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Last updated: 2 October 2026
Before you spend on drafting a patent — or launch a product that might infringe one — a structured search tells you where you stand. Expertvuw’s team coordinates patentability, freedom-to-operate and state-of-the-art searches with independent registered patent agents and searchers.
Under the Patents Act, 1970, an invention must be new (not disclosed anywhere in the world before the filing date), involve an inventive step (not obvious to a skilled person) and be capable of industrial application. A patentability search looks for prior art — earlier patents, applications and publications — to assess these tests before filing.
A freedom-to-operate (FTO) search asks a different question: whether making or selling your product in a particular country may infringe someone else’s in-force patent. A state-of-the-art search maps existing technology in a field to guide R&D, and an invalidity search looks for prior art to challenge a granted patent.
Searches use patent databases such as IP India’s, WIPO PATENTSCOPE and others, together with non-patent literature. The result is a report with the closest references and an opinion on their relevance, prepared by registered patent professionals.
Basis: Patents Act, 1970 (sections 2(1)(j), 2(1)(ja), 3 and 4); public patent databases including IP India and WIPO PATENTSCOPE. Last updated: 27 September 2026.
Prior disclosure anywhere in the world can defeat novelty.
The invention must not be obvious to a skilled person.
Assesses whether to file.
Assesses infringement risk before launch, country by country.
Finds prior art against a granted patent.
Patent databases and non-patent literature.
Skipping a search is often more expensive later.
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Filing your patent application.
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IP review for investors.
Define the invention and search type.
Set keywords, classes and databases.
Search patent and non-patent literature.
Review closest references.
Share the report with opinion.
Plan filing, redesign or licensing.
Use the findings to decide next steps.
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A search for earlier patents and publications to assess whether an invention is new and inventive before filing.
A search to assess whether a product may infringe someone else’s in-force patent in a particular country.
No, but it reduces the risk of spending on an unpatentable invention.
Patent databases such as IP India and WIPO PATENTSCOPE, plus non-patent literature.
Independent registered patent professionals.
ACS – Director, Expertvuw Management Pvt Ltd
Trademark, copyright and design filings are prepared by Expertvuw’s team and filed through registered trademark agents or advocates where the law requires. Patent drafting and prosecution are handled by independent registered patent agents, and representation before the Registrar, the Controller or courts is made by agents or advocates.