Our highly qualified staff of engineering professionals will go beyond basic keyword and classification searching. For example, search strategies take into account each element including individual features and combinations, multiple subclasses, synonyms, keywords, etc.

Many of our staff members are patent attorneys, patent agents, former patent examiners, or scientific advisers. The search professionals are well versed in the concepts of anticipation and obviousness in addition to their areas of expertise, which allows for skilled insight into the review of identified documents. In addition, Cardinal IP ensures the highest quality product by including a review of all searches by senior search professionals. A project manager who is experienced in their technical field, and who acts as a valuable liaison - before, during and after each project, facilitates each research project.

Partnering with Cardinal Intellectual Property provides you the talents of hundreds of professionals, each with extensive expertise in specialized subject areas. As such, the USPTO selected Cardinal IP to perform Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) searches and prepare written opinions across all subject categories.

Life Sciences
Animal Husbandry
Dentistry
Diagnostic Equipment
Drug Delivery Systems
Implantable Devices
Medical Device Coating
Medical Instruments
Microarray Technology
Plant Husbandry
Prosthetic Devices
Surgery/Medical Devices
Surgical Supplies
Treatment Devices

Biotechnology
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Cell Biology
Recombinant DNA Technology
Food Technology
Genetics
Immunology
Living Organisms
Microarray Technology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Nanotechnology
Pharmacogenomics
Proteomics
Tissue Engineering
Vector Development

Physical Sciences

Alternative Energy
High Temperature Superconductors
Measuring/Testing
Music
Nanodevices
Nuclear Engineering
Optics
Radiation
Semiconductors

Chemical
Aqueous Chemistry
Bioinorganic/Bioorganic
Ceramic
Chemical Analysis
Chemical/Materials Engineering
Coatings/Adhesives/Paints
Combinatorial Chemistry
Compositions
Fuel Cells
Gas Phase Reactions
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Homogeneous Catalysis
Liquid Phase Reactions
Macromolecular Chemistry
Organic/Inorganic Chemistry
Organometallics
Petrochemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Polymers
Process Engineering
Reactor/Reaction Engineering
Semiconductor Fabrication
Separation/Purification
Solid State Chemistry
Surface Chemistry
Synthetic Chemistry

Electrical
Connectors
Control Systems
Conversion/Distribution
Consumer Electronics
Electrical Circuits/Components
Industrial Electronics
Lasers/Optics
Lighting
Nanotechnology
Navigational Systems
Photonics
Power Generation
Printers/Recorders
Robotics
Semiconductors
Wireless Technology
Power Distribution/Transmission

Communications

Electrical Interface Devices
Fax
Fiber Optics
GPS
Network Communications
Optical Communications
Radio
RFID/RF Applications
TCP/IP, ETHERNET
Telematics
Telemetry
Telephone/Telegraph
Television

Mechanical

Amusement Devices
Apparatus for Conducting Processes
Automotive
Cleaning
Computer Hardware
Construction/Agriculture
Consumer/Industrial Products
Design Applications
Electromechanical Devices
Electron Microscopes
Finite Element Analysis
Founding
HVAC Systems
Hydraulics
Instrumentation Systems
Manufacturing Equipment
Manufacturing Technology
Medical Equipment
MEMS
Metals Engineering
Molding
Motors
Ordnance
Power Plant
Production Processes
Satellite Technology
Shaping
Solar Power
Sporting Equipment
Steam Processes
Textile Processes/Apparatus
Transportation
Trapping
Vessels
Welding
Wind Power
Computer and Information Sciences
Artificial Intelligence
ATM
Audio Compression/Editing
Automated Storage Libraries
Bar Code/OCR/Scanners
Cable TV
CD ROMs/Magnetic Drives
Cellular
Circuits
Computer Architecture
Cryptography
Data Backup/Archiving
Data Processing
Digital Rights Management
Displays
Distributed Systems
Document Management
E-Commerce/Business
Electronics Systems
Encryption
Facsimile
Games
Graphical User Interfaces
Image Processing/Graphics
Information Architecture
Memory Systems
Messaging Systems
Multimedia
Power Systems
Printers and Copiers
Processor Architecture
Rich Web Applications
Robotics
Security Technology
Smart Cards
Software
Static Memory Systems
Storage Technology
Video Editing
Virtual Reality

Business Methods
Accounting
Advertising/Coupons/Incentives
Auction Systems
Business-Cryptography
Checkbook Balancing
Credit/Loan Processing
Database Marketing
Electronic Commerce
Electronic Funds Transfer
Electronic Shopping/Catalog Systems
Health Care Management
Insurance/Reservation/Ticketing
Inventory Management
Investment Planning/Stock-Bond Trading
Operations Research
Point of Sale Systems
Supply Chain Management
Tax Processing
Teaching Methods