Whether or not you decide to file a patent application takes many factors into consideration such as time, cost, and filing strategy. Ensuring you have all the information at your fingertips is of paramount importance in making a filing decision. Proactively incorporating a pre-filing search into the decision process is a cost-effective way to increase the quality of patent applications and reduce overall prosecution costs.</P> <P>A pre-filing search is designed to be a thumbs up/down, go/no-go tool used to help determine whether to proceed with a potential application. It:</P> <UL> <LI>Is part of an invention review process</LI> <LI>Provides relevant information to the inventor or Patent Review Committee information upon which to base decisions</LI> <LI>Limits unintentional internal bias with an independent search related to the inventive concepts</LI> </UL> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV data-vc-full-width="true" data-vc-full-width-init="true" class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1608398673717 vc_row-has-padding-top vc_row-has-padding-bottom" style="position: relative; left: -42px; box-sizing: border-box; width: 1024px; padding-left: 42px; padding-right: 365.344px;"><DIV class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 vc_col-lg-12 vc_col-md-12"><DIV class="vc_column-inner"><DIV class="wpb_wrapper"><DIV class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1539591907369"><DIV class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10 vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-10 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10 vc_col-sm-offset-0"><DIV class="vc_column-inner vc_custom_1541520012278"><DIV class="wpb_wrapper"><HEADER class="kd-section-title col-lg-12 text-left kd-animated fadeIn " data-animation-delay="200"><H2 class="separator_off">Imagine if you could reduce your patent filings by 10% to 20%?