Hadron Analytics is a global intellectual property and technology research services company based in India. We provide services in the form of patent landscape report, patent portfolio assessment and management, patent searches and market research. Our clients consists of fortune 50 and fortune 500 companies. We at Hadron combine science with technology to make lives a little easier. Our analysis techniques and visualization tools helps CEOs, patent attorneys, R&D department, IP department to make effective business decisions and plan the future. We focus on a niche set of service offerings and have proven experience in working with counsel in technology and related fields Hadron has reliantly focused on utmost Quality within the time-bound limits. With certified professionals from top-notch institutes, it is ensured that quality is built into our processes.

1. Office Action
Claims modification according to report sent by patent office
Brief Overview
The office action cites prior art and gives reasons why the Steps followed
patent claims is allowed or can be rejected by the Our team will look at the patent documents provided by
Examiner. An office action may be "final" or "non-final". patent office and modify the claims accordingly.
In a non-final office action, the applicant is entitled to
reply and request reconsideration or further examination,
Output
with or without making an amendment. These rejections
Reporting and results will be given on Microsoft excel as
deal with matters of wording and formality, and are
well as on our interactive platform where clients can
usually straight forward to deal with. To reduce these
review the results in an easy to digest format. Documents
complications our analysts perform a prior art search to
are provided with modified claims and necessary
look for infringing claims and reply with necessary
explanations.
modifications required.
Delivery format
Benefits you would derive All results will be stored on password protected
o Clearance from office action from examiner encrypted content management system, however it is
o Check for novelty, obviousness and usefulness possible to deliver report is other formats according to
o Make claims more broader client requirements.
Methodology for Search/Analysis
We review documents sent by the patent office and their
comments over it. Based on it we change the language of
claims or add/delete words which make invention to be
patentable.
About us:
Hadron is a global intellectual property and technology research services company based in India with people from IITs,
IIMs and IISc. We provide services in the form of patent landscape report, patent portfolio management, patent
licensing support, patent searches and market research. Our clients consists of fortune 50 and fortune 500 companies.
We at Hadron combine science with technology to make lives a little easier. Our analysis techniques and visualization
tools helps CEOs, patent attorneys, R&D department, IP department to make effective business decisions and plan the
future. We focus on a niche set of service offerings and have proven experience in working with counsel in technology
and related fields.
www.hadronanalytics.com Email: info@hadronanalytics.com

2. Prior-art search/State-of-the-art search, Novelty/Patentability search
Searching for prior-arts available, novelty in inventions and patentability prior to filling
Brief Overview
These searches form an essential part of the process of Methodology for Search/Analysis
determining the patentability of a specific invention. For Prior art searches we review each and every aspect of
Here, identification of prior art forms part of the invention in great detail, get the relevant keywords and
Patentability (also referred to as Novelty) search type, search for patent and non-patent literature.
which is probably the most frequently exercised patent
For Novelty searches we review the document by the
search. In order for an invention to be viable for securing
client very carefully, make the keywords and search for
a patent, no prior record of a similar or identical product
patents similar to the client’s novelty.
or process may exist. This search task aims at clarifying
whether any such records exists in patent and non-patent
Steps followed
literature that have been published prior to the filing of a
patent application in question. Prior art also plays a vital
•Documents recieved from the client
role in Validity (Invalidity) searches that are exercised in •Review of documents and background search on Internet/Non-patent literature
1 libraries and patent database
order to render specific claims of a patent, or the
complete patent itself invalid by identifying matter •Collection of keywords and search query building
•Collection of the documents from the search query and taxonomy formation
published before the filing date of the patent in question. 2
It is of note that for this kind of searches the legally active
•Sample analysis on the taxonomy
part of the targeted patent, the claims, form the basis of 3 •Client review and feedback on the taxonomy and search query
the information need.
•Finalizing search query and taxonomy
•Starting analysis
4
Benefits you would derive
•Finishing analysis
o Identifying whether the invention talked about is 5 •Marking relevant patent and non-patent documents
satisfying the basic laws of filing an invention; it is
“new” as well as “non-obvious”. •Structuring report
• High/Medium/Low ranked patent marked
o This helps in making distinctions between what is 6
already known (prior art) and what is new (the
•Creative graphs/charts/tables preparation
invention). 7 •Final delivery of the report
o A prior-art patentability search can avoid losing the
investment in a patent application if the search
discovers prior references that would likely Output
preclude patenting the invention. Reporting and results will be given on Microsoft excel as
o Inventors can perform basic prior art searchers to well as on our interactive platform where clients can
see what knowledge (usually in the form of review the results in an easy to digest format. Client can
patents) already exist in the invention's scientific also look or sort patents/documents according to the
area. relevancy obtained by us. Client can filter out best
patents/documents required by him by a single click.
Delivery format
All results will be stored on password protected
encrypted content management system, however it is
possible to deliver report is other formats according to
client requirements.
About us:
Hadron is a global intellectual property and technology research services company based in India with people from IITs,
IIMs and IISc. We provide services in the form of patent landscape report, patent portfolio management, patent
licensing support, patent searches and market research. Our clients consists of fortune 50 and fortune 500 companies.
We at Hadron combine science with technology to make lives a little easier. Our analysis techniques and visualization
tools helps CEOs, patent attorneys, R&D department, IP department to make effective business decisions and plan the
future. We focus on a niche set of service offerings and have proven experience in working with counsel in technology
and related fields.
www.hadronanalytics.com Email: info@hadronanalytics.com

3. Infringement/Invalidation Search
Patent claims invalidation, claims modification to save from possible infringement
Brief Overview
Patent Infringement Searches are performed to locate Steps followed
any unexpired patents whose claims read on the patent.
The search may also be undertaken by a product owning
•Identification of client's purpose and collecting necessory
company to identify patents that it may be infringing patent documents
1 •Background Study
upon. Our team of domain-experts does an in-depth
search for the patents in various paid as well as open
source databases. We have various language expertises in • Claims reading and finding key aspects claimed in the invention
our company like Japanese, Chinese, German, French, •Query building using various keywords obtained from
2 background/key aspects
Russian and other languages.
A determination of patent infringement involves a two-
step process. First, the claims are analyzed by studying all •Patent searching in Micropat/ USPTO/EPO/JPO/KPO etc.
•Keeping priority date as filter.
of the relevant patent documents. Second, the claims 3
must "read on" the accused device or process. This
merely means that the device or process is examined to •Finding patents whose claims infringe upon the patent provided
see if it is substantially described by the claims; in other •Categorize patents according to relevance i.e high, medium and
4 low
words, the claims are tested to see whether they describe
the accused infringement.
•Marking patent pdfs with relevant claim portions mapped
•Reporting on collaborative plateform where you can match
Benefits you would derive 5 drawings, claims.
o You will save millions of dollars in infringement
cases prior to the launch of product.
o Estimating the risk of patent infringement before
developing, producing, and marketing a product. Output
o Pre-acquisition or investment assessments of
Reporting and results will be given on Microsoft
a patent’s strength.
excel/PowerPoint as well as on our interactive platform
o Invalidation of the claiming patent can save your
where client’s can review the results in an easy to digest
patent.
format. Client can also match drawings and claims.
o Figure out the competitor’s patent coming in your
way and invalidate it.
Delivery format
All results will be stored on password protected
Methodology for Search/Analysis
encrypted content management system, however it is
For Invalidating patent claiming your patent/competitor
possible to deliver report is other formats according to
patent coming in your way, we look at the independent
claims of the claiming patent and make list of key aspects client requirements.
claimed in the invention.
We then search by the keywords and their synonyms in
different paid and open source database around the
world to find any relevant patent matching the claims of
claiming patent.
About us:
Hadron is a global intellectual property and technology research services company based in India with people from IITs,
IIMs and IISc. We provide services in the form of patent landscape report, patent portfolio management, patent
licensing support, patent searches and market research. Our clients consists of fortune 50 and fortune 500 companies.
We at Hadron combine science with technology to make lives a little easier. Our analysis techniques and visualization
tools helps CEOs, patent attorneys, R&D department, IP department to make effective business decisions and plan the
future. We focus on a niche set of service offerings and have proven experience in working with counsel in technology
and related fields.
www.hadronanalytics.com Email: info@hadronanalytics.com

4. Freedom to operate search
Freedom to operate search prior launching of the product
Brief Overview
Freedom-to-operate", abbreviated "FTO", is usually used Steps followed
to mean determining whether a particular action, such as
testing or commercialising a product, can be done •Documents recieved from the client
•Review of documents and background search on Internet/Non-patent literature
without infringing valid intellectual property rights of 1 libraries and patent database
others. A freedom to operate search involves searching
•Collection of keywords and search query building
the claims language of third-party in-force patents to •Collection of the documents from the search query and taxonomy formation
2
determine if the claims of the any prior art read on
aspects of the technology that is to enter the •Sample analysis on the taxonomy
•Client review and feedback on the taxonomy and search query
marketplace. Freedom to Operate research is typically 3
conducted as a due diligence effort to prevent potential •Finalizing search query and taxonomy
infringement. 4 •Starting analysis
•Finishing analysis
Benefits you would derive 5 •Marking relevant patent documents
o Product launch by identifying infringing patent and •Structuring report
potential losses which may happen 6 • High/Medium/Low ranked patent marked
o Claims modification according to prior arts found
o Saving billions of dollars which can lose in potential •Creative graphs/charts/tables preparation
•Final delivery of the report
infringement 7
Methodology for Search/Analysis
Searching prior art from around the world using reliable
paid patent databases and other databases of client
Output
interest. Analysis is based on the claims of the application Reporting and results will be given on Microsoft excel as
patent and technology/claimed aspects of the invention. well as on our interactive platform where clients can
Taxonomy is prepared based on claims of the application review the results in an easy to digest format. Client can
patent and then search is carried out to find out relevant also look or sort patents/documents according to the
patent documents. relevancy obtained by us. Client can filter out best
patents/documents required by him by a single click.
Delivery format
All results will be stored on password protected
encrypted content management system, however it is
possible to deliver report is other formats according to
client requirements.
About us:
Hadron is a global intellectual property and technology research services company based in India with people from IITs,
IIMs and IISc. We provide services in the form of patent landscape report, patent portfolio management, patent
licensing support, patent searches and market research. Our clients consists of fortune 50 and fortune 500 companies.
We at Hadron combine science with technology to make lives a little easier. Our analysis techniques and visualization
tools helps CEOs, patent attorneys, R&D department, IP department to make effective business decisions and plan the
future. We focus on a niche set of service offerings and have proven experience in working with counsel in technology
and related fields.
www.hadronanalytics.com Email: info@hadronanalytics.com