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Article: On the patent hunt: online programs streamline your patent search.(Tech knowledge)
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- Utah Business
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- December 1, 2008
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Inventors, rejoice! Patent searches have finally found their way out of dusty file libraries and into the Internet age. According to attorney Pete Malen from Salt Lake City-based intellectual property firm Workman Nydegger, patent searches have changed, and those changes can benefit your business.
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"Until recently, patent search programs were fairly unsophisticated, at least in my view," Malen says. Traditional searches included making arrangements with a third party company to search through physical patent records and make a list of patents similar to your invention. "At best, the searches also included some preliminary analysis, ...