Research Services

  • Patent Re-Examination (IPR) and Post Grant Review (PGR)
  • Design
  • Invalidity
  • Infringement / Clearance / Right-to-Use / Freedom-to-Operate
  • Patentability / Novelty
  • Accelerated Examination
  • State-of-the-Art / Collection
  • Landscape
  • Trademark

Advantages

  • Interactive search process
  • Cutting edge search tools
  • Confidentiality
  • Proximity to the USPTO
  • Search Methodologies
  • Customized search reports
  • JDs, LLMs, patent agents, attorneys
  • Cloud based encrypted search results delivery

Resources

  • Our proximity to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office allows us to conduct majority of patent searches at the USPTO on-site and utilize the same tools/databases used by the U.S. patent examiners to conduct searches.
  • Easy access to patent examiners for face-to-face consultations, if needed.
  • Hand searching of journals, magazines, dissertations, etc. at the Library of Congress/USPTO Science and Technical Information Center (STIC)
  • In-house access to several patent and non‑patent literature databases.

US and International (full text) Patent Coverage

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • China
  • Denmark
  • Eurasia
  • Europe
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Great Britain
  • India
  • INPADOC
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • JAPIO
  • Korea
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United States
  • WIPO PCT

Non-Patent Literature Coverage

Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Fields

  • Abstracts in New Technology & Engineering
  • ACM
  • Aerospace Database‎
  • Ceramic Abstracts‎
  • CITESEER
  • Computer and Information Systems Abstracts‎
  • Ei Compendex
  • Electronics & Communications Abstracts‎
  • Engineered Materials Abstracts‎
  • Gale Group PROMT
  • GeoRef
  • IEEEXPLORE
  • COM
  • Google
  • Google Scholar
  • Inspec
  • Materials Business File‎
  • Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts
  • NTIS
  • PASCAL‎
  • ProQuest Advanced Tech & Aerospace Professional
  • ProQuest Materials Research Professional
  • ProQuest Technology Research Professional‎
  • SCIDIRECT
  • SciSearch
  • Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts‎
  • SPIE Digital Library
  • WILEY

Software, E-commerce, Market Research and Product Information

  • ABI/INFORM®
  • Accounting & Tax Database
  • Adis Newsletters – Archive
  • Adis Newsletters – Current
  • AGROProjects
  • American Banker Financial Publications
  • AP News (January 2000 to present)
  • Banking Information Source
  • BCC Market Research
  • Bond Buyer Full Text
  • Business & Industry™
  • Business & Management Practices®
  • Business Dateline®
  • Business Insights
  • Business Wire (1986-Feb 1999)
  • Business Wire (Mar 1999-present)
  • CAB ABSTRACTS
  • Canadian Newspapers
  • Chemical Business NewsBase
  • Computer News Fulltext
  • CSA Aerospace & High Technology Database
  • Datamonitor Market Research
  • Decision Resources Pharmaceutical Industry Reports
  • DIALOG Defense Newsletters
  • DIALOG Finance & Banking Newsletters
  • Dialog Global Reporter
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2000-2003
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2004-2005
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2006-2007
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2008
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2009
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2010
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2011
  • Dialog NewsRoom 2012
  • DIALOG NewsRoom Alert
  • Dialog NewsRoom Current
  • DIOGENES® FDA Regulatory Updates
  • EconLit
  • The Economist
  • Engineered Materials Abstracts®
  • ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News
  • ESPICOM Pharmaceutical and Medical Company Profiles
  • FDAnews
  • Federal News Service
  • Federal Register
  • FI Defense Market Intelligence Reports
  • Foodline®: MARKET
  • Foods Adlibra™
  • Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering
  • Frost & Sullivan Market Intelligence
  • Gale Group Aerospace/Defense Markets & Technology®
  • Gale Group Computer Database™
  • Gale Group F&S Index™
  • Gale Group Globalbase™
  • Gale Group Health & Wellness DatabaseSM
  • Gale Group Legal Resource Index™
  • Gale Group Management Contents®
  • Gale Group Marketing & Advertising Reference Service®
  • Gale Group National Newspaper Index™
  • Gale Group New Product Announcements/Plus®
  • Gale Group Newsearch™
  • Gale Group Newsletter Database™
  • Gale Group Newswire ASAP™
  • Gale Group PROMT® (1972-1989)
  • Gale Group PROMT® (1990 – present)
  • Gale Group Trade & Industry Database™
  • Hospital Inpatient Profiles (HIP)
  • Hospital Outpatient Profiles Database (HOP)
  • IMS Company Profiles
  • IMS New Product Focus
  • IMS R&D Focus
  • Incidence and Prevalence Database (IPD)
  • Investext® Archive
  • Investext® PDF Fulltext
  • Jane’s Defence and Security News
  • The Journal of Commerce
  • Kalorama Information Market Research
  • Materials Business File
  • McClatchy-Tribune Information Service
  • The McGraw-Hill Companies Publications Online
  • MetalBase
  • Newspaper Abstracts Daily
  • NewsRX Weekly Reports
  • New York Times Abstracts
  • New York Times® – Fulltext
  • PAIS International
  • Periodical Abstracts PlusText™
  • Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry News Database (PHIND) – Daily – Subscribers
  • Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry News Database (PHIND) – Weekly – Subscribers
  • Pharmaceutical News Index (PNI®)
  • PIERS Exports (Latin America)
  • PIERS Exports (U.S. Ports)
  • PIERS Imports (Latin America)
  • PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports)
  • PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)
  • PR Newswire (1987-Apr 1999)
  • PR Newswire (May 1999-present)
  • ProQuest Newsstand™
  • Prous Science Daily Essentials – Daily
  • Prous Science Daily Essentials – Weekly
  • Prous Science Drug News & Perspectives
  • Regulatory Affairs Journals – Subscribers
  • TableBase™
  • TFSD Joint Ventures & Alliances

Medical Devices, Chemistry and Biotechnology

  • ABI/INFORM® Professional
  • Abstracts in New Technology and Engineering
  • Adis Clinical Trials Insight
  • Adis PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News
  • Adis R&D Insight
  • Adis Reactions Database
  • Aerospace Database
  • AGRICOLA
  • AGRIS
  • Algology, Mycology, & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
  • Allied & Complementary Medicine™
  • Aluminium Industry Abstracts
  • Analytical Abstracts
  • Animal Behavior Abstracts
  • Aqualine
  • ASFA (Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts)
  • Australian Education Index
  • Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
  • Biochemistry Abstracts 1
  • Biochemistry Abstracts 3
  • Biotechnology Research Abstracts
  • BIOSIS Previews®
  • BIOSIS® Toxicology
  • British Library Inside Conferences
  • British Nursing Index
  • Business & Industry Database
  • CAB Abstracts
  • Calcium & Calcified Tissue Abstracts
  • Ceramic Abstracts
  • Chemical Business Newsbase
  • Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Abstracts
  • Chemical Safety NewsBase
  • Chemoreception Abstracts
  • Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Computer and Information Systems Abstracts
  • Conference Papers Index
  • Copper Technical Reference Library
  • Corrosion Abstracts
  • Current Contents Search®
  • Derwent Chemistry Resource(Patent Database)
  • Derwent Drug File
  • Derwent Drug Registry
  • Derwent Patents Citation Index (Patent Database)
  • Derwent World Patents Index® (Patent Database)
  • DH-DATA: Health Administration, Medical Toxicology and Environmental Health
  • DIOGENES® FDA Regulatory Updates
  • Drug Information Fulltext
  • Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
  • Ecology Abstracts
  • Ei Compendex®
  • EI EnCompassLIT
  • Electronics & Communications Abstracts
  • EMBASE®
  • Embase® Alert™
  • EMCare®
  • Endocrinology Abstracts
  • Energy Science and Technology
  • Engineered Materials Abstracts
  • Entomology Abstracts
  • Environment Abstracts
  • Environmental Engineering Abstracts
  • Environmental Impact Statements: Digests
  • ERIC
  • ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News
  • FDAnews
  • FLUIDEX (Fluid Engineering Abstracts)
  • Foodline®: MARKET
  • Foodline®: PRODUCT
  • Foodline®: SCIENCE
  • FSTA®
  • Gale Group Computer Database
  • Gale Group Health Periodicals Database
  • Gale Group New Product Announcements/Plus®
  • Gale Group Newsletter Database
  • Gale Group PROMT®
  • Gale Group PharmaBiomed Business Journals
  • Gale Group Trade & Industry Database
  • Genetics Abstracts
  • GEOBASE
  • GeoRef
  • Global Health
  • Global Patents / LNU (Fulltext and Bibliographic) (Patent Database)
  • Health & Safety Science Abstracts
  • HSELINE: Health and Safety
  • Human Genome Abstracts
  • ICONDA – International Construction Database
  • IFI CLAIMS® US Patents and Legal Status(Patent Database)
  • Immunology Abstracts
  • IMS Company Profiles
  • IMS New Product Focus
  • IMS Patent Focus(Patent Database)
  • IMS Pharma Trademarks
  • IMS R&D Focus
  • IMS R&D Focus Drug News
  • Incidence & Prevalence Database
  • Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
  • INPADOC/Family and Legal Status (Patent Database)
  • Inspec®
  • International Pharmaceutical Abstracts ProSheet
  • Jane’s Defense & Aerospace News
  • Japan Patents Fulltext (Patent Database)
  • JAPIO – Patent Abstracts of Japan(Patent Database)
  • King’s Fund
  • KOSMET: Cosmetic Science
  • THE LANCET®
  • LitAlert® (Patent Database)
  • Material Safety Data Sheets – OHS
  • Materials Business Abstracts
  • Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts
  • MEDLINE®
  • METADEX
  • Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
  • Neurosciences Abstracts
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • NTIS: National Technical Information Service
  • Nucleic Acids Abstracts
  • Oceanic Abstracts
  • Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts
  • PAIS International
  • Paperbase
  • PAPERCHEM
  • PASCAL
  • Pharmaprojects
  • PIRABASE
  • Plant Science Abstracts
  • Pollution Abstracts
  • Polymer Library
  • ProQuest Advanced Tech & Aerospace Professional
  • ProQuest Biological & Health Science Professional
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Professional
  • ProQuest Environmental Science Professional
  • ProQuest Materials Research Professional
  • ProQuest Newsstand Professional
  • ProQuest Technology Research Professional
  • Prous Science Daily Essentials
  • Prous Science Drug Data Report
  • Prous Science Drugs of the Future™
  • PsycINFO®
  • The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS®)
  • Risk Abstracts
  • SciSearch®: A Cited Reference Science Database
  • Social SciSearch®
  • Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
  • Sustainability Science Abstracts
  • Thomson Reuters Embargoed Research Collection®
  • Toxicology Abstracts
  • ToxFile®
  • TOXLINE
  • Transport Research International Documentation (TRID)
  • TULSA™ (Petroleum Abstracts)UBM Computer)
  • Virology & Aids Abstracts
  • Water Resources Abstracts
  • Weldasearch
  • Zoological Record Plus

Search Reports

Customized Reporting
  • We can individually tailor our reports to meet our client’s needs.
Phone/Video Conferencing
  • As a part of the interactive search process, our experts will walk you through our findings in a matter of minutes.
Standard Search Reporting

Standard reports contain, at the minimum:

  • Statement of understanding of the subject matter and identification of the key features.
  • List of references uncovered during the search in the order of importance with a brief description and the relevance to the key features (along with specific columns, lines and figures). Feature mapping for patentability searches and claim charts for invalidity searches are provided.
  • List and description of the classes and subclasses searched.
  • Search strategies used on all databases searched.
  • List of patent and non‑patent literature databases searched.
  • Recommendation of where the search can be further extended.
  • Highlighted copies of references where most relevant sections of each uncovered reference is highlighted for your convenience.
  • Name and contact information for the examiners/experts consulted during the search.

Standard Patent Search Results Reporting Procedures

We are happy to customize our standard search results reporting procedure at your request. Our standard procedure includes a simple cloud-based encrypted portal with the following steps:

  • We recognize that your search results are highly confidential; therefore, we will report them to you via a password protected download.
  • Prior to receiving your results you will receive an email containing a username and password. This information will allow you access to all subsequent search results sent from Lincoln IP, Inc.
  • When we have completed your search, we will send you an email indicating your results are ready for download. Follow the link within the email and login to our site with your password.
  • You will now be able to download your report, any related references, and the invoice for your search request. You will also be able to access your previous search results, should you need to download them again.
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