Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Step1
Review the report to ensure that it contains the patent searcher's description of your invention. This indicates the searcher accurately understands the invention. Analyze the description for its accuracy and completeness.
Step2
Check for a list of patents and references the searcher found during his investigation. Analyze these to determine the uniqueness of your creation in comparison to the references and patents cited.
Step3
Look for a terse summary of the cited patents and references. Patent searchers usually guide you in identifying the relevant information in these citations.
Step4
Determine how the report classifies your invention within the federal patent statutes. This helps further support your claims that the invention has uniqueness.
Step5
Investigate further the invention's novelty. Analyze the patent search report so you can explain your invention's physical distinctions compared to similar products the current market offers.
Step6
Take the novelty issue further. Question whether the invention's physical uniqueness guarantees unexpected outcomes when using the invention.
Step7
Find the patent search report's conclusion on the likelihood of the PTO granting your patent application. Follow up in writing with the searcher if the report doubts the invention's patentability.