IP Asset Management
TecEsq provides a variety of IP solutions and analysis to organizations for strategically building / protecting their assets. We provide our services towards various end objectives of our clients including technology status to an R&D division, launching a product, call on maintaining patents, analyzing IP assets and the like. We arm our clients with information that enables them to take well informed and strategic decisions.
TecEsq employs industry recognized databases to conduct searches for example USPTO, EPO, Delphion, Factiva, IEEE, ACM, Google, Google Scholar, etc.
TecEsq undertakes FTO studies for all major countries including US, EP & India and provides it analysis based on findings.
Invalidity search is conducted to find prior art to invalidate a patent while a validity search is conducted to access whether a patent can survive litigation if enforced. Validity search and analysis can be helpful before indulging into exercises like accessing the value of a patent for licensing, negotiations, mergers, acquisitions and procurement of IP assets (or company holding that patent).
TecEsq exploits industry proven methodology in an innovative manner to conduct the desired analysis. The methodology includes developing a search strategy following SHS™ approach that helps in analyzing the strategy on the basis of technology history, prolific inventors, assignees, appropriate classification etc. Our team takes due care of notable case laws in order to look for motivation to combine two references as per patent statute, such as KSR vs. Teleflex for 35 USC 103 whenever any US centric case is being done.
Product infringement analysis is performed to analyze products that infringe a patent. The analysis is typically a precursor to or a part of existing litigation and may further involve searching for products.
TecEsq conducts extensive searches for products that could infringe a client’s IP. Alternatively, we extend our services to analyze a client’s product alleged for infringement against a patent. We present in-depth analysis on potential infringement / non-infringement of a patent. Our analysis includes claim charts and relevant case laws to the infringement matter in question.
Claims mapping is a comprehensive analysis of patent claims and their mapping to product features or claims of other patents. It enables attorneys and business managers to understand the scope of a patent or a product. Depending on client requirements, this analysis can be combined with other analysis such as freedom-to-operate, licensing support services, patentability assessment, invalidity searches and product infringement analysis to provide a complete IP perspective.
TecEsq undertakes claims mapping exercises providing claim charts of various mappings along with the analysis depending upon the nature of exercise. The team pays due attention to novelty and obviousness / inventive step requirements of USPTO / EPO along with important case laws along with motivation to combine while conducting the analysis.
Patentability search, also referred to as novelty search, is conducted to determine whether an idea is patentable or not. A prior art or state of the art search is generally conducted to identify knowledge that exists in a related technology domain. It is preferably conducted before filing a patent application. Alternately, it can be conducted after filing the patent application or during patent prosecution to find one or more relevant publications that predate the filing date of the pending patent application.
TesEsq specializes in conducting the aforesaid searches and helps the client to determine if the invention is novel before committing the resources necessary to obtain a patent. We pay great importance to designing the search strategy and present results in customized formats.
