent search?

1. The most obvious reason is to determine whether or not you can get a patent or if your invention has already been patented. Ask us for a NOVELTY search.
2. Find out if you are (or will be) infringing someone else's right. Ask us for an INFRINGEMENT search.
3. learning more about a new field
4. for market information
5. competitor tracking
6. technology tracking

Contact Patmark to perform a search before you start to invest a lot of money in protecting and promoting your invention.

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We also regularly search:

• Other countries and regions' patent databases using reputable interfaces such as DIALOG.
  Ask us about the countries you are interested in.
• Journals, articles, chemical databases...
• for patents by specific inventors and patentees.
  Ask us for a NOMINAL INDEX search.
• to see if the patent number you know about has been done in other countries and regions.
  Ask us for an EQUIVALENT search.

To do a good search you must tell us how your invention works, NOT how you will use your invention. For example, an improvement on an automobile switch will be found with switches--not with automobiles. Why? Because the invention is a switch, not an automobile.

At Patmark we understand patent language. For example, the phrase "Four rectangular uprights supporting a planar surface" describes a table.