Intepat IP Services

Patent Drafting :

Patent application drafting is an art, and we acquired the skill to draft the patent specification which is the key to have a valid and enforceable patent. We have drafted numerous patent applications in multiple technical fields for filing in various countries. The scope of the specification has to be well drafted to have maximum benefit to the patent holder as well as to avoid infringement of existing patent.

The team at Intepat comprises patent attorneys, patent engineers, patent agents and inventors working in robust and systematic internal processes to deliver high quality patent drafting services to best suit the clients needs. Intepat has the software for Preparation of drawings along with the patent application to illustrate embodiments of the invention. Our patent drafting experts include technologists having expertise in domains such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, electronics, communication, computer science and material science.

Patent Filing & Prosecution :

We have team consists of patent attorneys & patent agents to handle the patent filing & prosecution in India for domestic and international clients. The e-filing system of patent application implemented by Indian patent office has made the process easier and simple. Intepat’s specialized team brings high level of conformity to established filing standards with fast turn around times for our clients.

Patent prosecution may be defined as interaction between patent applicant or their representative and the patent office in regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. We provide end-to-end patent prosecution services including technical analysis of official action and cited prior art, response to official action and strategizing amendments for maximizing impact. Our team has in-depth understanding of intrinsic values of patent and extensive experience in patent prosecution process.

Patent Illustration :

A patent specification comprises of technical description and drawings. Patent drawings provided in the specification are also important for disclosure of information. We provide high quality patent drawing services with competence, precision and turn around time. We have advanced state of art of software to prepare utility drawing including mechanical, photographs, and flow charts and deliver on traditional hard copy as well as in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format and other formats such as TIFF, JPEG and BMP.

Patentability Search :
Patentability search is done before preparing the patent application to determine whether the invention is novel and non-obvious or not for patenting based on the published prior art that currently exists.

Our clients receives a concise search report containing citations to sections of the prior art found, our comments on each cited prior art and electronic copies of the prior art documents. The results of a search and a patentability opinion are provided within 5 days.

Infringement / Freedom to Operate Search :
Infringement / Freedom to operate search is performed to check whether product or implementation client’s invention will lead to infringement of others patented products or patent applications. Infringement or Freedom to operate search should be done by clients before committing to develop, produce and/or launch a new product in the market. This search invariably begins by a search of patent literature for issued or pending patents and determining on whether a product, process or service may be considered to be infringing existing patent(s) owned by others. Search is conducted as a due diligence effort to avoid infringement. At Intepat, patent searches are performed by technical experts having extensive patent search experience. We would present this search report within 10 days.

Validity/Invalidity Search :
The purpose of validity/invalidity search is to determine whether a patent issued on a invention is valid or not in view of prior art that was already published as of the priority/ filing date of the patent application. To put it in a simple way, it is an extensive and comprehensive patentability analysis. In Validity/Invalidity search, information from prosecution history or file wrapper is mainly considered while doing analysis of search results.

Invalidity search report typically consists of search report, claim chat and electronic copies of cited prior art. Our invalidity searches provide clients with expert analysis as to possible invalidating art that can be declared against an issued patent. And we go beyond simple claim comparison and understanding the entire specification as it relates to the claims at issue. We deliver the invalidity search report within 10 days.

Technology Landscape Studies :
The purpose of landscapes study is to understand particular technology trend, strength of competitors and to learn latest technology advancement. And it helps the client decide on investing into interested technology area. Technology Landscape studies analyzes the patent activity related to very specific technologies of interest and the detailed analysis is graphically presented. We focus on issued patents, published applications, and non-patent literature for a specific technology. Our strategy is to understand the technology domain, identifying keywords and their synonyms, formulating basic technology taxonomy for classification patents, conducting exhaustive patent search, and graphical representation of obtained information.

As per client requirements, we will perform patent search and analysis on very specific key technologies that are critical to their organization, and the report is customized as per client requirements.

Patent Watch Search :
Patent Watch is periodically monitoring of newly issued patents (on a weekly, monthly or other periodic basis) in the technological field which might be of your interest. We can perform Patent watch based on assignee, inventor, subject matter or any other criteria as defined by the clients. The purpose of patent watch is to keep the records on the new inventions coming in a particular field of technology. We can send patent alert through email for people interested in patents.

Patent Searches :

Infringement searches are performed to know about any products or patents are infringing with your non-terminated patented invention. Freedom to Operate analyze helps to launch the product without violating third party IP rights. Invalidation searches conducted to assess if a patent can be invalidated by patents, products and other research articles ,where such documents were not found at the prior art search performed at the patent office. Intepat can help you in:

• Infringement Analysis
• Invalidation Searches
• Freedom to Operate Analysis
• Patentability Analysis

Patent Drafting and Prosecution :

Intepat offers high quality and customized patent drafting services for all law firms/entities. The preparation of responses during the prosecution phase requires an in-depth analysis of the invention along with the prior arts taking into consideration the patentability criterions. We can help you in:-

• Preparation of Patent Application (Provisional/Complete)
• Preparation of Office Action Response
• Patent Illustration - Patent Proof Reading

Patent Analytics :

Landscaping analysis can help us strategically analyze the product depth of the technology, major competitors in the domain, IP portfolios of the respective competitors, and the likelihood of overlap between the competitor's products and company's patents. On the other hand, Patent portfolio analysis is presented in the form of graphs and charts of the patents of a company, to identify the key patents, inventors, patent families, prosecution history. Intepat can help you in:-

• Landscape Preparatio   
  
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• IP Due Diligence
  

Patent Litigation Support :

Intepat has a highly qualified team of Patent Attorneys who have in depth understanding of the litigation issues and can help the Law Firms/Corporates in:-

• Claim Chart Preparation   
  
• File Wrapper Review and Analysis
• Patent Proofreading