Registered Patent Search in Israel – Free Patent Check

First, you need to define the invention. Sometimes inventors search for an invention that won’t be defined at all in the patent application. Search should include the invention. It’s important to remember that the patent application is about the technology, about the way, and not necessarily about the result. Therefore, it’s important to know how to perform the invention fundamentally. Sometimes people search for a result, for example an electric toothbrush, and not the special innovative way with inventive advancement – how this new toothbrush is technologically new compared to other toothbrushes that might provide the same result of teeth brushing.

Therefore, sometimes you first need to perform technical definition and perform basic concept planning to know what you’re actually going to search for.

You need to take into account that, for example, advertisers in the written field in internet search sometimes see results of search words written in their ad field. Therefore, there’s an approach that raises this issue to awareness more and more – there’s concern that a person who writes details and information about his invention in internet search framework, other people might be exposed to information he wrote. On the other hand, another approach says that if you don’t search, you might perform an invention already publicly published and already known.

There are many free search databases for patents. The largest database is the United States English database which has the largest quantity of patents, but this database requires knowing how to search in it – sometimes people don’t succeed in searching due to technical difficulties. Here’s a link to the database: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/search-patents

Another easier-to-use search engine is Google Patents search engine. Although it’s not as current as the authority’s since it updates from time to time, it’s definitely easier for patent search. See information and details at Google Patents link.

The large patent search databases with a lot of information – search in them is performed in English. Although you can also search in the Israel patent database, the quantity of patents and information is poor compared to the quantity of patents in large databases like in the USA. Therefore, for those struggling with English, it’s advisable to open an additional translation window, write the search phrase in Hebrew and translate to English, then paste the translation into the search engine.

Results are also received in English. You can perform automatic Google translation to get the invention’s principle, although you should remember machine translation doesn’t match the original, but you definitely can and should use drawings appearing in the patent publication. Drawings sometimes in a quick glance provide a lot of information explaining the invention’s field and subject. When you see something relevant to the invention you’re searching for, it’s advisable to diligently understand more deeply what the invention in the publication is.

Patent registration application is submitted in Israel or outside Israel. There are several types of more recognized applications: provisional application for one year and regular patent application which is for 20 years. In the patent application, there are several chapters. First, you need to know technically what the invention is about. Our team prepares basic concept planning, namely initial technical explanations accompanied by drawings. Then our consulting patent attorney prepares editing for patent application. In the editing, there’s description, and the editing ends with the claims chapter defining the protection scope requested in the patent application.

The patent is examined by a patent examiner who decides if the application is accepted or not. If the application is accepted, a patent certificate will be issued granting a monopoly on the invention to the patent applicant against exploitation of the invention by others.

This monopoly makes it easier for the inventor to sell his invention and commercialize it, and through the patent which is a tool for the inventor to advance the venture and leverage the commercial potential inherent in the invention.

We’ll be happy to schedule an initial meeting for you in appropriate cases or receive a phone call from you to give you additional details. The introductory meeting or phone call is at no cost and without obligation. In a short call, you can receive various details and a lot of information that will help you perform free patent search at no cost, or you can order paid patent search in several possible routes. Call now 03-9711011.

First, you need an idea that our technical team turns into an invention. Then our consulting patent attorney defines the invention’s scope. After we prepare drawings and technical explanations and the patent attorney prepares wording, we submit the application to the Patent Authority in Israel or outside Israel and receive an application number. After application examination, if the application is approved, a registered patent certificate will be received. Call now for details. Receiving initial details and introduction at no cost. We’ll be happy if you call. We’re waiting for your call 03-9711011.

A patent in registration is a patent in registration process, and a registered patent is a patent that received a certificate. Only after receiving a registered patent can you sue for patent infringement. Before that, the Patent Authority hasn’t completed the examination. The time from submission day, namely the start of the process when the application is in registration process, until granting patent certificate can vary according to the process and country. For example, in Israel, you can submit an application in accelerated or regular process. In fast process, you can receive a response within about 4 months from submission day, while a process in regular route can take several years. It’s advisable to build a strategy suitable for the invention and inventor and applicant according to goals to manage the application process. Sometimes, for example, someone wants to receive a patent quickly specifically in the USA – this doesn’t mean that if he submits application first in the USA he’ll receive patent in the USA before receiving patent in Israel. It’s possible, for example, to use conventions between Israel and the USA, for example PPH convention. For example, submit first a patent in Israel with acceleration process, on-site in professional language, and after patent acceptance in Israel, submit patent in the USA according to PPH convention. This will grant much faster examination in the USA compared to regular submission in the USA. It’s important to consult on the matter with a patent attorney for each case specifically. Call now 03-9711011.

It’s possible to perform free patent search and create a patent list. A patent list can help the inventor understand if the invention he invented is indeed new and can also teach the inventor what others did in the field. When the inventor sees similar inventions, he can see if his invention improves and is better than other inventions and there’s novelty and inventive advancement compared to previous publications. You can search in free search databases on the internet for registered patents or patent applications that were published. Applications in Israel and the United States are published 18 months from patent submission day.

The conditions for receiving registered patents are dictated by the Patent Law and the case law that interpreted it. The Patent Law provides a list of conditions a patent applicant must meet. Some of the important conditions are in Section 3 of the Patent Law stating: Patentable invention – what is it? (Amendment No. 4) 1999-2000

An invention, whether a product or process in any technological field, that is new, useful, industrially applicable and has inventive advancement – is a patentable invention.

That is, you need an invention. It’s possible to turn an idea into an invention or invention as the Patent Law states. An idea is the light bulb that lights up in the head. An idea is the goal. The invention is the implementation method. That is, our technical team receives an idea from an inventor and helps him through drawings and technical explanations turn the idea into invention.

Whether a product or process – that is, it can be a product or certain process, for example a process for manufacturing a product.

In any technological field – that is, it needs to be in a technological field, for example mechanics, electricity, electronics… that is, not just art creation. It can be technology, for example, in office equipment or consumer products field…

That is new – meaning there won’t be the same invention. If you submit application for a computer, they’ll tell you it’s not new, it already exists. An invention is considered new if it wasn’t publicly published, whether in Israel or abroad, before the application date according to Section 4 of the Patent Law.

Useful – meaning not just something with no need and efficiency.

Industrially applicable – a clear condition that’s easy to pass in most cases – that the invention is industrially applicable.

And has inventive advancement – is one of the most difficult conditions in the Patent Law, meaning it’s not obvious to a person skilled in the art. For example, if until today a certain electronic device only worked on batteries and an inventor connects a power cable to it, it might be something new but doesn’t have inventive advancement since an average person skilled in the art, for example an electronics engineer, knows how to do this even without the invention. The Patent Law dedicates a special section to inventive advancement. The Patent Law states: What is inventive advancement?

Inventive advancement is advancement that doesn’t appear as something obvious to an average person skilled in the art based on knowledge already published before the application date in the ways mentioned in Section 4.

A registered patent, without getting into exceptions, is valid for twenty years, provided the applicant pays renewal fee every few years. If renewal fee isn’t paid, the patent will be abandoned. For example, first renewal fee is after 6 years from application submission day, second renewal fee is after 4 years…

A patent is one type of intellectual property protection. You should always remember there are additional types of intellectual property protection, and often it’s necessary to submit in addition to patent also other processes to receive additional protections existing in the entrepreneur’s or project’s intellectual property.

A patent is territorial protection, meaning a registered patent is per country. Through patent conventions, it’s possible to postpone patent submission dates worldwide and submit first in one country, but for there to be protection for the invention, you need to submit a patent in each country separately. There are exceptions to this – for example, you can make one submission in European application where there’s a convention of many European countries and there’s no need to submit in each country separately, although you can also submit separate applications in European countries. You need to consider different options and build correct strategy for inventor and invention.

When submitting patent registration application, you can submit applications in additional countries that are members of the Paris Convention before 12 months from first submission day expire. That is, if someone submits patent application in Israel and within 12 months submits, for example, patent registration application in the USA, the USA application will receive the Israel submission date if the applicant requests to recognize the Israeli priority date toward the application submitted in the USA. About 175 countries are signatories to the Paris Convention. This way, the inventor can postpone application costs, submit first in one country and advance the technical and commercial aspect after submission while preserving priority date in 175 countries. During this time, many inventors search for investors, companies organize patent development, and many other actions. But you should remember that until there’s no registered patent, the applicant doesn’t know that he’s indeed the rights holder. Therefore, there’s possibility to submit acceleration application (on-site examination) if this process is required for the inventor’s and venture’s strategy, to receive fast and accelerated examination.

Fundamentally, there’s no need to perform prototype construction before free patent search, and also no need to perform prototype construction for patent registration application submission or to receive registered patents. But sometimes when developing and performing prototype construction, during development they find creative solutions constituting novelty that in many cases can be submitted in patent registration application.

For example, someone wants to manufacture a chair with wheels that also knows how to go through water. If we perform search or submit patent application, most likely a large part of the invention’s possible solutions won’t enter the patent application since patent development wasn’t yet performed. Therefore, if you develop beforehand, first you can search for additional definitions and also register those solutions. On the other hand, prototype construction involves expenses. According to the case, things should be examined for each case on its merits, but it’s possible to perform basic concept planning by our technical team to add details and technical solutions already at the initial stage. See details at link if you’re interested in prototype construction.

To save time in free patent search, you can first examine drawings found in the patent application. In-depth reading of each patent can take a long time. If you have the time, then by all means go ahead and read, but most inventors searching themselves won’t read all the patent text in English. Therefore, to reduce material scope, it’s advisable to first look at the drawing to understand in general what it’s about. Then, if there’s concern it’s about invention in the field, you should delve into the text.

Additionally, after there are several close publications, you can get a proposal from a patent attorney to review publications. Sometimes people provide patent attorneys with a long list of publications, many of which aren’t relevant at all. It’s a waste of your money. If you can reduce the material scope you provide to the patent attorney, remove from the list publications that are clearly irrelevant to the inventor, the inventor will save the patent attorney’s work cost in reviewing documents.

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Indeed, the information on this page and site is partial and not complete. You should consult with a patent attorney for each case specifically. Things aren’t necessarily black or white. For each case, invention, inventor, strategy, goal is different. The client’s budget is different. You can call us and receive additional information at no cost, and we’ll consider in the call if there’s place to schedule an introductory meeting with our representative which is also free at no cost at the first meeting. Call now 03-9711011.

Contact us by phone for additional details. On the phone, we’ll provide initial information about the process, and if relevant, we’ll consider scheduling a free introductory meeting at no cost. During the meeting, after signing confidentiality agreement, it’s possible to provide outline with possible courses of action to create correct strategy for the inventor. There are different actions that can be performed and their costs can vary. For example, you can submit provisional-type temporary application or patent registration application. It’s advisable beforehand to perform basic concept planning, and the cost depends on the invention’s complexity or simplicity.

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The difference between registered patents versus patents in registration is that registered patents are patents that completed the registration process, and whoever infringes a registered patent is liable to be sued for patent infringement for compensation for unlawful exploitation of the invention. But sometimes you can see during search patents that are in registration process, meaning a patent wasn’t yet granted on them or will never be granted on them if the examination process was terminated.

Patents that are in registration process, meaning for example the examiner issued examination report and the applicant hasn’t yet responded to it, or the examiner hasn’t yet examined the invention – in these cases, data is still missing regarding infringement. That is, it’s possible the applicant will be granted everything requested in submission scope, or it’s possible the protection scope granted at examination end will be narrower and more limited compared to the protection scope the inventor requested.

In another case, patents that won’t be examined are essentially patents abandoned during examination, meaning patent application was submitted and the applicant didn’t answer examination report, for example. Maybe the examiner didn’t grant patent. It’s advisable to see this information during search. Although from the moment there’s prior publication, it’s about prior knowledge on which patent won’t be granted, but on the other hand, sometimes you can deduce what is possible to do and what’s the freedom of operation. For example, not any wheelchair with electric motor will be granted patent, but it’s possible patent will be granted on wheelchair with marine motor combining two motor types for land and sea.

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Our office signs confidentiality agreement. It’s important to sign confidentiality agreement. We sign confidentiality agreement at introductory meeting at no cost. Also, we give our clients sample confidentiality agreement so they can have others sign it, but it’s important to note that confidentiality agreement is an intermediate stage before patent registration application submission. Confidentiality agreement doesn’t protect the inventor according to Patent Law conditions but according to Contract Law, and therefore weaker compared to patent which is toward everyone.

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When you have a registered patent list or patents in registration process, first go over the invention name, but sometimes the invention name is misleading and doesn’t have enough information. Therefore, at first glance, you can look at the patent’s drawings. From the drawing, you can quickly understand in general what it’s about, but sometimes drawings aren’t clear. After reviewing drawing, it’s advisable to read the text explaining the invention. First, you can read the abstract and then the description. The application ends with the claims chapter, which is the chapter determining the protection scope granted to the patent. In many cases, at the beginning of registered patents, there’s a list of previous publications. The patent examiner indicates patents in the invention field he examined, but despite these previous publications, he found the patent worthy of registration and granted registered patent. You should pay attention whether the documents you’re reading are registered patents or in registration process. Registered patent won’t change, but patent in registration process might have its text changed later following examination reports the examiner will issue and responses patent attorneys will submit. Regarding novelty in both cases, both if it’s registered patents and if it’s patents in registration that haven’t yet received certificate – if the document is prior to patent submission, the applicant needs to overcome and show he has novelty and inventive advancement compared to them. Except when it’s registered patent still valid, namely 20 years from submission day and patent renewal fees were paid for it – you need to check there’s no patent infringement.

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