Home Study Patents Brand names Design Searches Contacts Home / Searches Searches Patent searches Priority searches between patents are fundamentally differentiated into 4 different types that require extremely variable approach times and strategies. The search on a single document makes it possible to detect the complete copy of the text of an Italian or foreign patent, in the application or granted state, starting from the knowledge of the salient data of the same, i.e. application, publication or concession number. The search by family makes it possible to detect all the bibliographic references connected to an Italian or foreign patent, which originated from it in the procedures for territorial extension of the patent, starting from the knowledge of the salient data of the same. The nominative search, which can be conducted nationally and / or internationally, makes it possible to detect all the bibliographic references connected to the name of an Inventor or the owner of a patent. The more laborious and difficult search by topic allows the bibliographic references of patents relating to a specific technical sector to be found internationally. This makes it possible to evaluate the state of the art in relation to a given technical solution concerning a device, an apparatus or an industrial process. It makes it possible to obtain a general view on the "state of the art", that is, to obtain information on the knowledge acquired by competing companies in their sector; ascertain whether and where it is lawful to produce and market one's product without infringing the rights of others; and assess the degree of novelty and originality of its technical solution in the light of a possible filing of a patent application. NOTE : Priority searches between patents are not able to detect documents filed in the previous 18 months whose text, by law, remains secret and inaccessible to the public. Trademark searches Priority searches between trademarks, which can be conducted in Italy and / or internationally, are fundamentally differentiated into 4 different types and allow for the detection of any prior patent rights. They make it possible to verify whether the trademark, possibly the subject of a subsequent application for registration, can generate confusion in the average consumer, for identical or similar products and / or services, with earlier trademarks or distinctive signs. The research on the single trademark allows to detect the salient data of the same, that is to say the protected name and / or logo, the product classes of the distinguished products and / or services, the ownership, etc., starting from the knowledge of a number of application, publication or concession. The name search, which can be carried out nationally and / or internationally, allows to detect all the bibliographic references of the trademarks linked to the name of an Applicant. The search by identity, which can be conducted nationally and / or internationally, allows to detect all the bibliographic references of the trademarks identical to the denomination of interest in the desired product categories. The search by similarity, which can be conducted nationally and / or internationally, allows to detect the existence of earlier trademarks or identically similar to the denomination of interest in the desired product classes. The search report shows both the identical trademarks and those similar to the denomination of interest. INVENTION | 1, Via Delle Armi - 40137 Bologna (BO) - Italy | PI 04114700372 | Tel. +39 051 440826 | Fax. +39 051 440232 | info@invention.it | Legal information | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Sitemap Powered by Pagine Gialle - SmartSite