FTO

Question 1

What are 7 steps of performing an FTO?

Answer 1

1- Defining the subject matter
2- Generate keywords
3- Select classification areas
4- Generate search strings
5- Perform the search
6- Evaluate the results
7- Present the results

Question 2

When looking at patents for FTO, what matters most?

Answer 2

What matters is what you find in the claims of valid patents.

Question 3

Other aspects (aside from patent searches) that potentially could be considered in terms of FTO

Answer 3

Regulatory issues or legal requirements that have an impact on which direction to steer your idea.

Question 4

Could degunkification be regarded as part of an FTO?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

5 Reasons for patent searches

Answer 5

• Patentability (Identify prior art that will affect patentability)
• Validity search (Examine the validity of a patent claim)
• FTO (Examine if you are infringing others’ patents)
• Patent landscape search (Business intelligence, bargaining tool, communication, etc. )
• Technology intelligence