Can you explain how prior art searches work and whether I can do a thorough check online without paying a professional patent lawyer thousands of dollars?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Can you explain how prior art searches work and whether I can do a thorough check online without paying a professional patent lawyer thousands of dollars?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
USPTO search for patents and prior art Patent Public Search official guidance; Google Patents search help; WIPO PATENTSCOPE; EPO Espacenet patent searchGoogle ↗
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 search for patents and prior art Patent Public Search official guidance; Google Patents search help; WIPO PATENTSCOPE; EPO Espacenet patent search Google ↗
- Search Google Patents · patents.google.com
- Open USPTO Patent Public Search · ppubs.uspto.gov
- Search Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
- Search WIPO PATENTSCOPE · patentscope.wipo.int
- Search Google Scholar · scholar.google.com
- Applying for Patents · uspto.gov
- Search for patents · uspto.gov
- Patent Searches - Intellectual Property Law: A Beginner's Guide · guides.loc.gov
- 904-How to Search · prod-web-alb-tg.uspto.gov
- Find a Patent and Trademark Resource Center · uspto.gov