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.

Patent Search & Research

Infringement Search
or Non-Infringement Search

An Infringement or Non-Infringement Search is used to find patents with claims that may read on your prospective product or service. Our experienced search professionals conduct a search to find relevant patents, patent publications and then consider the claims of those patents for inclusion in the search report. We typically search US patents and published patent applications, but upon your request, we can enlarge the scope of the search for patents and published patent applications in foreign jurisdictions. Further, we have many search professionals fluent in foreign languages for searching patent references lacking English translations.

Our search professionals select patents/applications from these search results and specify claims from the references to highlight their relevance in the search report. In addition, search professionals can provide an analysis of the search by breaking the product or method down into elements and then mapping the claims of the patents/applications to those elements.

Typically, Infringement or Non-Infringement Searches are completed within 4-5 business days and cost between $1500 and $1800, plus $100 to $150 for analysis. Please contact us to discuss the costs of searching foreign jurisdictions and in foreign languages.

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