What steps does a patent attorney take to conduct a thorough prior art search for a new consumer product?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What steps does a patent attorney take to conduct a thorough prior art search for a new consumer product?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
USPTO patent prior art search process novelty nonobviousness MPEP 102 103 prior art search guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
USPTO patent prior art search process novelty nonobviousness MPEP 102 103 prior art search guidance Google ↗
- Search Google Patents · patents.google.com
- USPTO Patent Search · uspto.gov
- Search PATENTSCOPE · patentscope.wipo.int
- Search Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
- 2103-Patent Examination Process · uspto.gov
- 2141-Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 · uspto.gov
- 904-How to Search · uspto.gov
- MPEP - Chapter 0900 · uspto.gov