Intellectual Property, Research & Development Solutions
IP & R&D Search
Controlled quality through Evalueserve’s Search Quality Index (SQI) delivered by the largest global search provider.
Intellectual Property, Research & Development Solutions
Quality And Value Matters For IP And R&D Searches
Patentability, Freedom-to-Operate, or Validity searches for use cases with significant legal or business risks, all require an especially-high and controllable quality without ignoring economic pressure to keep costs under control.
Search Quality Index (SQI) - a tool to control, document and improve Patent Search Quality. The formula provides you the precision and recall you require for your projects.
Largest search provider globally with search teams in China, Germany, India, Netherlands and the United States.
We control Search Quality Indices through proprietary AI-enabled digital workflows on Insightloupe. The platform on which our experienced analysts perform the searches.
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Delivering Results
Increased efficiency
Reduction in turnaround time
Our Capabilities
Your Partner On Quality-Focused Patent Searches
Freedom-To-Operate Search / Clearance Search
We start with your Freedom-to-operate (FTO) searches with a detailed scoping and search criteria definition. Based on the risk matrix the team performs a tightly-controlled, high-quality FTO search.
Novelty / Patentabilitiy Search
Carefully-scoped and tightly-controlled patentability and novelty searches provide you with just the search you need for invention evaluation or patent drafting.
Validity / Invalidity Search
Ranging from a standard first-look validity search to a highly-controlled phased approach for your important validity searches using different invalidity strategies, data sources, or languages.
Reference Case
How BASF handles Patent Demand
Dealing with a high but variable volume of IP-related requests, including docketing, prosecution, patent and trademark filing, and cooperation contracts.
BASF has always had the expertise and tools to handle the patent-related tasks required of them. However, during special projects, such as the integration of new acquisitions, it has proven challenging for the team to meet the additional demand, leading BASF to seek external support.
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