Anne offers a professional, cost effective and efficient service to all clients. Each client is treated as a unique customer and the focus is to always provide an open, transparent service which fits in with their particular requirements.

The search requirements are always discussed in full before engaging in any work to ensure that the client is happy with the proposals and is aware of any potential areas of concern.

As search costs are often a main issue with clients, a reasonable quotation for work to be undertaken will be provided in advance and the aim is to always to keep within these figures. As costs are often not known until a search is underway it may occasionally be the case where the quote figure could be exceeded. If this is the case, you will be notified straight away for your approval and no further work will be undertaken unless the revised quote is approved.

Your confidentiality is also a key priority, and any CDAs or other such confidentiality documents will be happily signed and adhered to.

Anne can provide the following searches:

• Patentability/Novelty
• Freedom to operate/Infringement
• Validity /Opposition
• Competitor/Company activity
• State of the art
• Patent owner/Assignee/Inventor name
• Legal Status
• Cited and citing patents
• Non-patent literature searches
• Patent Watching services

These searches are conducted using:

• Keywords
• Classification codes
• Patent Number searches
• Chemical/Physical properties
• CAS Registry numbers
• Chemical Structure/Substructures
• Protein or DNA sequences/sub-sequences