Patent Searching
It's Not Just for Lawyers Anymore!
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Patent searching has become a vital part of drug discovery, product development and competitive analysis and there is a reason why many scientists and researchers are now avidly performing searches of patent databases. The Canadian Patent office states the obvious reasons, well worth repeating, that the value of patents include the capability to:
- Identify trends and developments in a specified field of technology
- Discover new product lines which can be licensed from the patentee or used without needing a license
- Find information that avoids duplication of research
- Identify unproductive avenues of inquiry by learning the current state of the art
- Track the work of particular individuals or companies examining patents they have been granted
- Find solutions to technical problems
- Gain new ideas for research in a particular field
Patents contain a wealth of scientific and technical information. Patent applications and patents are often published before any other type of scientific publication. It is estimated that upwards .....
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