1. PRIOR ART SEARCH
INTRODUCTION
Sagar N Patil
psagaripr@gmail.com

2. Presentation Plan
 “Prior-Art”
“Prior-Art Search- What ? When ? Why ?
Which? How ?
Types of Prior-Art-
Patentability Search
Validity Search
FTO Search
State-of-Art Search
Other Searches
Presentation plan

3. Introduction-
What is Prior-Art ?

4. Its combination of two or more words !!
PRIOR + ART
Earlier /
Existing Knowledge

5. CONSIDERED NOT-CONSIDERED
• Any publicly published
document.
• Oral disclosures
• Traditional Knowledge ?
• Non-public information
• Trade secret
• Document for internal
use/circulation in company
Prior-Art in Patent Cases

6. Search on Patent/Non Patent database
General internet search
Consulting experts in the field
Physical search
Prior-Art Search – WHAT ???
An effort to identify Prior-Art may include ,

7. Legal intelligenceTechnical intelligence
Business intelligence
Prior-Art Search – WHAT ???

8. Prior-Art Search – WHEN & WHICH???
Patentability
search
FTO
search
Validity
search
State of
art search
Other
searchWHICH

9. PATENTABILITY
SEARCH
done by
inventor
Check -
trueness
Confirming
possibility of
right
No date
constraints
Prior-Art Search – WHEN???

10. VALIDITY
SEARCH
By
company/
entity Check –
existance and
validity of
patent (graned
patent)
Confirmin
g CLAIMS
and not
ideas
Search- file
date – get
behind – find
prior art

11. INFRINGEMENT
SEARCH
By
compan
y/potent
ial user
Check – only
Patent and
not
Literature
Confirming
CLAIMS of
only in force
Patents
Search- date
constraint of
only 20 years
Patents

12. STATE OF ART
SEARCH
By different
people
, depending
upon client
Check – for what
is being current
Technology
Search- date
constraints vary . Also
called Collection
search

13. OTHER SEARCH
Bio-sequence /
chemical structure
search
Spider search
Concept
based search

14. Prior-Art – HOW IT HELPS ?
• Understand your competition
• Avoid patent infringement
• Write your application
• Save cost of invention and proceeding
• Learn more about your technology
• Competitor tracking
• Stand against legal issues.

15. PATENTABILITY VALIDITY FTO
Search subject Invention Patent Product/service
Patent search Yes Yes Yes
Search scope Full-text Full-text Claims
Legal status No No Active/pending
Non-patent
search
Yes yes No
Jurisdiction
range
No No Yes
Date restriction No (generally) No Yes
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16. THANK YOU
Sagar N Patil
psagaripr@gmail.com