{"id":4676,"date":"2022-06-11T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sab.ac.lk\/ublc\/?page_id=4676"},"modified":"2022-11-23T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:07:18","slug":"prior-art-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sab.ac.lk\/ublc\/prior-art-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Prior Art Search"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4676\" class=\"elementor elementor-4676\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56952954 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56952954\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a7e0416\" data-id=\"7a7e0416\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42517a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42517a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is a prior art search?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16cb991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16cb991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For an invention to be patented, the criteria of novelty and non-obviousness have to be met. A prior art search is undertaken to ascertain whether an invention is new and non-obvious, or not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6170853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6170853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What are the benefits of a prior art search?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d14cded elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d14cded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"justify\">A prior art search will uncover any knowledge existing prior to the invention at hand which gives an accurate ideas of how novel and non-obvious the invention is. Then, the inventor can re-work his invention and patent application according to the prior arts to enable the grant of a patent for the invention. Thus, a prior art search will help to distinguish between what is already known (prior art) and what is new (invention).<\/p><p align=\"justify\">The secondary benefit of a prior art search is that an inventor can also use the findings to understand the prevailing state of art in his field of research. This will provide guidance on the ideation of how the future scope of research could be. There are different types of patent search activities as follows;<\/p><ul style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px;\"><li><b>State-of-the-art searches<\/b> \u2013 what solutions are there to my technical problem?<\/li><li><b>Novelty\/patentability searches<\/b> \u2013 can I obtain a patent for my invention?<\/li><li><b>Validity searches<\/b> \u2013is this patent valid; can it be legally challenged?<\/li><li><b>Name searches<\/b> \u2013 what inventions has this individual or company been involved in?<\/li><li><b>Technology activity searches<\/b> \u2013 how has this technology developed over time and who has been involved in its development?<\/li><li><b>Freedom to operate searches; legal status searches<\/b> \u2013 can I produce and\/or commercialise this product in that country; has this patent been granted; is it in force?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sab.ac.lk\/ublc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Free-Patent-Search-Databases.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18d6ba4\" data-id=\"18d6ba4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f7dcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3f7dcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sab.ac.lk\/ublc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Commercial-Databases.png\" title=\"Commercial Databases\" alt=\"Commercial Databases\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bae45a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bae45a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ba42df\" data-id=\"5ba42df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c00acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c00acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 align=\"center\">Free Patent Search Databases<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">Anyone with access to the internet can browse free of charge through files of patent information generally searchable by keywords, classifications, names, dates etc.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patentscope.wipo.int\/search\/en\/search.jsf\">Patentscope<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldwide.espacenet.com\/\">Espacenet<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patft.uspto.gov\/netahtml\/PTO\/search-bool.html\">United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eng.kipris.or.kr\/enghome\/main.jsp\">Korean Intellectual Property Office<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp\/\">Japan Platform for Patent Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/\">Google Patents<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lens.org\/lens\/\">The Lens<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/cder\/ob\/default.cfm\">The FDA Orange Book<\/a> (for generics and trade name searching of drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a28716c\" data-id=\"a28716c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d84e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96d84e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 align=\"center\">Commercial Databases<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">Commercial services offer enhanced or added value to patent information search based on the actual requirement of the particular end users. If you need to access these databases, please <b><a href=\"https:\/\/sab.ac.lk\/ublc\/contact-us\/\">contact our office<\/a><\/b> with a special request along with the IDF.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Derwent<\/li>\n<li>InnovationQ Plus<\/li>\n<li>Dialog<\/li>\n<li>Micropatent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-734f370 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"734f370\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-375d37d\" data-id=\"375d37d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6abd9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6abd9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Non-Patent Literature (NPL)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c276e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c276e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ultimate_floating_fx_translate_y&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"justify\">NPL includes periodicals, books, reports, scientific papers and journals, technical manuals, advertisements, and any other published literature which is not in the form of patents. Comprehensive details of NPL databases can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/publications\/en\/details.jsp?id=249#:~:text=The%20present%20Guide%20is%20a,tools%20offered%20by%20specific%20databases.\">WIPO Guide to Technology Databases.<\/a><\/p><p>Search services (free)<\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Scholar: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/scholar.google.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCBI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PubChem: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PubMed: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">PubMed Central: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal databases (free)<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directory of Open Access Journals: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doaj.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">SciELO: <a href=\"http:\/\/scielo.org\/\">http:\/\/scielo.org\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a prior art search? 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