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The most common patentability search solution is to request a patentability search from a professional third party patent searcher. Third party patent searchers charge inventors a fixed/hourly rate and provide the inventor with a detailed report concerning any available prior art in the field of the invention which might prevent the invention from being considered novel or being considered to involve an inventive step.

Commissioning a professional third party patent searcher to conduct a patentability search can guarantee the impartiality of the search report. Should the search yield irrelevant results, the inventor is “safer” proceeding to the next step and pay commissions to a patent agent to file his application. If the patentability search resulted in a relevant "find" than the inventor can save both his time and resources knowing his invention would have been rejected should it was submitted as is.

Nevertheless, here too arises an important question. Given the fact that patent searchers charge a fixed sum or an hourly rate for their services; what guarantees do inventors have for the quality of the search? How can the inventor be sure that the searcher did the best to scrutinize his invention? For that matter, the searcher could have easily reported a 15 hour search while actually spending less than an hour; how would the inventor know?

It turns out that the only way for the inventor to be sure about the results of the patentability search is to condition the payment for a non-disputable finding. That means that the inventor will pay for a patentability search only if the searcher can provide an agreed upon result. This way the inventor and the searcher are aligned with double coincidence of wants. The inventor, not wishing to spend all that money over a non-patentable invention, would like a thorough investigation conducted on his behalf, while the searcher, wishing to earn income for his time, is willing to go far and beyond in order to provide proof of existing prior art that might endanger the patentability of the inventor's invention. The business applicability of the logic described above is what we in Patentest call Pay-Per-Patent-Proof™ .

Pay-Per-Patent-Proof™ is a proprietary business method we devised here at Patentest based on more than 4 years of intimate experience in the patent industry. Nevertheless, Pay-Per-Patent-Proof™ is not the only reason why searching with Patentest is the most sensible option.

By choosing to search your patents with Patentest you benefit first and foremost from our vast experience. Patentest searches delve into the patent databases of over 80 countries while our team of experts comprises of highly skilled engineers in various fields working together to provide a broad spectral approach. Our dynamic, web-based search report (Patentest In-depth™) is the most advanced in the field, designed to provide not only a mere outlook but also a platform for further research. We are the only patent searching body to provide peripheral information such as family & legal status reports and original document retrieval services free of charge. Last but not least, we deliver our results in 5 business days, strait to your e-mail.