What is patent search?

[Alfred]

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. The reasons for performing a patent search are many. The most obvious is to determine whether or not you can get a patent or if your invention has already been patented. Other reasons include:

getting a general idea of how an application and patent is structured to help in the preparation or your own application

learning more about a new field

for market information

competitor tracking

technology tracking