1. Search Resources

• East Linden World Patent Database with over 50 million patent bibliographic and abstract information from more than 70 countries/regions, WIPO and EPO.
• East Linden China Patent Database with the bibliographic, abstract and full specification information of over 1.5 million China invention and utility model patents.

    The two databases are facilitated with East Linden's own powerful search and analysis system allowing simple search, advanced search and statistics based on the search results.

• Access to Dialog and STN with preferential prices.
• Internet link to patent websites of important countries/regions and IP organizations

2. Our search services offer:

    Novelty/Prior Art Searches - By searching the knowledge already existed in past inventions, to prevent you from blindly investing time and money, and to protect your first-mover advantage. It also a compulsory part of the patent examination process.

    Infringement Searches - An infringement search from East linden will help you from being sued for patent infringement. Conversely, if one of your patents is infringed, you will be able to take action against the offending company or individual.

    Subject Searches - we will conduct an in-depth research for a particular specialist field as you required, to find out about solutions to a technical problem, or to find patents comparable to a present invention.

    Name Searches - A name search will disclose whether a business or an individual is the holder of rights in one or more countries within the field of patents and utility models. The search is performed in accessible national and international databases as well as various deep-processed East linden databases, in some cases also by access to other sources.

    Legal Status Searches - we can help you with the information on the validity (status) of a patent or a published patent application, on a given date, under the applicable patent legislation in China and worldwide.

    Patent Family Searches - Patent Family Searches will provide a listing of all countries in which a particular patent/application was filed and English abstract for most families. This service can help you break the language barrier and get the knowledge of a patent in a worldwide coverage.

    Technological Activity Searches - Searches for identifying companies and/or inventors who are active in a specific field of technology. These searches are also suitable for identifying countries in which a certain technology is being patented, so as to know where to turn to for obtaining particular information in a given field of technology.

    IPC Search - The Classification is a way of obtaining an internationally uniform classification of patent documents, and forms an effective search tool for the retrieval of patent documents, in order to establish the novelty and evaluate the inventive step (including the assessment of technical advance and useful results or utility) of patent applications.

    Patent Watch - This service provides regular search reports on your specialized area. It is ideal for gathering intelligence on an emerging technology, tracking infringements of your own patents, or monitoring the patenting activities of key organizations or inventors, that means you need not guess what your competitors are doing.

    Non-Patent Literature Search - As well as holding a large collection of patent documentation, we also has a large collection of technical literature, including journals (periodicals), books, reports, doctoral theses, conference proceedings and local authority material etc.

    Chemical Structure and Gene Sequence Search -

    Market Information Search - East Linden has a very professional market information searching and analysis team, we can provide you with precise market and patents utilization information, for helping you find a niche market or potential threats.

3. Confidentiality

    All East Linden staff must keep information relating to the searches they perform strictly confidential.

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