Patent consultancy support services
Nextlex assists in using intellectual property rights to gain competitive advantages.With Nextlex, you are the one who defines the type of work from us.
Monitoring services
If you are a key decision-maker and product developer, you cannot afford to abstain from information that concerns products that are on par with yours under various stages of development by your competitors. Nextlex, with its current and specific information network helps you be updated in all technical domains. Every month you can receive information about patents published within your area of interest.
Analysis
Thousands of new patents are granted every day around the globe. This makes it impossible to comprehend the full size and extent of the information flow regarding new advances in technology. We can process the patent information for you. With the help of our powerful analysis tools, we are able to create relevant and topical graphical content to validate and substantiate the data volume processed in the respective categories. You can make use of our statistical analysis to identify trends and developments.
Technical Surveys
A Technical survey is a cost effective way of briefly examining a technical field. The survey request concerning a new idea should consist of a written technical description, maximum two pages, except possibly drawings. The limited search time, is time well spent, the experienced patent analyst’s competence is well utilized in the choice of databases and search strategies.
Up to the four most relevant documents are commented; other remaining documents are only listed as information in the result list.
If, after the limited time search, the patent analyst considers there are additional areas to be searched, the analyst can recommend an Additional search and further consultation when presenting the report. Certain technical fields are not suitable for Technical surveys. In these cases, we will contact you.
Technical Searches
Technical searches can provide relevant answers to a broad range of questions. The information found through our searches can form the basis of a new patent application. It can inspire new research projects and help you to scan technical solutions that are already known. We can help you to find the answers you need.
• Is your invention new?
• Are there similar solutions available?
• Who are your competitors or possible business associates?
• What are their markets?
• What is the latest technology?
• Should you license your invention or develop it yourself?
Our searches are carried out using international databases, as well as a large number of scientific and technical publications. We tailor our searches to meet each customer’s needs and wishes. Glide Legal will give you opinion regarding patentability, validity or infringement if requested.
World Market Analysis
Thousands of new patents are granted every day all over the world. This makes it impossible to comprehend the full size and extent of the information flow regarding new advances in technology.
Through Glide Legal you can gain access to all the relevant patent databases and a large number of scientific and technical publications. All this constitutes a source of knowledge and information that is hard to match. We know how to use statistical methods to observe trends and developments. Our analysts give you a clear picture of different technical fields, competitors and other operators or markets, spanning either shorter or longer time periods.
We offer two services:
• Competitor analysis
• Branch analysis
Patent information can provide the answers to so many different questions. Therefore, we work closely with our customers to design search profiles that meet their needs.
Patent Monitoring Services
Do you want to know about:
• New members of a patent family?
• Changes in legal status?
• Citations in new patent applications
Do you need to follow what is happening around the world within your field of technology or among your competitors? If so, you should make use of Nextlex’s advanced patent monitoring service. We use the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) database as our monitoring source. DWPI is one of the best patent databases available, with comprehensive international coverage and abstracts in English. This means we can tailor your search profile with the help of both IPC classes and key search words.
Further Nextlex Legal provides you with continuous information regarding the patent activities of your competitors or the developments in a certain field of technology. You can choose to monitor patents from one or several patent authorities. We access all major patent databases.
Each month we search for newly published patents and patent applications within your technical field or from your competitors – all according to your wishes.
The patent monitoring service includes:
• A clear index giving you a quick overview of the new technology;
• Abstracts in English of all relevant patent documents, including figures;
• Patent documentation giving you a complete picture of the protected technology.
Citation Searches
Do you have any competitors? Who are citing your patents? One way of scanning patent literature is to search the databases to see if anybody cites a particular patent. This indicates that somebody is applying for a patent in the same technical field. Monitoring the patent documents cited in a novelty search helps you keep an eye on your competitors.
Two kinds of citation:
• Older patents and references cited by a specific patent
• New patents citing a specific patent
A citation search provides information on the timing of an invention and the scope of the patent. It can also help to evaluate the strength of a patent. We carry out citation searches for patents on request or as part of an ongoing subscription. A citation search can be the follow-up to an earlier search request or part of an ongoing patent monitoring.
Medical Patents
We examine whether or not the medical product is protected by a basic patent, as well as if an application for supplementary protection has been filed in US. In cases where supplementary protection has been granted, we inform you of the duration of validity.
Name Search – Assignee Or Inventor Search
A Name search is exactly what it sounds like, a search for a name, either a company name or a personal name. When you perform a search for a company name, you can find out about the development of technology within a certain company and how large their patent portfolio is. In business deals, such as mergers, takeovers or investments in companies, this is very important to know. It is also a good way to find out what competitors are focusing their development on and what the trends look like.
The results of a search for an inventor name show who has invented the technical solutions. They also show who are the trendsetters and the key people within a specific technical field.
If you also want to know whether a patent is valid in a country or not, the search request can be extended to include a Patent family search with legal status information.
Patent Family Search With Legal Status Information
A Patent family search is performed in the most comprehensive database concerning patent family and legal status information, USPTO database and Inpadoc database (which is produced by the European Patent Office). The database covers most countries with working patent systems and also gets information from the USPTO, EPO and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). When possible and desirable, we can supplement the legal status information with the latest information from the respective national patent office.