Invention Services

Constant innovation is critical to remaining competitive in today’s business market.  Cardinal IP offers a variety of services and resources to fuel and support your company’s innovation engine.

Patentability / Novelty Search

A Patentability Search or Novelty Search identifies prior art references that either alone or in combination are material to the patentability of an invention. Search results may include published...
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IDEAS

Invention Disclosure Evaluation & Analysis System Cardinal’s IDEAS provides a simple online interface for your inventor community to submit disclosures. Its intuitive design makes invention submission easy, and provides your inventors...
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Defensive Publication

Cardinal provides an efficient cost-effective process for distributing Defensive Publications. The management interface is part of our online suite of IP Dashboard tools.  Our Defensive Publication offering can be integrated into...
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Freedom to Operate / Clearance Search

Cardinal can provide a Freedom to Operate Search or Clearance Search to identify patents and published applications that may pose an infringement risk to your product or service, as...
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Invention Brainstorming Sessions

Cardinal can facilitate brainstorming sessions to support your innovation process. This customizable offering provides a range of services such as developing pre-session brainstorming materials for your inventors, continuous patentability...
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White Space Studies

When developing intellectual property in a particular technology area it is important to understand the existing landscape and find the “white space” where there is room for your company...
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Landscape Search

A landscape search helps you make strategic decisions by providing a defined range of prior art relevant to your technical area of interest. Cardinal’s Landscape Search service gathers a...
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