Search report
Encyclopedia
In patent law, a search report is a report established by a patent office
, which mentions documents which may be taken into consideration in deciding whether the invention to which a patent application relates is patentable. The documents mentioned in the search report usually form part of the prior art
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In copyright law, a search report is a documented statement by the Copyright Office or by an independent researcher reporting the registered documents at the Copyright Office for a particular work that has been (or can be) copyrighted. The contents of these documents can be used to determine a work's status of copyright protection (or lack of it).
Patent office
A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for...
, which mentions documents which may be taken into consideration in deciding whether the invention to which a patent application relates is patentable. The documents mentioned in the search report usually form part of the prior art
Prior art
Prior art , in most systems of patent law, constitutes all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality...
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In copyright law, a search report is a documented statement by the Copyright Office or by an independent researcher reporting the registered documents at the Copyright Office for a particular work that has been (or can be) copyrighted. The contents of these documents can be used to determine a work's status of copyright protection (or lack of it).
See also
- Office actionOffice actionAn office action is a document written by an examiner in a patent or trademark examination procedure and mailed to an applicant for a patent or trademark...
- Establishment of a search report during the grant procedure before the European Patent Office
External links
- Patent Factsheet: Search Report at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)
- 1844.01 Preparing the International Search Report (Form PCT/ISA/210) R-6 - 1800 Patent Cooperation Treaty at the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeUnited States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.The USPTO is based in Alexandria, Virginia,...
(USPTO) (with example of international search report)