Our search professionals use Patentability Search services to help you discover and identify all art published before an invention, along with documentation with citations and excerpts from all references found. We deliver a concise search report that includes citations to sections of any prior art discovered and electronic copies of the referenced documents.
THE PROCESS
We advise our clients to conduct a patentability search for early-stage innovation (ideation) before filing a patent application (based on drafted claims).
Our patentability search service explores the granted and published applications of significant patent offices and domain-relevant, non-patent literature. We document all findings in a C-Suite-ready report so you can best use your innovation time and funding.
Our Patentability Search Services Include:
- Patent and non-patent literature sources in the United States, Europe, Asia, and other member countries of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- All of our CN, KR, JP, and other foreign authorities include an English machine-translated document
- Additional sources are available upon request
ITAR COMPLIANCE
ITAR Compliant TEam
ITAR is a set of regulations in the United States that controls the export and import of defense-related articles and services on the United States Munitions List (USML), which can include technologies that have potential military or national security applications. Suppose you patent a technology that falls under the USML (United States Munitions List) categories covered by ITAR. In that case, you must ensure compliance to prevent unauthorized disclosure or transfer of the technology to foreign entities.
Organizations engaged in international trade are responsible for understanding and complying with the ITAR regulations. Working with a patent search services team that is ITAR compliant accelerates your innovation process by staying ahead of the compliance regulations needed, helping you protect your intellectual property, navigate the complexities of export controls, and ensure that your technology’s journey from innovation to patenting to potential commercialization is compliant.
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PATENT SEARCH News & Resources
The Government’s Grab for University Patents: Why Innovation Is at Risk
When government tries to claw back revenue from federally funded research, it risks choking off the very innovation pipeline it set out to create. History shows that discoveries like MRI and CRISPR only reached patients because universities were empowered—through the Bayh–Dole Act—to patent their breakthroughs and partner with industry. Undermining that framework today would not just alter the flow of money, it would jeopardize the next wave of life-saving technologies.
Why China’s “Global AI Plan” Puts Your IP in the Crosshairs, And Why You Should Care.
July 2025 wasn’t just busy; it was highly choreographed. Washington rolled out America’s AI Action Plan, a sweeping blueprint to speed U.S. AI build-out and push allied standards abroad. Days later at WAIC in Shanghai, Beijing unveiled its Action Plan for Global Governance of AI.
America’s AI Action Plan: What It Means for “Woke AI” and the Future of Innovation
The White House has rolled out its AI Action Plan—a sweeping, 90+ point blueprint designed to accelerate U.S. AI development, cut through infrastructure red tape, and sharpen America’s competitive edge on the world stage. Tucked between the big-ticket items like R&D funding and deregulation is one provision grabbing most of the headlines: a new executive order requiring AI systems used by federal agencies to be ideologically neutral.
