Patentability & Novelty Search
Filing a patent without a thorough patentability search is like launching a product without market research. It wastes money, weakens your application, and leaves you exposed. Prism IP's patentability and novelty searches give you clarity before you commit.
What Is a Patentability Search?
A patentability search — also called a novelty search — systematically examines global patent and non-patent literature to answer three critical questions: Is your invention new? Is it non-obvious? And is there a clear path to a strong patent?
In India, an invention must satisfy three criteria to be patentable under the Patents Act, 1970: novelty (not disclosed anywhere in the world before your priority date), inventive step (non-obvious to a person skilled in the art), and industrial applicability (capable of being made or used in industry). Our search addresses all three.
Critically, we don't just find prior art — we interpret it. Our reports tell you what the prior art means for the scope of your claims, what features are genuinely novel, and how to frame your application for the strongest possible outcome.
What You Receive
Every patent and non-patent document that is relevant to your invention, ranked by relevance and assessed for the specific features it discloses.
A clear professional opinion on which aspects of your invention are novel — and which may be anticipated by existing prior art.
Assessment of whether your invention would have been obvious to a person skilled in the art, based on the closest prior art combinations found.
Specific recommendations on how to frame your claims to maximise the scope of protection available, given what the search has found.
A clear recommendation: file as-is, modify the invention disclosure, amend the claimed features, or reconsider — with full reasoning behind the advice.
The prior art we identify becomes your examiner's ammunition. We prepare you for examination before it starts, not after the first office action.
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