Cardinal has the most diversified staff of IP professionals available, providing you access to talented experts in all technical categories. Our knowledgeable staff and comprehensive process enable quick and accurate turnaround on all projects. This powerful combination of staff and process also allows Cardinal to accommodate complex and large volume search needs.

Our process begins with the project management team reviewing all disclosed materials. The role of the project manager is to identify the best search expert or experts, because each project may require a team with various combinations of degrees, experience and areas of technical focus. For example, a single invention may include mechanical functions, electrical components and a medical application. Our large and knowledgeable staff gives us this ability to assign the most appropriate and efficient personnel to every case, allowing us to provide superior quality services with no additional fees. We pass these cost benefits on to you.
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Patent Search & Research

Examination Search

An Examination Search is performed on the claims of a patent application to gain insight of possible USPTO rejections encountered during the prosecution of the patent application.

The Examination Search includes searching US and foreign patent/published application databases as well as non-patent literature databases. Our experienced search professionals select relevant prior art references from these search results and provide excerpt segments of the references to highlight the relevance of the references in the search report. In addition, search professionals can provide an analysis of the claims by mapping the relevant segments from the references to the corresponding claims in the application.

Typically, Examination Searches are completed within 4-5 business days and cost of between $700 and $1000, plus $50 to $100 for analysis.

INCLUDES:

Full search report with prior art
Full text of selected patents
History and an analysis document
Search of US Patents/Applications & Foreign Patents
Variety of Non-Patent technical journals & databases