Patent and Design Searches

Ade & Company Inc. conducts various searches relating to Patents and Designs using databases of Canadian Patents and Pending Applications, United States Patents and Pending Applications, PCT International Patent Applications, European Patents and Pending Applications, and others.  The following are examples of some of the searching services we provide:

Patentability Search: a search of various patent databases for patents and published applications which may be relevant to patentability of your invention.

Patent Infringement Search: a search of the relevant patent databases for issued patents having claims that may be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of a given product or process in question.

Validity Search: a search of various patent databases for patents or prior publications to determine if the claims of a given patent are valid.

Subject Matter Search: a search of patents associated with a particular industry field.

Advanced Patent Search: a search of patents associated with a particular individual or organization.

Assignment Search: a search of the chain of ownership relating to a patent, a pending application for patent, or a design.

Design Search: a search of Industrial Design Registrations or Design Patents which may be relevant to protection of a Design.